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    Vocabulary Coverage
    (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%)
    Conventional Readability Formula
    Title Author Translator Born Died 90% 95% 98% 99% 99.5% 99.9% Word Count (Pages) Words per Sentence Syllables per Word Fog Index Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid
    Details Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) 1850 1896 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 102413
    (256)    		 19.1 1.47 12.0 62.6 9.3
    Details Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 Bellamy, Edward 1850 1898 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 77522
    (193)    		 24.0 1.55 15.1 51.1 12.1
    Details Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Beard, Daniel Carter 1850 1941 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 50042
    (125)    		 17.8 1.39 10.1 71.4 7.7
    Details A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and P Dewey, Melvil 1851 1931 5000 8000 12000 15000 18000 23000 11325
    (28)    		 9.2 2.13 16.5 17.7 13.1
    Details Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil) 1851 1935 3000 4000 7000 8000 11000 16000 165374
    (413)    		 21.2 1.53 13.7 56.2 10.7
    Details Edison's Conquest of Mars Serviss, Garrett Putman 1851 1929 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 64861
    (162)    		 21.5 1.54 14.1 54.7 11.0
    Details An Imperial Marriage Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) 1852 1923 2000 3000 6000 10000 13000 21000 94091
    (235)    		 14.1 1.4 8.7 73.9 6.5
    Details A Dash .. .. .. For a Throne Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) 1852 1923 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 96732
    (241)    		 17.1 1.41 10.0 70.0 7.7
    Details The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Allen, Emory Adams 1853 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 206643
    (516)    		 18.2 1.56 13.0 56.2 9.9
    Details The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pyle, Howard 1853 1911 4000 6000 11000 15000 20000 22000 111009
    (277)    		 22.3 1.31 10.1 73.7 8.5
    Details The Adventures of Robin Hood Pyle, Howard 1853 1911 4000 6000 11000 15000 20000 22000 110924
    (277)    		 22.3 1.31 10.1 73.7 8.5
    Details The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 3000 7000 9000 14000 21000 20449
    (51)    		 7.8 1.55 8.4 68.1 5.7
    Details The Canterville Ghost Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 11587
    (28)    		 26.1 1.49 14.9 54.5 12.1
    Details The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 24000 78609
    (196)    		 12.1 1.43 8.3 73.3 6.0
    Details An Ideal Husband Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 1000 3000 5000 7000 10000 17000 28974
    (72)    		 7.5 1.47 6.3 75.2 4.6
    Details The Diva's Ruby Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 2000 3000 5000 8000 10000 15000 115276
    (288)    		 18.3 1.42 10.9 67.9 8.3
    Details The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 24000 54516
    (136)    		 12.9 1.43 8.6 72.6 6.3
    Details The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Jacobs, Joseph 1854 1916 3000 4000 6000 9000 12000 22000 46249
    (115)    		 15.9 1.63 13.1 52.9 9.8
    Details De Profundis Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 18000 17584
    (43)    		 23.7 1.41 13.1 63.2 10.3
    Details Omens and Superstitions of Southern India Thurston, Edgar 1855 1935 3000 5000 10000 13000 16000 23000 93609
    (234)    		 21.1 1.55 13.6 54.1 10.9
    Details Discoverers and Explorers Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard) 1855 1903 2000 4000 6000 7000 9000 17000 20101
    (50)    		 19.6 1.48 12.3 61.4 9.6
    Details Tom Wallis A Tale of the South Seas Becke, Louis 1855 1913 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 66427
    (166)    		 21.6 1.39 11.4 67.0 9.3
    Details Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners Freud, Sigmund Eder, M. D. (Montague David) 1856 (1866) 1939 (1936) 3000 4000 6000 8000 11000 16000 53068
    (132)    		 25.7 1.64 17.2 42.3 13.7
    Details The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 17000 39505
    (98)    		 17.4 1.33 9.3 76.3 6.9
    Details The Affair at the Inn Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith 1856 1923 2000 4000 7000 9000 13000 17000 33539
    (83)    		 18.1 1.46 10.9 64.8 8.7
