The Call of the Wild
At your speed≈ 2 hrs
Pages196
Audiobook≈ 3½ 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 31,867 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 2 hrs — a day's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.75 out of 5, from 722 ratings.
Worth-it score 6.2/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 5.7 (Hardcover's 3.75★ from 722 ratings) + length 0.5 = 6.2. How the score works →
How long does it take to read The Call of the Wild?
The complete text of The Call of the Wild runs to 31,867 words — about 196 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 | 3 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 2 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 1½ 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 3½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read The Call of the Wild?
- About 2 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of The Call of the Wild runs to 31,867 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 3 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 1½ hrs.
- How many pages is The Call of the Wild?
- About 196 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 31,867 words, about 2 hrs of reading at an average pace.
- Is The Call of the Wild worth reading?
- We score it 6.2 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.75 out of 5 from 722 ratings, which counts for 5.7; at about 2 hrs at an average pace it earns +0.5 for being short.
- How long is The Call of the Wild audiobook?
- About 3½ hrs, estimated from the 32,000 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
First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.
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