Average length of a novel is 60,000 - 100,000 words. It takes a great deal of effort to write, so PLAN ahead. Organize a few hours a day, when you won't be disturbed. WHOOA - hardly likely! The average length of a novel is 60000-100000 words. I could not find data on Sorcerer's Stone, but here's info on other Harry Potter books: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is over 255,000 words compared to over l9l,000 words in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The new book is 38 chapters long, one more than Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Pride and Prejudice has 123,880 words (I measured in WordPerfect). It also has 16,034 sentences, 12, 607 paragraphs. Average word legnth is 5, average words per sentence is 8. Average range is 70,000-150,000 Estimates for "average" novel length vary, but I suspect that 90% of novels on the market fall within the range of 70,000 (around 150 pp) to 150,000 (around 300 pp).  A very rough rule of thumb would be 200 words per printed page, though this will vary dramatically depending on the format and length of the book, typeface used and marketing.  The upper limit these days is around 200,000 words, which is where the longer Potter books probably fall (i.e., the doorstops of 800+ pages, though with a lower word-per-page count, most likely, than the latest biography of Winston Churchill). Interestingly, since you ask, Jane Austen's works have been studied extensively, including by