The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
At your speed≈ 5 hrs
Pages231
Audiobook≈ 8 hrs
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
The complete text runs to 71,661 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5 hrs — a day's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.74 out of 5, from 1,172 ratings.
Worth-it score 5.8/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 5.7 (Hardcover's 3.74★ from 1,172 ratings) + length 0.1 = 5.8. How the score works →
How long does it take to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
The complete text of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer runs to 71,661 words — about 231 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 7 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 5 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 3 hrs |
Counted word for word from the complete public-domain text on Project Gutenberg, so these times don't depend on any one edition's page count. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 8 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
- About 5 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer runs to 71,661 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3 hrs.
- How many pages is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
- About 231 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 71,661 words, about 5 hrs of reading at an average pace.
- Is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer worth reading?
- We score it 5.8 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.74 out of 5 from 1,172 ratings, which counts for 5.7; at about 5 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.
- How long is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer audiobook?
- About 8 hrs, estimated from the 72,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
The book that introduced the world to the iconic American characters of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, this 1876 novel by Mark Twain follows the mischievous exploits of the two young boys, who find themselves in situations both humorous and dangerous.…
Never short of ways to stir up trouble in his hometown on the Mississippi River, Tom uses his wits to get both in and out of tight spots, often with Huck at his side. Featuring moments of significant social commentary, these interconnected tales essentially served as a dry run for Twain's notably weightier sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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