    Details A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis Freud, Sigmund Hall, G. Stanley 1856 (1846) 1939 (1924) 3000 4000 7000 9000 10000 15000 155848
    (389)    		 24.6 1.65 16.9 42.3 13.5
    Details Leonardo da Vinci A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence Freud, Sigmund Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden) 1856 (1874) 1939 (1948) 3000 4000 8000 11000 12000 18000 23520
    (58)    		 26.4 1.69 18.2 37.1 14.6
    Details American Fairy Tales Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 31719
    (79)    		 16.3 1.41 9.7 70.6 7.5
    Details A Text-Book of the History of Painting Van Dyke, John Charles 1856 1932 3000 5000 8000 11000 15000 23000 70887
    (177)    		 14.4 1.71 12.8 47.9 10.2
    Details Mrs. Warren's Profession Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 4000 9000 11000 12000 17000 34153
    (85)    		 12.7 1.47 9.0 69.2 6.8
    Details She Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 3000 5000 10000 12000 15000 23000 129365
    (323)    		 27.4 1.47 15.1 54.7 12.4
    Details The Marvelous Land of Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 42055
    (105)    		 15.4 1.46 10.1 67.7 7.6
    Details King Solomon's Mines Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 20000 81742
    (204)    		 19.7 1.41 11.1 67.8 8.7
    Details Allan Quatermain Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 21000 105546
    (263)    		 24.1 1.43 13.0 61.5 10.7
    Details Up from Slavery: an autobiography Washington, Booker T. 1856 1915 2000 3000 4000 6000 7000 12000 76133
    (190)    		 24.6 1.5 14.3 55.1 11.7
    Details Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Fischer, Henry W. (Henry William) 1856 1932 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 19000 62978
    (157)    		 16.5 1.54 11.3 59.5 9.0
    Details Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 42069
    (105)    		 16.3 1.4 9.8 71.5 7.3
    Details The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People Wilson, Woodrow 1856 1924 2000 3000 5000 6000 8000 14000 54535
    (136)    		 27.1 1.54 16.5 48.8 13.2
    Details Man and Superman Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 3000 5000 9000 14000 14000 18000 68390
    (170)    		 12.1 1.51 9.4 66.6 7.0
    Details Pygmalion Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 33146
    (82)    		 10.4 1.48 8.2 71.5 5.9
    Details Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex Freud, Sigmund Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden) 1856 (1874) 1939 (1948) 3000 6000 10000 11000 16000 18000 40617
    (101)    		 25.5 1.84 20.0 25.3 16.1
    Details Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 37389
    (93)    		 15.6 1.47 10.0 66.8 7.8
    Details The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 88831
    (222)    		 14.6 1.54 11.0 61.4 8.3
    Details The Secret Sharer Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 2000 4000 7000 8000 12000 17000 16439
    (41)    		 14.4 1.43 9.0 70.9 6.9
    Details Amusements in Mathematics Dudeney, Henry Ernest 1857 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 17000 146902
    (367)    		 15.8 1.48 10.6 65.5 8.1
    Details Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 19000 169054
    (422)    		 17.2 1.52 11.8 60.6 9.1
    Details Lord Jim Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 2000 4000 8000 10000 12000 19000 127361
    (318)    		 17.0 1.45 10.4 67.2 8.1
    Details On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Beard, Lina 1857 1920 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 57386
    (143)    		 21.5 1.42 11.7 65.1 9.5
    Details Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 16000 37289
    (93)    		 15.6 1.47 10.0 67.0 7.8
    Details Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience Matthews, Ike 1857 1913 2000 3000 7000 9000 12000 16000 14490
    (36)    		 26.6 1.37 13.1 63.8 11.0

    Notes:

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    Some of the born/died information of the authors and the translators of the wource data, catalog.rdf provided by the Project Gutenberg, have interrogation marks, which were stripped off in the table of this website for ease of processing the data.
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    The "Pages" shown in the parentheses at the "Word Count" are the results of the division of the "Word Count" by 400, where this website assumes a page of a book includes 400 words.