How long is a humorous fiction novel?

The typical humorous fiction novel here has 132,576 words, about 8 h 50 min of reading. 18 books, longest first.

132,576words

Typical length
8 h 50 minthe median of 18 books
Longest
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling346,614 words
Shortest
Candide33,693 words

The books, in order

  1. 1History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry Fielding346,614
  2. 2Our Mutual FriendCharles Dickens326,054
  3. 3Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace Thackeray303,896
  4. 4The Pickwick PapersCharles Dickens302,088
  5. 5The English SpyC. M. Westmacott214,805
  6. 6Main StreetSinclair Lewis167,361
  7. 7The Gilded AgeMark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner158,827
  8. 8A Tramp AbroadMark Twain156,772
  9. 9Dead SoulsNikolai Vasilevich Gogol141,650
  10. 10BabbittSinclair Lewis123,501
  11. 11The Satyricon20-66 Petronius Arbiter98,052
  12. 12Sketches New and OldMark Twain97,982
  13. 13ErewhonSamuel Butler83,952
  14. 14Sartor ResartusThomas Carlyle80,101
  15. 15A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster67,007
  16. 16Three Men in a BoatJerome K. Jerome66,909
  17. 17Rasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaSamuel Johnson38,001
  18. 18CandideVoltaire33,693

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How many words is a typical humorous fiction novel?

The median of the 18 humorous fiction books here is 132,576 words, about 8 h 50 min at 250 words a minute.

What is the longest humorous fiction book here?

History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, with 346,614 words.

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