# How long is a dystopian novel?

The typical dystopian novel here has 90,240 words, about 6 h 1 min of reading. 23 books, longest first.

| # | Book | words | Pages |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes](https://musael.com/books/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes.md) | 150,442 | 517 |
| 2 | [Sunrise on the Reaping](https://musael.com/books/sunrise-on-the-reaping.md) | 112,440 | 382 |
| 3 | [Allegiant](https://musael.com/books/allegiant.md) | 110,354 | 526 |
| 4 | [Insurgent](https://musael.com/books/insurgent.md) | 106,028 | 525 |
| 5 | [Divergent](https://musael.com/books/divergent.md) | 105,143 | 487 |
| 6 | [Catching Fire](https://musael.com/books/catching-fire.md) | 101,564 | 448 |
| 7 | [The Maze Runner](https://musael.com/books/the-maze-runner.md) | 101,182 | 416 |
| 8 | [Mockingjay](https://musael.com/books/mockingjay.md) | 100,269 | 458 |
| 9 | [The Hunger Games](https://musael.com/books/the-hunger-games.md) | 99,750 | 458 |
| 10 | [The Scorch Trials](https://musael.com/books/the-scorch-trials.md) | 96,869 | 384 |
| 11 | [The Kill Order](https://musael.com/books/the-kill-order.md) | 91,996 | 384 |
| 12 | [The Handmaid’s Tale](https://musael.com/books/the-handmaids-tale.md) | 90,240 | 320 |
| 13 | [Nineteen Eighty-Four](https://musael.com/books/nineteen-eighty-four.md) | 88,942 | 384 |
| 14 | [The Death Cure](https://musael.com/books/the-death-cure.md) | 87,385 | 384 |
| 15 | [The Fever Code](https://musael.com/books/the-fever-code.md) | 86,298 | 329 |
| 16 | [Son](https://musael.com/books/son.md) | 76,096 | 394 |
| 17 | [Brave New World](https://musael.com/books/brave-new-world.md) | 63,766 | 256 |
| 18 | [Four: A Divergent Collection](https://musael.com/books/four-a-divergent-collection.md) | 59,727 | 320 |
| 19 | [Gathering Blue](https://musael.com/books/gathering-blue.md) | 47,893 | 224 |
| 20 | [Fahrenheit 451](https://musael.com/books/fahrenheit-451.md) | 45,910 | 192 |
| 21 | [Crank Palace](https://musael.com/books/crank-palace.md) | 44,000 | 186 |
| 22 | [The Giver](https://musael.com/books/the-giver.md) | 43,617 | 180 |
| 23 | [Messenger](https://musael.com/books/messenger.md) | 36,627 | 176 |

## Questions

**How many words is a typical dystopian novel?** The median of the 23 dystopian books here is 90,240 words, about 6 h 1 min at 250 words a minute.

**What is the longest dystopian book here?** The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, with 150,442 words.

Source: https://musael.com/books/genres/dystopian