# 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.

| # | Book | words | Pages |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [The Love Hypothesis](https://musael.com/books/the-love-hypothesis.md) | 114,000 | 336 |
| 2 | [It Ends with Us](https://musael.com/books/it-ends-with-us.md) | 103,029 | 384 |
| 3 | [Beach Read](https://musael.com/books/beach-read.md) | 102,000 | 384 |
| 4 | [It Starts with Us](https://musael.com/books/it-starts-with-us.md) | 85,797 | 352 |
| 5 | [To All the Boys I've Loved Before](https://musael.com/books/to-all-the-boys-i-ve-loved-before.md) | 81,660 | 384 |
| 6 | [Always and Forever, Lara Jean](https://musael.com/books/always-and-forever-lara-jean.md) | 81,638 | 336 |
| 7 | [P.S. I Still Love You](https://musael.com/books/p-s-i-still-love-you.md) | 78,662 | 352 |
| 8 | [The Fault in Our Stars](https://musael.com/books/the-fault-in-our-stars.md) | 65,752 | 352 |
| 9 | [We'll Always Have Summer](https://musael.com/books/we-ll-always-have-summer.md) | 59,358 | 320 |
| 10 | [It's Not Summer Without You](https://musael.com/books/it-s-not-summer-without-you.md) | 58,975 | 320 |
| 11 | [The Summer I Turned Pretty](https://musael.com/books/the-summer-i-turned-pretty.md) | 57,671 | 288 |

## Questions

**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.

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