Little Women by the numbers
Louisa May Alcott · first published 1868 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 449 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 123,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 6 h 52 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 8 h 14 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 10 h 17 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 25 |
| Lexile measure | 1300L |
At 449 pages, Little Women is longer than 96.4% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is longer than the median book listed for grades 6-8 (223 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 Little Women is on school reading lists
2 appearances (0.0% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 1 published list, in grades 7th–8th. 2 of the 2 carry a link to the published source document.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 7th | 1 |
| 8th | 1 |
Sources
- CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 6-8 story exemplar · checked 2026-05-29
Questions
How many pages is Little Women?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is 449 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 123,000 words.
How long does it take to read Little Women?
About 8 h 14 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (6 h 52 min at 300 wpm, 10 h 17 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 25 days.
Is Little Women on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 2 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in no single state (national curricula only) plus 2 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 6-8. That ranks it #1,620 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- Little Women: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthA Tale of Two Cities (448 pp.) · The Grapes of Wrath (464 pp.) · Pride and Prejudice (432 pp.) · The Unwanteds (416 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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