# 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.

| # | Book | words | Pages |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [History of Tom Jones, a Foundling](https://musael.com/books/history-of-tom-jones-a-foundling.md) | 346,614 | — |
| 2 | [Our Mutual Friend](https://musael.com/books/our-mutual-friend.md) | 326,054 | — |
| 3 | [Vanity Fair](https://musael.com/books/vanity-fair.md) | 303,896 | — |
| 4 | [The Pickwick Papers](https://musael.com/books/the-pickwick-papers.md) | 302,088 | — |
| 5 | [The English Spy](https://musael.com/books/the-english-spy.md) | 214,805 | — |
| 6 | [Main Street](https://musael.com/books/main-street.md) | 167,361 | — |
| 7 | [The Gilded Age](https://musael.com/books/the-gilded-age.md) | 158,827 | — |
| 8 | [A Tramp Abroad](https://musael.com/books/a-tramp-abroad.md) | 156,772 | — |
| 9 | [Dead Souls](https://musael.com/books/dead-souls.md) | 141,650 | — |
| 10 | [Babbitt](https://musael.com/books/babbitt.md) | 123,501 | — |
| 11 | [The Satyricon](https://musael.com/books/the-satyricon.md) | 98,052 | — |
| 12 | [Sketches New and Old](https://musael.com/books/sketches-new-and-old.md) | 97,982 | — |
| 13 | [Erewhon](https://musael.com/books/erewhon.md) | 83,952 | — |
| 14 | [Sartor Resartus](https://musael.com/books/sartor-resartus.md) | 80,101 | — |
| 15 | [A Room with a View](https://musael.com/books/a-room-with-a-view.md) | 67,007 | — |
| 16 | [Three Men in a Boat](https://musael.com/books/three-men-in-a-boat.md) | 66,909 | — |
| 17 | [Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia](https://musael.com/books/rasselas-prince-of-abyssinia.md) | 38,001 | — |
| 18 | [Candide](https://musael.com/books/candide.md) | 33,693 | — |

## Questions

**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.

Source: https://musael.com/books/genres/humorous-fiction