# The Book of Dragons

The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit has 42,271 words.

## At a glance

- **Author:** [E. Nesbit](https://musael.com/books/authors/e-nesbit.md) (1858–1924)
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** middle grade

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 42,271
- **Reading time:** 2 h 49 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 4 h 33 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 3 h 31 min | 8 days |
| 250 wpm | 2 h 49 min | 6 days |
| 300 wpm | 2 h 21 min | 5 days |

## Read or listen

The Book of Dragons is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23661

## Counted from the text

Automated estimates from the selected Project Gutenberg text; it may include a preface or notes.

- Words in the text: 42,271
- Dialogue: 23% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 18.6 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23661 (word count)
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL99529W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23661

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-book-of-dragons