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Statistics About The Average Fantasy Novel Word Count
The average word count for a fantasy novel is typically between 90,000 to 120,000 words.
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"The average word count for a fantasy novel is around 90,000 to 120,000 words."
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""The Eye of the World", the first book in "The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan has a word count of 305,902."
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""Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", a famous fantasy novel by J.K. Rowling, has a word count of 257,045 words."
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"Terry Pratchett's "The Colour of Magic", a classic fantasy novel, has a comparatively lower word count of around 59,000 words."
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""A Game of Thrones", a famous fantasy novel by George R.R. Martin has a word count around 298,000 words."
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"The longest book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter fantasy series, "Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix", exceeds the average fantasy novel word count with 257,045 words."
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"The "Inheritance Cycle" series by Christopher Paolini, a high fantasy series, averages around 175,000 words per book."
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""Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, a fantasy novel trilogy, has a total word count of 455,125 words."
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"The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, a classic fantasy series, averages at around 36,363 words per book."
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"The first book in the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, "The Lightning Thief", contains around 87,000 words."
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"Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass", part of the His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy, has a word count of around 112,815 words."
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"The popular young adult fantasy novel "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer has around 118,975 words."
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"The fantasy novel "Eragon", by Christopher Paolini, has a total word count of 157,220 words."
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"The word count for the fantasy novel "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is approximated to be 107,253 words."
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""The Hobbit", another J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy classic, has a word count of about 95,356 words."
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""His Dark Materials" - The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman totals about 126,020 words."
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"Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel, "Neverwhere", has a word count of around 99,711 words."
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"Horror fantasy novel, "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'engle, contains approximately 50,000 words. This is below the average fantasy novel word count."
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"The word count for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, a fantasy classic, is around 26,944 words, significantly below the average word count for a fantasy novel."
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