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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 Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven) 1859 1924 3000 4000 9000 12000 13000 19000 18024
    (45)    		 13.6 1.42 9.1 72.7 6.5
    Details Architecture Classic and Early Christian Slater, John 1847 1924 3000 5000 9000 13000 15000 22000 54084
    (135)    		 18.1 1.66 14.3 48.4 11.0
    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 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 Biblical Geography and History Kent, Charles Foster 1867 1925 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 22000 99638
    (249)    		 22.8 1.62 15.4 46.3 12.5
    Details The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology t Mac 1843 1925 3000 4000 7000 10000 14000 17000 23934
    (59)    		 18.0 1.54 12.5 58.3 9.6
    Details The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Din Ziemann, Hugo 1828 1926 4000 6000 10000 13000 16000 21000 219613
    (549)    		 15.7 1.43 9.1 69.6 7.5
    Details Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) Abbott, Edwin Abbott 1838 1926 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 17000 33806
    (84)    		 24.3 1.58 15.3 48.8 12.5
    Details A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Lee, Sidney, Sir 1859 1926 3000 6000 9000 11000 14000 20000 132934
    (332)    		 20.0 1.69 15.5 43.2 12.2
    Details Flatland: a romance of many dimensions Abbott, Edwin Abbott 1838 1926 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 17000 33286
    (83)    		 24.8 1.57 15.5 48.5 12.7
    Details Three Men in a Boat Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) 1859 1927 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 66360
    (165)    		 19.8 1.39 10.6 69.4 8.5
    Details The Phantom of the Opera Leroux, Gaston 1868 1927 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 20000 84224
    (210)    		 14.8 1.44 9.6 69.6 7.2
    Details Mystère de la chambre jaune. English Leroux, Gaston 1868 1927 2000 4000 9000 10000 11000 19000 73022
    (182)    		 15.8 1.5 11.3 63.7 8.3
    Details Tess of the d'Urbervilles, a Pure Woman Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 147161
    (367)    		 18.3 1.45 11.1 65.7 8.6
    Details The Return of the Native Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 21000 140685
    (351)    		 15.8 1.44 9.9 69.1 7.5
    Details The Mayor of Casterbridge Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 114027
    (285)    		 17.3 1.47 10.8 65.1 8.5
    Details Jude the Obscure Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 142487
    (356)    		 15.6 1.44 10.0 69.1 7.5
    Details The Pillar of Light Tracy, Louis 1863 1928 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 20000 79534
    (198)    		 13.2 1.47 9.1 69.4 6.9
    Details The Beginner's American History Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry) 1837 1928 2000 3000 5000 6000 8000 13000 67333
    (168)    		 13.6 1.47 9.6 68.8 7.0
    Details Far from the Madding Crowd Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 135621
    (339)    		 16.3 1.47 10.3 66.1 8.1
    Details Handwork in Wood Noyes, William 1862 1928 3000 5000 10000 13000 17000 21000 58844
    (147)    		 9.0 1.48 7.3 72.5 5.4
    Details Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar. Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) 1848 1929 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 20000 150454
    (376)    		 32.0 1.5 17.5 47.8 14.5
    Details Very Short Stories and Verses For Children Clifford, W. K., Mrs. 1929 1000 2000 6000 8000 11000 16000 14400
    (36)    		 16.8 1.3 7.9 79.9 6.3
    Details From Gretna Green to Land's End A Literary Journey in England. Bates, Katharine Lee 1859 1929 4000 6000 9000 12000 14000 21000 71781
    (179)    		 28.9 1.52 15.8 49.2 13.6
    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 How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Lehmann, Lilli Aldrich, Richard 1848 (1863) 1929 (1937) 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 18000 31812
    (79)    		 25.4 1.54 15.2 50.7 12.5
    Details Carolina Lee Bell, Lilian 1867 1929 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 18000 73197
    (182)    		 14.4 1.46 9.6 68.7 7.3
    Details Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline) 1859 1929 4000 6000 9000 11000 13000 22000 99800
    (249)    		 31.1 1.49 16.7 48.9 14.2
    Details Theory of the Leisure Class Veblen, Thorstein 1857 1929 3000 6000 9000 12000 13000 19000 105017
    (262)    		 33.7 1.76 21.7 24.1 18.3
    Details A Watcher in The Woods Sharp, Dallas Lore 1870 1929 2000 5000 8000 10000 14000 22000 30932
    (77)    		 20.5 1.42 10.9 65.8 9.2
    Details The Sign of the Four Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 42939
    (107)    		 14.7 1.42 9.0 71.6 6.9
    Details A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 43598
    (108)    		 15.8 1.46 10.2 67.2 7.8
    Details The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 103757
    (259)    		 14.9 1.43 9.3 70.8 7.1
    Details The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 58745
    (146)    		 15.0 1.42 9.3 71.8 7.0
    Details The Return of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 111170
    (277)    		 14.2 1.44 9.2 71.0 6.9
    Details Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Litchfield, Frederick 1850 1930 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 25000 73893
    (184)    		 20.4 1.66 15.3 45.4 12.0
    Details The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 15000 87120
    (217)    		 15.7 1.43 9.7 69.9 7.4
    Details Women in Love Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 179224
    (448)    		 11.2 1.45 8.1 72.8 5.9
    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 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 7617
    (19)    		 12.1 1.45 8.5 71.6 6.3
    Details The Adventure of the Dying Detective Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 5730
    (14)    		 10.4 1.43 7.6 75.0 5.4
    Details The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 8000 9000 16000 10626
    (26)    		 11.6 1.46 8.5 71.9 6.1
    Details The Adventure of the Red Circle Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 9000 9000 14000 7197
    (17)    		 11.7 1.41 7.9 75.5 5.6
    Details The Adventure of the Cardboard Box Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 14000 8609
    (21)    		 16.7 1.41 9.7 70.6 7.6
    Details Sons and Lovers Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 16000 158692
    (396)    		 9.8 1.38 6.4 80.6 4.4
    Details Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Ho Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert) 1871 1930 2000 5000 8000 14000 19000 19000 36773
    (91)    		 18.6 1.33 9.6 75.4 7.4
    Details The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 58816
    (147)    		 15.1 1.42 9.3 71.7 7.0
    Details The Valley of Fear Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 8000 10000 15000 57012
    (142)    		 13.3 1.41 8.6 74.3 6.2
    Details The Return of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 111491
    (278)    		 14.1 1.44 9.1 71.0 6.9

    Notes:

    Numbers in the parentheses of the born/died information denotes the translators' born/died year.
    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.
    The authors and the translators displayed in the table are only one of multiple data stated in the catalog.rdf, if the work is composed by more than one author or translator, for ease of processing the data in this website.
    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.