I've just pulled a novel off the shelf behind me. It has about 200 pages, each line has about 35 or 40 lines, each line has 10 to 15 words. 35 x 15 = 525

I've just pulled a novel off the shelf behind me. It has about 200 pages, each line has about 35 or 40 lines, each line has 10 to 15 words. 35 x 15 = 525 38 x 13 = 494 40 x 11 = 440 It's about 450 words per page, 200 pages, 900x100 = 90,000 words. A second novel pulled out at random has 330 pages of 38 lines with 12 words/line. The better answer is - as many as it takes.