Log in or register to post comments by Kimberley Stevens 5th March 2014 Hi, I was just wondering if there is a website that lists the word counts of books? Replies Young adult - 55,000-90,000 words YA contemporary tends to be on the shorter side, 60-70k YA fantasy, sci-fi, and paranormal tends to fall on the longer side due to world building, 70-90kAdult - 70,000-115,000 wordsRomance - 85,000-100,000 words Cozy Mysteries - 70,000-85,000 words Mysteries, Horror, Crime - 75,000-95,000 words, most averaging 90k Sci-fi and Fantasy - 80,000-120,000 words, most averaging 100k-115k Literary and Women's Fiction - 80,000-100,000 words Adrian Sroka 19900 points Ready to publish Fiction Historical Middle Grade (Children's) Young Adult (YA) Adventure Adrian Sroka 05/03/2014 Like 0 Report Reply Yup - for U.S. editions, at least. Here: http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx Simon P. Clark 270 points Practical publishing Poetry Short stories Fiction Middle Grade (Children's) Picture Books (Children's) Comic Speculative Fiction Adventure Crime, Mystery, Thriller Autobiography, Biography and Memoir Philosophy and Religion Simon P. Clark 05/03/2014 Like 0 Report Reply
Young adult - 55,000-90,000 words YA contemporary tends to be on the shorter side, 60-70k YA fantasy, sci-fi, and paranormal tends to fall on the longer side due to world building, 70-90kAdult - 70,000-115,000 wordsRomance - 85,000-100,000 words Cozy Mysteries - 70,000-85,000 words Mysteries, Horror, Crime - 75,000-95,000 words, most averaging 90k Sci-fi and Fantasy - 80,000-120,000 words, most averaging 100k-115k Literary and Women's Fiction - 80,000-100,000 words Adrian Sroka 19900 points Ready to publish Fiction Historical Middle Grade (Children's) Young Adult (YA) Adventure Adrian Sroka 05/03/2014 Like 0 Report Reply
Adrian Sroka 19900 points Ready to publish Fiction Historical Middle Grade (Children's) Young Adult (YA) Adventure
Yup - for U.S. editions, at least. Here: http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx Simon P. Clark 270 points Practical publishing Poetry Short stories Fiction Middle Grade (Children's) Picture Books (Children's) Comic Speculative Fiction Adventure Crime, Mystery, Thriller Autobiography, Biography and Memoir Philosophy and Religion Simon P. Clark 05/03/2014 Like 0 Report Reply
Simon P. Clark 270 points Practical publishing Poetry Short stories Fiction Middle Grade (Children's) Picture Books (Children's) Comic Speculative Fiction Adventure Crime, Mystery, Thriller Autobiography, Biography and Memoir Philosophy and Religion
Young adult - 55,000-90,000 words
YA contemporary tends to be on the shorter side, 60-70k
YA fantasy, sci-fi, and paranormal tends to fall on the longer side due to world building, 70-90k
Adult - 70,000-115,000 words
Romance - 85,000-100,000 words
Cozy Mysteries - 70,000-85,000 words
Mysteries, Horror, Crime - 75,000-95,000 words, most averaging 90k
Sci-fi and Fantasy - 80,000-120,000 words, most averaging 100k-115k
Literary and Women's Fiction - 80,000-100,000 words
Yup - for U.S. editions, at least. Here: http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx