How many pages is To Kill a Mockingbird?

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 To Kill a Mockingbird worth reading?

We score it 7.6 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.17 out of 5 from 5,138 ratings, which counts for 7.6; at about 6½ hrs at an average pace its length neither adds nor takes away.

How long is the To Kill a Mockingbird 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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To Kill a Mockingbird

Name: To Kill a Mockingbird
Author: Harper Lee

Harper Lee

6½ hrsto read

7.6worth 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 4.17 out of 5, from 5,138 ratings.

Worth-it score 7.6/10 — Worth the time. Readers 7.6 (Hardcover's 4.17★ from 5,138 ratings) + length 0.0 = 7.6. How the score works →

How long does it take to read To Kill a Mockingbird?

To Kill a Mockingbird is 320 pages, or roughly 96,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for To Kill a Mockingbird 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 To Kill a Mockingbird?: About 6½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. To Kill a Mockingbird 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 To Kill a Mockingbird?: 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 To Kill a Mockingbird worth reading?: We score it 7.6 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.17 out of 5 from 5,138 ratings, which counts for 7.6; at about 6½ hrs at an average pace its length neither adds nor takes away.
How long is the To Kill a Mockingbird 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

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it. "To Kill A Mockingbird" became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960.…

It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

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