This table shows the readability data of selected Project Gutenberg eBooks.
Vocabulary Coverage (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%) |
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| 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 | Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth | Descartes, René | 1596 | 1650 | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
23024 (57) |
81.4 | 1.54 | 38.0 | -5.7 | 34.3 | |
| Details | Ethica. English | Spinoza, Benedictus de | 1632 | 1677 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 17000 |
87693 (219) |
16.0 | 1.56 | 12.4 | 59.1 | 9.0 | |
| Details | The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in | Engels, Friedrich | Kelley, Florence | 1820 (1859) | 1895 (1932) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
114426 (286) |
27.4 | 1.62 | 17.1 | 42.3 | 14.2 |
| Details | The Coming Race | Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron | 1803 | 1873 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
52320 (130) |
29.3 | 1.56 | 17.2 | 45.2 | 14.2 | |
| Details | Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion | Ellis, Havelock | 1859 | 1939 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
162979 (407) |
21.7 | 1.68 | 15.6 | 42.9 | 12.7 | |
| Details | Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenome | Ellis, Havelock | 1859 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
133904 (334) |
23.8 | 1.71 | 17.1 | 38.2 | 13.8 | |
| Details | Île mystérieuse. English | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
192750 (481) |
17.8 | 1.5 | 11.8 | 62.0 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English | Stanton, Henry | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 20000 |
13663 (34) |
20.6 | 1.66 | 15.5 | 45.6 | 12.0 | |||
| Details | Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship | Jack, George | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
40537 (101) |
22.7 | 1.56 | 14.4 | 51.9 | 11.7 | |||
| Details | The Invention of the Sewing Machine | Cooper, Grace Rogers | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
44774 (111) |
10.5 | 1.71 | 10.8 | 51.1 | 8.8 | |||
| Details | The American Frugal Housewife | Child, Lydia Maria | 1802 | 1880 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 20000 |
44452 (111) |
18.4 | 1.42 | 10.5 | 68.1 | 8.3 | |
| Details | Roughing It | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
164013 (410) |
22.6 | 1.49 | 13.2 | 57.9 | 10.8 | |
| Details | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Bierce, Ambrose | 1842 | 1914 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
3713 (9) |
18.8 | 1.47 | 11.5 | 63.0 | 9.1 | |
| Details | The Red Badge of Courage | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
45599 (113) |
12.7 | 1.46 | 9.0 | 70.6 | 6.6 | |
| Details | The Federalist Papers | Hamilton, Alexander | 1757 | 1804 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
191873 (479) |
31.9 | 1.69 | 20.8 | 31.4 | 16.8 | |
| Details | Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a Histor | Upham, Charles Wentworth | 1802 | 1875 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
294773 (736) |
22.0 | 1.56 | 14.4 | 52.6 | 11.4 | |
| Details | Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying O | Zerbe, James Slough | 1850 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
37590 (93) |
11.4 | 1.51 | 9.2 | 67.5 | 6.7 | ||
| Details | A Course In Wood Turning | ?-Milton, Archie Seldon | 1887 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 11000 | 14000 |
13683 (34) |
16.0 | 1.43 | 9.9 | 69.3 | 7.6 | ||
| Details | The Economic Consequences of the Peace | Keynes, John Maynard | 1883 | 1946 | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 16000 |
67762 (169) |
26.4 | 1.67 | 17.9 | 38.9 | 14.4 | |
| 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 History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI) | Duncker, Max | Abbott, Evelyn | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
140000 (350) |
16.9 | 1.57 | 12.8 | 56.8 | 9.5 | ||
| Details | A Short History of H.M.S. Victory | Wharton, William James Lloyd | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
15824 (39) |
28.9 | 1.52 | 16.8 | 49.3 | 13.6 | |||
| Details | Ossian in Germany Bibliography, General Survey, Ossian's Influence upon Klopstoc | Tombo, Rudolf | 1875 | 1914 | 3000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 16000 | 23000 |
48589 (121) |
5.9 | 1.7 | 9.7 | 56.9 | 6.8 | |
| Details | The Story of Our Submarines | Bower, John Graham | 1886 | 1940 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 17000 |
52976 (132) |
19.2 | 1.5 | 12.1 | 60.0 | 9.7 | |
| Details | The Old Man of the Mountain | Strang, Herbert | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 20000 |
58447 (146) |
15.1 | 1.47 | 10.3 | 67.3 | 7.6 | |||
| Details | Beast and Man in India A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations wit | Kipling, John Lockwood | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
