To Kill a Mockingbird by the numbers
Harper Lee · first published 1960 · dataset 2026-07-21
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Length and reading time
| Pages (dataset edition) | 281 |
|---|---|
| Estimated words | 77,000 |
| Reading time, 300 wpm (fast) | 4 h 18 min |
| Reading time, 250 wpm (average adult) | 5 h 9 min |
| Reading time, 200 wpm (careful / younger reader) | 6 h 26 min |
| Days at 20 minutes a day | 16 |
| Lexile measure | 870L |
At 281 pages, To Kill a Mockingbird is longer than 70.8% of the 1,664 books on the reading lists we track. It is longer 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 To Kill a Mockingbird is on school reading lists
8 appearances (0.1% of all 13,258 listings in the dataset), drawn from 8 published lists, in grades 9th–11th. 8 of the 8 carry a link to the published source document.
States (3): California, Florida, Texas.
| Grade | Listings |
|---|---|
| 9th | 6 |
| 10th | 1 |
| 11th | 1 |
Sources
- HISD English I core text · checked 2026-05-29
- Common Core aligned summer-reading list — rising 9th grade · checked 2026-05-29
- B.E.S.T. Standards aligned reading · checked 2026-05-29
- CA CCSS ELA aligned reading · checked 2026-05-29
- TEKS English II frequently taught text · checked 2026-05-29
- AP Lit Course and Exam Description — representative text list · checked 2026-05-29
Questions
How many pages is To Kill a Mockingbird?
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is 281 pages in the edition recorded in our dataset. Page counts vary by edition and format; at about 275 words per page that is roughly 77,000 words.
How long does it take to read To Kill a Mockingbird?
About 5 h 9 min at an average adult pace of 250 words per minute (4 h 18 min at 300 wpm, 6 h 26 min at 200 wpm). At 20 minutes a day that is about 16 days.
Is To Kill a Mockingbird on school reading lists?
Yes. It appears 8 times on the U.S. school reading lists, award lists and curricula in our dataset, in 3 states plus 4 national-curriculum listings, most often in grades 9-12. That ranks it #448 of 1,664 listed books.
Related
- To Kill a Mockingbird: reading level, grades and similar booksOn ReadingList, our sister site for school reading lists.
- Books of about the same lengthMonster (281 pp.) · The Diary of a Young Girl (283 pp.) · Odder (288 pp.) · The Wild Robot (288 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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