98,022words
- Pages
- 336paperback, Little, Brown Young Readers, 1994
- Reading time
- 6 h 32 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 10 h 32 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1886
Book 3 of 3 in Little Women
Compared with other books
Longer than 46% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 100,560
- Chapters
- 22about 4,571 words each
- Average sentence
- 27.8 words
- Vocabulary
- 470 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 98,022 to 100,255 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- content.schoolinsites.comword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780316031035
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Jo's Boys?
Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott has 98,022 words.
How many pages is Jo's Boys?
336 pages in the paperback, Little, Brown Young Readers, 1994 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Jo's Boys?
About 6 h 32 min at 250 words a minute, or 10 h 32 min as an audiobook.
Writing a book of your own?
Musael counts every chapter as you write, keeps the plan beside the draft and checks names and facts across the book.

