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Edgar Rice Burroughs1918Science fiction

The Warlord of Mars

The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs has 57,279 words, about 3 h 49 min of reading.

words
57,279
Reading time
3 h 49 min
Listening time
6 h 10 min

Standard Longer than 20% of the other 735 books here.

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At a glance

1913 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Author
Edgar Rice Burroughs1875–1950
First published
1918
Original language
English
Readers
Adult
Length
Standard40,000 to 80,000 words
Readers' rating
3.7 out of 5from 65 ratings on Hardcover

How long it takes to read

About 3 h 49 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 10 min as an audiobook.

Reading speedWhole bookAt 30 minutes a day
Careful200 words a minute4 h 46 min10 days
Average250 words a minute3 h 49 min8 days
Fast300 words a minute3 h 11 min7 days

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Counted from the text

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

Words in the text
57,324
Dialogue
16%of the words are inside quotation marks
Average sentence
26.1 words
Vocabulary
427 different words in every 1,000Distinct words in the sampled text; this does not measure writing quality.

Where the numbers come from

The word count comes from the sources below.

The word count is Standard Ebooks’ count of its edition; the figures under “Counted from the text” are Musael’s own count of the Project Gutenberg text.

Checked on 2026-10-27. Page counts change from edition to edition. Cover from Open Library; the edition shown may differ.

Questions

How many words is The Warlord of Mars?

The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs has 57,279 words.

How long does it take to read The Warlord of Mars?

About 3 h 49 min at 250 words a minute, or 6 h 10 min as an audiobook.

How many days to read The Warlord of Mars at 30 minutes a day?

About 8 days at an average reading speed.

Who wrote The Warlord of Mars?

The Warlord of Mars was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and first published in 1918.

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