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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 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 Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete Young, Filson 1876 1938 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 21000 161166
    (402)
    35.3 1.5 19.2 44.2 15.9
    Details Something New Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 17000 73645
    (184)
    12.8 1.47 9.1 69.9 6.7
    Details Nicholas Nickleby Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 17000 317769
    (794)
    19.4 1.49 12.3 61.1 9.6
    Details Chef d'oeuvre inconnu. English Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 10624
    (26)
    17.3 1.44 10.4 67.3 8.2
    Details A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 15000 29106
    (72)
    14.6 1.39 8.6 74.1 6.5
    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 Following the Equator Twain, Mark 1835 1911 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 19000 184337
    (460)
    20.0 1.5 12.4 60.0 9.9
    Details Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 2000 4000 7000 10000 14000 24000 70188
    (175)
    20.5 1.48 12.3 61.1 9.8
    Details Theresa Raquin Zola, Émile Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred 1840 (1853) 1902 (1922) 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 16000 70860
    (177)
    17.4 1.49 11.4 62.8 8.8
    Details Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas Custer, Elizabeth B. 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 136367
    (340)
    27.0 1.49 15.2 53.3 12.5
    Details Warlord of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 19000 56940
    (142)
    26.0 1.45 13.9 57.5 11.7
    Details New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 From the Beginnin Various 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 130202
    (325)
    23.1 1.58 15.0 49.8 12.0
    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 True Bear Stories Miller, Joaquin 1837 1913 2000 4000 7000 10000 11000 19000 42215
    (105)
    21.2 1.4 11.4 66.9 9.2
    Details The War in the Air Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 19000 96478
    (241)
    16.1 1.51 10.9 62.4 8.5
    Details Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 8000 11000 12000 17000 156033
    (390)
    16.9 1.46 10.6 66.5 8.2
    Details Walden Thoreau, Henry David 1817 1862 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 20000 114891
    (287)
    27.9 1.46 15.0 55.4 12.5
    Details Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory No Sophocles Murray, Gilbert 495BC (1866) 406BC (1957) 3000 5000 8000 10000 15000 23000 17732
    (44)
    9.6 1.35 6.9 82.5 4.1
    Details Beyond Good and Evil Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Zimmern, Helen 1844 (1846) 1900 (1934) 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 61977
    (154)
    32.8 1.65 19.9 33.7 16.7
    Details The Art of War Sunzi Giles, Lionel (1875) (1958) 3000 4000 8000 11000 15000 22000 52452
    (131)
    18.1 1.52 12.6 59.5 9.5
    Details A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James 1882 1941 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 84537
    (211)
    15.8 1.41 9.3 71.2 7.2
    Details On the origin of species Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 21000 205539
    (513)
    35.3 1.67 21.2 29.5 17.9
    Details Private Sex Advice to Women For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married Armitage, R. B. 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 17000 68583
    (171)
    27.3 1.68 18.3 37.4 14.8
    Details The Social Cancer Rizal, José Derbyshire, Charles E. 1861 1896 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 21000 173896
    (434)
    17.9 1.52 12.1 60.3 9.3
    Details Madame Bovary Flaubert, Gustave Aveling, Eleanor Marx 1821 (1855) 1880 (1898) 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 115415
    (288)
    16.6 1.45 10.4 66.9 8.1
    Details Around the World in 80 Days Verne, Jules 1828 1905 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 20000 62632
    (156)
    17.0 1.53 11.9 60.3 9.1
    Details Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, Cleland, John 1709 1789 3000 4000 8000 11000 13000 19000 84355
    (210)
    57.8 1.49 27.7 22.4 24.5
    Details The Communist Manifesto Engels, Friedrich 1820 1895 3000 5000 8000 10000 11000 15000 11413
    (28)
    24.1 1.81 19.1 29.5 15.1
    Details The Call of the Wild London, Jack 1876 1916 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 23000 31797
    (79)
    18.7 1.39 10.4 69.9 8.1
    Details Don Quixote Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Ormsby, John 1547 (1829) 1616 (1895) 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 425471
    (1063)
    45.3 1.41 21.6 41.9 18.7
    Details The Iliad Homer Butler, Samuel 750BC (1835) 650BC (1902) 2000 5000 8000 11000 14000 22000 152112
    (380)
    31.0 1.35 15.0 61.5 12.4
    Details The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Pr Vatsyayana Burton, Richard Francis, Sir (1821) (1890) 2000 4000 8000 11000 15000 23000 58153
    (145)
    21.3 1.49 12.9 59.1 10.3
    Details The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 2000 4000 8000 10000 13000 18000 457024
    (1142)
    16.8 1.49 11.3 63.6 8.6
    Details Myths and Legends of China Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) 1864 1954 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 117310
    (293)
    21.9 1.52 13.6 55.8 10.9
    Details El Filibusterismo. English Rizal, José Derbyshire, Charles E. 1861 1896 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 21000 113914
    (284)
    19.9 1.55 13.4 55.5 10.5
    Details The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Chopin, Kate 1850 1904 2000 4000 8000 10000 13000 20000 63540
    (158)
    14.5 1.47 9.8 67.9 7.4
    Details Candide Voltaire 1694 1778 3000 5000 8000 11000 15000 21000 35400
    (88)
    18.0 1.5 11.7 61.4 9.2
    Details Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 72871
    (182)
    22.0 1.53 13.8 54.7 11.1
    Details The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio 3000 4000 8000 12000 17000 22000 97942
    (244)
    20.5 1.5 13.2 58.7 10.2
    Details Jane Eyre Brontë, Charlotte 1816 1855 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 18000 183151
    (457)
    18.5 1.46 11.2 64.3 8.9
    Details Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Pe Jacob, P. L. 1806 1884 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 155617
    (389)
    29.5 1.61 18.2 40.7 14.9
    Details Wuthering Heights Brontë, Emily 1818 1848 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 114539
    (286)
    16.9 1.46 10.6 65.8 8.3
    Details A Summer's Outing and The Old Man's Story Harrison, Carter H. 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 66474
    (166)
    18.5 1.48 11.3 63.2 9.0
    Details Poor Folk in Spain Gordon, Cora 1879 1950 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 79151
    (197)
    17.0 1.49 11.1 63.4 8.6
    Details The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) 1873 1915 3000 5000 8000 12000 17000 21000 201803
    (504)
    19.5 1.56 13.2 54.7 10.5
    Details The Spell of Belgium Anderson, Isabel 3000 4000 8000 11000 14000 21000 89821
    (224)
    21.1 1.53 13.4 56.3 10.6
    Details The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science 3000 4000 8000 11000 15000 21000 91873
    (229)
    27.8 1.66 18.4 38.2 14.9
    Details The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Ormsby, John 1547 (1829) 1616 (1895) 3000 4000 8000 11000 13000 19000 215612
    (539)
    48.7 1.41 23.1 37.8 20.1
    Details Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf For the Use of Teachers Newell, Jane H. (Jane Hancox) 3000 5000 8000 12000 18000 24000 26005
    (65)
    15.1 1.49 10.4 65.2 7.9

    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.