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At a glance
Picaresque novel by Rudyard Kipling.
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling1865–1936
- First published
- 1901
- Original language
- British English
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Readers
- Adult
- Length
- Long80,000 to 120,000 words
- Readers' rating
- 3.5 out of 5from 65 ratings on Hardcover
How long it takes to read
About 7 h 3 min at 250 words a minute, or 11 h 23 min as an audiobook.
| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
|---|---|---|
| Careful200 words a minute | 8 h 49 min | 18 days |
| Average250 words a minute | 7 h 3 min | 15 days |
| Fast300 words a minute | 5 h 53 min | 12 days |
Kim
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Compared with other books
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Counted from the text
Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.
- Words in the text
- 105,941
- Chapters
- 15about 7,063 words each
- Dialogue
- 52%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 12.8 words
- Vocabulary
- 453 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below.
- standardebooks.orgword count
- gutenberg.orgword count
- openlibrary.orgcover and record
- wikidata.orgdescription and author
- hardcover.appreaders' rating
The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.
Questions
How many words is Kim?
Kim by Rudyard Kipling has 105,828 words.
How long does it take to read Kim?
About 7 h 3 min at 250 words a minute, or 11 h 23 min as an audiobook.
How many days to read Kim at 30 minutes a day?
About 15 days at an average reading speed.
Who wrote Kim?
Kim was written by Rudyard Kipling and first published in 1901.
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.