Word count to pages

How many pages is 10,000 words?

10,000 words is about 42 pages in a 6 x 9 in book or 48 pages at 5.5 x 8.5 in (11 pt). Reading time ≈ 42 min; audiobook ≈ 1.1 hours.

42pages at 6 x 9 in

48pages at 5.5 x 8.5 in

42 minreading time

1.1 haudiobook length

How many pages is 10,000 words?

Trim size	10 pt	11 pt	12 pt	11 pt nonfiction	Spine (white, 11 pt)
5 x 8 in	48	54	62	50	0.122 in
5.25 x 8 in	46	52	60	48	0.117 in
5.5 x 8.5 in	40	48	52	44	0.108 in
6 x 9 in	38	42	48	40	0.095 in
6.14 x 9.21 in	36	42	46	38	0.095 in
7 x 10 in	30	34	40	32	0.077 in
8.5 x 11 in	26	28	32	26	0.063 in
5.83 x 8.27 in	40	46	52	44	0.104 in

Fiction estimates unless noted. Nonfiction typically fills pages more densely.

What this length means

10,000 words sits in the typical range for: Chapter Books.

In standard manuscript format (12 pt, double-spaced) 10,000 words is about 40 manuscript pages at 250 words per page.

Average silent reading at about 238 words per minute takes 42 min. Narrated at roughly 155 words per minute, the audiobook runs about 1.1 finished hours.

Classics of similar length

A Martian Odyssey ≈ 9,846 wordsStanley G. Weinbaum Rizal's own story of his life ≈ 9,768 wordsJosé Rizal The Big Fix ≈ 9,129 wordsGeorge O. Smith "And That's How It Was, Officer" ≈ 10,965 wordsRalph Sholto The call of Cthulhu ≈ 8,914 wordsH. P. Lovecraft The Enchiridion ≈ 8,812 wordsEpictetus

Other lengths