Word Counts


The word count game is fun and infuriating to play. I gathered the following numbers from AR Book Finder, which seems to be the only website giving word counts for books. You can go there to find age and reading levels for the books. I use all these numbers to give me an idea of where my book fits in, or what goals I need to set for the book depending on what genre I'm writing in. (Feel free to suggest books for the list!) Most of these are MG/YA.
(Want more? A brill post on MG/YA word counts from Andrea Brown Lit.'s Jennifer Laughran is here.)


24777 – NOW YOU SEE THEM, NOW YOU DON'T (Gordon Korman)
25703 – THE FUGITIVE FACTOR (Gordon Korman)
25827 – THE STOWAWAY SOLUTION (Gordon Korman)
26177 – PUBLIC ENEMIES (Gordon Korman)
26261 – HUNTING THE HUNTER (Gordon Korman)
27138 – CHASING THE FALCONERS (Gordon Korman)
32127 – AMONG THE HIDDEN (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
44825 – SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES (Stephanie S. Tolan)
47510 - STORMBREAKER (Anthony Horowitz)
47690 – ON THE RUN (Michael Coleman)
55286 - POINT BLANK (Anthony Horowitz)
56129 – HANGMAN'S CURSE (Frank E. Peretti)
63201 – PRINCESS ACADEMY (Shannon Hale)
65662 - EAGLE STRIKE (Anthony Horowitz)
66273 – CROWN DUEL (Sherwood Smith)
66561 - LIKE MANDARIN (Kirsten Hubbard)
67344 - SKELETON KEY (Anthony Horowitz)
68203 – THE RUINS OF GORLAN (John Flanagan)
68519 – THE THIEF (Megan Whalen Turner)
71840 – THE BURNING BRIDGE (John Flanagan)
74939 – ENNA BURNING (Shannon Hale)
75314 – THE ICEBOUND LAND (John Flanagan)
76027 – BLOODLINE (Katy Moran)
76066 – COURT DUEL (Sherwood Smith)
76812 – A CONSIPRACY OF KINGS (Megan Whalen Turner)
76944 – HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (J. K. Rowling)
78466 - ARK ANGEL (Anthony Horowitz)
79176 – THE SIEGE OF MACINDAW (John Flanagan)
79518 – THE SORCERER OF THE NORTH (John Flanagan)
80243 - SCORPIA (Anthony Horowitz)
80666 – PIRATICA (Tanith Lee)
81299 – THE BATTLE FOR SKANDIA (John Flanagan)
82579 – THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA (Megan Whalen Turner)
85141 – HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (J. K. Rowling)
87218 – THE KING OF ATTOLIA (Megan Whalen Turner)
91163 – THE GOOSE GIRL (Shannon Hale)
93581 - CROCODILE TEARS (Anthony Horowitz)
93593 - SNAKEHEAD (Anthony Horowitz)
97364 – ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (L. M. Montgomery)
99750 - THE HUNGER GAMES (Suzanne Collins) 
100269 - MOCKINGJAY (Suzanne Collins)
101564 - CATCHING FIRE (Suzanne Collins)
105143 - DIVERGENT (Veronica Roth)
107253 – HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (J. K. Rowling)
109057 – WHITE (Ted Dekker)
112634 – FIRE (Kristin Cashore)
112705 – MIMUS (Lilli Thal)
115109 – GRACELING (Kristin Cashore)
118975 – TWILIGHT (Stephanie Meyer)
122579 – RED (Ted Dekker)
127241 – BLACK (Ted Dekker)
132758 – NEW MOON (Stephanie Meyer)
148971 – ECLIPSE (Stephanie Meyer)
168923 – HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (J. K. Rowling)
170469 – PIERCING THE DARKNESS (Frank E. Peretti)
186547 – BREAKING DAWN (Stephanie Meyer)
190637 – HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (J. K. Rowling)
204796 – HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS (J. K. Rowling)
257045 – HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (J. K. Rowling)
530982 – LES MISERABLES (Victor Hugo)