1 spine = 1 novel
≈ 8 novels
average novels
A typical novel runs about 90,000 words (~120,000 tokens), so a million tokens holds roughly eight of them.
basis: 90,000 words per novel
A million tokens, measured in
The most intuitive yardstick there is. A million tokens holds a small bookshelf — about eight novels — and still comes up short of the complete Harry Potter series.
1 spine = 1 novel
≈ 8 novels
average novels
A typical novel runs about 90,000 words (~120,000 tokens), so a million tokens holds roughly eight of them.
basis: 90,000 words per novel
the 7 books — filled part = 1M tokens
≈ 69% of Harry Potter
of the complete 7-book series
The full Harry Potter series is 1,084,170 words — about 1.45 million tokens. A million tokens gets you from Privet Drive to somewhere deep in Order of the Phoenix.
basis: Series total 1,084,170 words
2 copies — filled part = 1M tokens
≈ 1.3 × War and Peace
copies of War and Peace
Tolstoy’s epic is about 587,000 words in English translation (~780,000 tokens). A million tokens covers it with room for a second read of the first third.
basis: 587,000 words per copy
1 spine = 1 screenplay
≈ 37 movie screenplays
feature-film screenplays
A feature screenplay is around 20,000 words (~27,000 tokens), so a million tokens holds about 37 movies’ worth of scripts.
basis: 20,000 words per screenplay
Everything on this page is exactly one million tokens. So the price of having a model read — or write — all of it is simply each model's per-million rate. Updated 2026-07-03.
| Model | Read all of it (input) | Write all of it (output) |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.5 Pro | $30 | $180 |
| Claude Fable 5 | $10 | $50 |
| GPT-5.5 | $5 | $30 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5 | $25 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $2 | $10 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $2 | $12 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | $1.50 | $9 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1 | $5 |
| Gemini 3 Flash | $0.50 | $3 |
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