# How long is a mystery novel?

The typical mystery novel here has 59,170 words, about 3 h 57 min of reading. 9 books, longest first.

| # | Book | words | Pages |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [The Return of Sherlock Holmes](https://musael.com/books/the-return-of-sherlock-holmes.md) | 112,462 | 370 |
| 2 | [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://musael.com/books/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes.md) | 104,477 | 343 |
| 3 | [The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes](https://musael.com/books/the-memoirs-of-sherlock-holmes.md) | 95,478 | 320 |
| 4 | [The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes](https://musael.com/books/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes.md) | 82,835 | 302 |
| 5 | [His Last Bow](https://musael.com/books/his-last-bow.md) | 59,170 | 198 |
| 6 | [The Valley of Fear](https://musael.com/books/the-valley-of-fear.md) | 57,756 | 217 |
| 7 | [The Hound of the Baskervilles](https://musael.com/books/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles.md) | 57,689 | 243 |
| 8 | [A Study in Scarlet](https://musael.com/books/a-study-in-scarlet.md) | 43,295 | 146 |
| 9 | [The Sign of the Four](https://musael.com/books/the-sign-of-the-four.md) | 43,106 | 162 |

## Questions

**How many words is a typical mystery novel?** The median of the 9 mystery books here is 59,170 words, about 3 h 57 min at 250 words a minute.

**What is the longest mystery book here?** The Return of Sherlock Holmes, with 112,462 words.

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