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How many words is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling has 168,923 words.

168,923words

Pages
768paperback, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006
Reading time
11 h 16 minat 250 words a minute
Listening time
18 h 10 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
First published
2005

Book 6 of 7 in Harry Potter

  1. 1Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone76,944
  2. 2Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets85,141
  3. 3Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban107,253
  4. 4Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire190,637
  5. 5Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix257,045
  6. 6Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince168,923
  7. 7Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows198,227

All of Harry Potter: 1,084,170 words

Compared with other books

Longer than 74% of the other 366 books here.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 168,923 to 169,441 words.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.

Questions

How many words is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling has 168,923 words.

How many pages is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

768 pages in the paperback, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.

How long does it take to read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

About 11 h 16 min at 250 words a minute, or 18 h 10 min as an audiobook.

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