# The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild by Jack London has 31,792 words.

## At a glance

1903 novel by Jack London.

- **Author:** [Jack London](https://musael.com/books/authors/jack-london.md) (1876–1916)
- **First published:** 1903
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** adventure
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 31,792
- **Reading time:** 2 h 7 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 3 h 25 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 2 h 39 min | 6 days |
| 250 wpm | 2 h 7 min | 5 days |
| 300 wpm | 1 h 46 min | 4 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jack-london/the-call-of-the-wild
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/215

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 31,867
- Chapters: 7
- Average sentence: 18.6 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jack-london/the-call-of-the-wild (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/215 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q476871
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_the_Wild
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14942956W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/215

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-call-of-the-wild