# The First Men in the Moon

The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells has 68,524 words.

## At a glance

Novel by H. G. Wells.

- **Author:** [H. G. Wells](https://musael.com/books/authors/h-g-wells.md) (1866–1946)
- **First published:** 1901
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** science fiction
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 68,524
- **Reading time:** 4 h 34 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 7 h 22 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 5 h 43 min | 12 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 34 min | 10 days |
| 300 wpm | 3 h 48 min | 8 days |

## Read or listen

The First Men in the Moon is in the public domain: these editions are free to download, read and share.

- Standard Ebooks: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-g-wells/the-first-men-in-the-moon
- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1013

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 68,786
- Dialogue: 31% of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence: 15.1 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-g-wells/the-first-men-in-the-moon (word count)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1013 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1218232
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Men_in_the_Moon
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL52260W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1013

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-first-men-in-the-moon