How many pages is The Hobbit?

320 pages, which is about 96,000 words and 6½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.

Is The Hobbit worth reading?

We score it 8.2 out of 10 for the time it takes — well worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.32 out of 5 from 7,107 ratings, which counts for 8.2; at about 6½ hrs at an average pace its length neither adds nor takes away.

How long is The Hobbit audiobook?

About 10½ hrs, estimated from the 96,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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The Hobbit

Name: The Hobbit
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

6½ hrsto read

8.2worth it

At your speed≈ 6½ hrs

Pages320

Audiobook≈ 10½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

320 pages works out to roughly 96,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 6½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.32 out of 5, from 7,107 ratings.

Worth-it score 8.2/10 — Well worth the time. Readers 8.2 (Hardcover's 4.32★ from 7,107 ratings) + length 0.0 = 8.2. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Hobbit?

The Hobbit is 320 pages, or roughly 96,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Hobbit at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	9 hrs
Average	250	6½ hrs
Fast	400	4 hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. 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 10½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Hobbit?: About 6½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Hobbit runs 320 pages, roughly 96,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 9 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 4 hrs.
How many pages is The Hobbit?: 320 pages, which is about 96,000 words and 6½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is The Hobbit worth reading?: We score it 8.2 out of 10 for the time it takes — well worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.32 out of 5 from 7,107 ratings, which counts for 8.2; at about 6½ hrs at an average pace its length neither adds nor takes away.
How long is The Hobbit audiobook?: About 10½ hrs, estimated from the 96,000 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

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, The Hobbit is one of literature's most enduring and well-loved high fantasy novels. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who…

enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their epic quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.

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