59,828words
- Pages
- 192paperback, Penguin Books, 2006
- Reading time
- 3 h 59 minat 250 words a minute
- Listening time
- 6 h 26 minaudiobook pace, 155 words a minute
- First published
- 1898
Compared with other books
Longer than 22% of the other 366 books here.
Counted from the text
Musael counted the Project Gutenberg text of this book. It can include a preface or notes, so the total can differ a little from the figure above.
- Words in the text
- 60,317
- Chapters
- 4about 15,079 words each
- Dialogue
- 9%of the words are inside quotation marks
- Average sentence
- 17.7 words
- Vocabulary
- 445 different words in every 1,000higher means a more varied vocabulary
Where the numbers come from
The word count comes from the sources below. Sources give 59,828 to 60,181 words.
- arbookfind.comword count
- standardebooks.orgword count
- chaptify.netword count
- openlibrary.orgpages of this edition · ISBN 9780141026008
Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition.
Questions
How many words is The War of the Worlds?
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells has 59,828 words.
How many pages is The War of the Worlds?
192 pages in the paperback, Penguin Books, 2006 edition. Other editions have more or fewer pages for the same text.
How long does it take to read The War of the Worlds?
About 3 h 59 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 26 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.