The Kite Runner Word Count — How Many Words?

Updated April 2026
107,130 Words
371 Pages
25 Chapters
7 hr 31 min Reading Time

The Kite Runner contains approximately 107,130 words across 371 pages. At an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, it would take about 7 hr 31 min to read from cover to cover.

The book is divided into 25 chapters, with an average of approximately 4,285 words per chapter.

How The Kite Runner 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 Kite Runner 107,130 371

At 107,130 words, The Kite Runner is longer than the average novel. It falls in the range of epic fiction and complex narratives that reward patient readers with deeper character development and world-building.

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