# The Hour of the Dragon

The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard has 72,585 words.

## At a glance

Fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard.

- **Author:** [Robert E. Howard](https://musael.com/books/authors/robert-e-howard.md) (1906–1936)
- **First published:** 1935
- **Original language:** English
- **Genre:** fantasy
- **Readers:** adult

## How long it takes to read

- **Words:** 72,585
- **Reading time:** 4 h 50 min (at 250 words a minute)
- **Listening time:** 7 h 48 min (audiobook pace, 155 words a minute)

| Reading speed | Whole book | At 30 minutes a day |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 200 wpm | 6 h 3 min | 13 days |
| 250 wpm | 4 h 50 min | 10 days |
| 300 wpm | 4 h 2 min | 9 days |

## Read or listen

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

- Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42243

## Counted from the text

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

- Words in the text: 72,585
- Average sentence: 17.7 words

## Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42243 (word count)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722594
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hour_of_the_Dragon
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2848500W
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42243

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

Source: https://musael.com/books/the-hour-of-the-dragon