How long is a romance novel?

The typical romance novel here has 81,638 words, about 5 h 27 min of reading. 11 books, longest first.

81,638words

Typical length
5 h 27 minthe median of 11 books
Longest
The Love Hypothesis114,000 words
Shortest
The Summer I Turned Pretty57,671 words

The books, in order

  1. 1The Love HypothesisAli Hazelwood114,000
  2. 2It Ends with UsColleen Hoover103,029
  3. 3Beach ReadEmily Henry102,000
  4. 4It Starts with UsColleen Hoover85,797
  5. 5To All the Boys I've Loved BeforeJenny Han81,660
  6. 6Always and Forever, Lara JeanJenny Han81,638
  7. 7P.S. I Still Love YouJenny Han78,662
  8. 8The Fault in Our StarsJohn Green65,752
  9. 9We'll Always Have SummerJenny Han59,358
  10. 10It's Not Summer Without YouJenny Han58,975
  11. 11The Summer I Turned PrettyJenny Han57,671

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How many words is a typical romance novel?

The median of the 11 romance books here is 81,638 words, about 5 h 27 min at 250 words a minute.

What is the longest romance book here?

The Love Hypothesis, with 114,000 words.

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