: Re: What's An Acceptable Word Count for a Debut Novel? I decided to ask this question after finding no other similar questions to mine. But anyway, I have a portfolio of unpublished novels that

Your word counts all seem reasonable except perhaps the 56k for the coming-of-age story (might be too short depending on the target audience).

There are no definitive ranges when it comes to word counts. It largely comes down to the preferences of the agent or editor based on their experience selling the genre.

A smart approach is to use QueryTracker when building your agent list and reference the Manuscript Wordcount report to see what length books they typically acquire in each genre.

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