93292 (233) |
25.4 | 1.54 | 15.0 | 51.1 | 12.4 | |||
| Details | Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers | Winks, William Edward | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
99421 (248) |
20.5 | 1.55 | 13.5 | 54.9 | 10.7 | |||
| Details | Synopsis of Jewish History From the Return of the Jews from the Babylonish Capti | Henry, Henry A. | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
40370 (100) |
27.5 | 1.59 | 17.7 | 44.1 | 13.9 | |||
| Details | Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduct | Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May) | 1863 | 1924 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 16000 | 23000 |
17268 (43) |
17.7 | 1.56 | 12.6 | 56.6 | 9.8 | |
| Details | Irene Iddesleigh | Ros, Amanda Mc | 1860 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
33703 (84) |
30.3 | 1.56 | 17.4 | 44.2 | 14.6 | |
| Details | The Shunned House | Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) | 1890 | 1937 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
10663 (26) |
30.4 | 1.6 | 17.9 | 40.3 | 15.2 | |
| Details | The Big Trip Up Yonder | Vonnegut, Kurt | 1922 | 2007 | 3000 | 5000 | 12000 | 16000 | 16000 | 16000 |
3562 (8) |
13.5 | 1.49 | 9.6 | 66.9 | 7.3 | |
| 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 | How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, so | Williams, Archibald | 1871 | 1934 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
70756 (176) |
16.5 | 1.56 | 11.6 | 58.0 | 9.3 | |
| Details | Hamlet | Shakespeare, William | 1564 | 1616 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 | 22000 |
28983 (72) |
8.3 | 1.43 | 6.8 | 77.6 | 4.5 | |
| Details | Shepp's Photographs of the World | Shepp, James W.Shepp, Daniel B. | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
26227 (65) |
25.1 | 1.67 | 16.9 | 40.3 | 13.9 | |||
| Details | The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan | White, Ellen Gould Harmon | 1827 | 1915 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
241259 (603) |
17.1 | 1.53 | 12.3 | 60.2 | 9.1 | |
| Details | Moral Principles in Education | Dewey, John | 1859 | 1952 | 3000 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 12000 |
10720 (26) |
22.1 | 1.69 | 16.1 | 41.4 | 13.0 | |
| Details | The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | 1844 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 |
27312 (68) |
22.6 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 48.3 | 12.1 | |
| 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 | Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Script | Talmage, James Edward | 1862 | 1933 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 13000 | 18000 |
294595 (736) |
23.6 | 1.55 | 15.2 | 51.9 | 11.9 | |
| Details | Triplanetary | Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer) | 1890 | 1965 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 20000 |
56328 (140) |
17.4 | 1.56 | 12.1 | 57.2 | 9.6 | |
| Details | The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1 | Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) | 1873 | 1915 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 | 22000 |
175708 (439) |
16.8 | 1.62 | 12.6 | 53.1 | 10.0 | |
| Details | Voyage au centre de la terre. English | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
85218 (213) |
15.9 | 1.53 | 11.3 | 61.3 | 8.7 | |
| Details | The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred | Morgan, William | 1774 | 1826 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
112150 (280) |
13.8 | 1.51 | 10.3 | 65.4 | 7.6 | |
| Details | History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent | Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald) | 1873 | 1930 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 23000 |
113094 (282) |
27.4 | 1.61 | 17.3 | 43.2 | 14.0 | |
| Details | The Art of War | Sunzi | Giles, Lionel | (1875) | (1958) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
10489 (26) |
11.5 | 1.53 | 9.9 | 65.9 | 6.9 |
| Details | Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evi | Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von | Huggard, E. M. | 1646 | 1716 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 | 20000 |
184166 (460) |
24.4 | 1.56 | 15.6 | 50.1 | 12.3 |
| Details | The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians | Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir | 1857 | 1934 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 20000 |
98023 (245) |
23.6 | 1.44 | 13.3 | 61.2 | 10.6 | |
| Details | Précis de l'art de la guerre. English | Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de | Mendell, George H. (George Henry) | 1779 (1831) | 1869 (1902) | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
139359 (348) |
21.4 | 1.63 | 15.5 | 46.9 | 12.0 |
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