Word Count for Mystery & Thriller Books
The word count range for Mystery & Thriller books is 80,000 to 110,000. There are numerous examples of books going high in this genre, including The Da Vinci Code with 138,952 words and Gone Girl with 145,719 words. Still, first time authors should try to keep it lower. Here are a few examples:
| 80,000 - | |
 A Is for Alibi |
76,481 |
 Sharp Objects |
80,565 |
 Shutter Island |
81,666 |
 Tell No One |
83,732 |
 I Hunt Killers |
87,053 |
| 90,000 | |
 Heartsick |
93,416 |
 The Surgeon |
98,039 |  Postmortem |
98,130 |
 Just One Look |
99,347 |
 Odd Thomas |
99,438 |
| 100,000 + | |
 The Girl on the Train |
101,704 |
 Defending Jacob |
122,475 |
 The Firm |
135,293 |
 The Da Vinci Code |
138,952 |
 Gone Girl |
145,719 |