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What is the Average Length of a Book in Today's Book Market?

  • schlesadv
  • Jan 16
  • 1 min read

There is no single “official” average, but across the modern publishing industry there are well-established norms. Here’s what a typical book published today looks like.


📖 Average word count (modern publishing)

Across all adult books, the average full-length book is roughly:

  • 70,000–90,000 words

That range covers most commercially published titles.


📄 Average page count

Using standard trade paperback formatting (≈250–300 words per page):

  • 250–350 pages is typical

  • The most common range is 280–320 pages


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