Collected extent · 10 works
Shakespeare, William
10 works measured — 1,334,634 words in total, roughly 88h 59m of reading at an average pace.
Works measured10public domain
Total words1,334,634combined
Reading time89hall works
Average grade4.8Flesch–Kincaid
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·10 editions counted, one rule·REVIEWED JUL 2026
The works, longest first
| Work | Words | Reading time | Grade | Unique words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete Works of William Shakespeare | 964,355 | 64h 17m | 3.5 | 28,608 |
| The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9] | 131,881 | 8h 48m | 2.7 | 10,662 |
| Romeo and Juliet | 73,480 | 4h 54m | 4.1 | 9,087 |
| Hamlet | 32,289 | 2h 09m | 8.8 | 4,877 |
| Romeo and Juliet | 25,997 | 1h 44m | 2.9 | 3,726 |
| Romeo and Juliet | 25,800 | 1h 43m | 4.5 | 4,102 |
| As You Like It | 23,193 | 1h 33m | 3.4 | 3,253 |
| Love's Labour's Lost | 22,631 | 1h 31m | 3 | 3,725 |
| Shakespeare's Sonnets | 17,677 | 1h 11m | 11.5 | 3,357 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | 17,331 | 1h 09m | 3.6 | 2,998 |
Only works with a Project Gutenberg plain-text edition appear here, so a bibliography will be longer than this table. What is counted, and what is struck first.
