The Hunger Games Word Count — How Many Words?

Updated April 2026
99,750 Words
374 Pages
27 Chapters
7 hr 0 min Reading Time

The Hunger Games contains approximately 99,750 words across 374 pages. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, it would take about 7 hr 0 min to read from cover to cover.

The book is divided into 27 chapters, with an average of approximately 3,694 words per chapter.

Complete Series Word Count

Book Word Count Reading Time
The Hunger Games 99,750 ~7 hr 0 min
Catching Fire 101,564 ~7 hr 7 min
Mockingjay 100,269 ~7 hr 2 min
Total Series 301,583 ~21 hr 8 min

The complete series totals 301,583 words, which would take approximately 21 hours and 8 minutes to read at 238 words per minute.

How The Hunger Games Compares

Book Word Count Pages
Animal Farm 29,966 112
Brave New World 63,766 288
Charlotte's Web 31,938 184
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 19,784 217
Dune 187,240 688
Fahrenheit 451 46,118 158
The Hunger Games 99,750 374

The Hunger Games sits comfortably within the typical novel range of 70,000-100,000 words. At 99,750 words, it is a standard-length book that most readers can finish within a few days.

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