Animal Farm by the numbers
George Orwell · first published 1945 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 112 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 31,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 1 h 43 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 2 h 3 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 2 h 34 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 7 |
| Lexile measure | 1170L |
At 112 pages, Animal Farm is longer than 26.5% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is shorter than the median book listed for grades 9-12 (274 pages).
Word counts and reading times are estimates: pages × 275 words, divided by the reading speed. Your edition's page count and your own pace will differ.
Where Animal Farm is on school reading lists
4 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 4 published lists, in grades 8th–11th. 4 of the 4 carry a link to the published source document.
States (1): Texas.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 8th | 1 |
| 9th | 2 |
| 11th | 1 |
Sources
- Common Core aligned summer-reading list — rising 9th grade · checked 2026-05-29
- TEKS grade 8 commonly taught text · checked 2026-05-29
- AP Lit representative text — allegory unit · checked 2026-05-29
- CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 9-10 exemplar · checked 2026-05-29
Questions
How many pages is Animal Farm?
Animal Farm by George Orwell is 112 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 31,000 words.
How long does it take to read Animal Farm?
About 2 h 3 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (1 h 43 min at 300 wpm, 2 h 34 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 7 days.
Is Animal Farm on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 4 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 1 state plus 3 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 9-12. That ranks it #1,141 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- Animal Farm: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- More by George Orwell1984
- Books of about the same lengthOf Mice and Men (112 pp.) · The House on Mango Street (110 pp.) · Night (120 pp.) · The Adventures of Captain Underpants (125 pp.)
- The most assigned books, rankedAll 1,664 listed books start here.
- Book length statisticsHow long assigned books are, by grade.
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