about 75,000words
- Pages
- 304paperback, Crown, 2020
- Reading time
- 5 hat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 8 h 4 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 2018
Compared with other books
Longer than 30% of the other 366 books here.
Where the numbers come from
Sources differ; this is the best-supported figure. Sources give 73,000 to 78,000 words.
- kobo.comword count
- it.kobo.comword count
- penguinrandomhouse.compages of this edition · ISBN 9781984822185
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is Normal People?
Normal People by Sally Rooney has about 75,000 words.
How many pages is Normal People?
304 pages in the paperback, Crown, 2020 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read Normal People?
About 5 h at 250 words a minute, or 8 h 4 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.