40,000 Words in Pages, by Format
| Format | Words per page | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Manuscript, Times New Roman 12 pt, single-spaced | 642 | 63 |
| Manuscript, Times New Roman 12 pt, 1.5 spacing | 428 | 94 |
| Manuscript, Times New Roman 12 pt, double-spaced | 321 | 125 |
| Arial 12 pt, single-spaced | 628 | 64 |
| Arial 12 pt, double-spaced | 314 | 128 |
| A4, Times New Roman 12 pt, single-spaced | 678 | 59 |
| A4, Times New Roman 12 pt, double-spaced | 332 | 121 |
| Paperback 5" × 8", Garamond 11 pt | 265 | 152 |
| Paperback 5.5" × 8.5", Garamond 11 pt | 314 | 128 |
| Paperback 6" × 9", Garamond 11 pt | 384 | 106 |
Letter pages have one-inch margins; paperback pages use print margins and 1.15 line spacing. Paperback counts are rounded up to an even number, because every printed leaf has two sides. All figures are for typical fiction; dialogue-heavy text fills more pages, long-paragraph nonfiction fewer. Change any of it in the calculator above.
40,000 Words as a Printed Book
40,000 words is a novel by the length categories of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (40,000 words and up). As a 6" × 9" paperback it prints at about 106 pages; Amazon KDP's spine for that many pages is 0.239" on white paper or 0.265" on cream. That is wide enough for text on the spine, which KDP allows from 80 pages.
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How Long Does It Take to Read 40,000 Words?
At the average adult reading speed of 260 words a minute for fiction, 40,000 words take about 2 hours and 34 minutes to read silently; nonfiction, read at about 238 words a minute, takes about 2 hours and 48 minutes. Read aloud, at 183 words a minute, it takes about 3 hours and 39 minutes. Narrated as an audiobook, at about 9,300 words per finished hour, it runs about 4 h 18 min. The speeds come from a 2019 review of 190 reading studies by Marc Brysbaert. Reading time at your own speed →
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