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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 Anne's House of Dreams Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) 1874 1942 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 78051
    (195)
    13.7 1.4 8.2 74.6 6.3
    Details Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers Hughes, Talbot 1869 1942 4000 5000 10000 11000 14000 21000 30554
    (76)
    12.8 1.54 9.6 63.9 7.5
    Details The Tale of Peter Rabbit Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 13000 991
    (2)
    17.1 1.49 10.6 63.7 8.6
    Details The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 2000 6000 10000 12000 13000 13000 1399
    (3)
    13.9 1.54 9.0 62.5 8.0
    Details The Tale of Benjamin Bunny Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 2000 4000 6000 6000 8000 9000 1158
    (2)
    16.5 1.51 10.3 62.5 8.7
    Details The Tale of Tom Kitten Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 3000 7000 10000 13000 13000 13000 754
    (1)
    15.1 1.51 10.2 64.2 8.1
    Details The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2. Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 19000 3926
    (9)
    12.7 1.4 8.0 75.4 5.9
    Details The Career of Katherine Bush Glyn, Elinor 1864 1943 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 19000 105388
    (263)
    17.8 1.46 11.2 65.4 8.6
    Details The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 2000 6000 9000 13000 16000 20000 1235
    (3)
    18.4 1.46 10.1 65.0 8.8
    Details The Tale of Peter Rabbit Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 14000 994
    (2)
    16.3 1.54 11.0 60.2 8.9
    Details Introduction to the Science of Sociology Park, Robert Ezra 1864 1944 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 388459
    (971)
    14.6 1.73 13.7 45.3 10.6
    Details Concerning the Spiritual in Art Kandinsky, Wassily Sadleir, Michael 1866 (1888) 1944 (1957) 3000 4000 5000 8000 10000 17000 26025
    (65)
    20.0 1.64 14.5 47.8 11.6
    Details The Velveteen Rabbit Bianco, Margery Williams 1880 1944 1000 4000 7000 8000 11000 13000 3965
    (9)
    16.2 1.33 8.3 77.5 6.5
    Details The Story of Mankind Van Loon, Hendrik Willem 1882 1944 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 128493
    (321)
    21.3 1.56 14.0 53.3 11.1
    Details The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affectin Record, Samuel J. (Samuel James) 1881 1945 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 22000 42645
    (106)
    9.4 1.6 9.7 62.1 6.9
    Details Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila Morgan, Thomas Hunt 1866 1945 4000 7000 13000 13000 14000 24000 27302
    (68)
    14.2 1.66 11.4 52.4 9.5
    Details All About Coffee Ukers, William H. (William Harrison) 1873 1945 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 22000 387030
    (967)
    13.8 1.67 11.8 51.5 9.5
    Details Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty a Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 2000 4000 6000 7000 11000 15000 15145
    (37)
    23.0 1.49 13.8 57.4 11.0
    Details The War of the Worlds Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 16000 59603
    (149)
    18.2 1.49 11.1 62.4 9.1
    Details The Time Machine Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 32111
    (80)
    16.8 1.5 10.8 62.6 8.7
    Details The Invisible Man Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 47694
    (119)
    12.5 1.47 8.6 70.2 6.6
    Details The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 158602
    (396)
    15.8 1.48 10.1 66.0 8.0
    Details The First Men in the Moon Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 21000 67768
    (169)
    15.6 1.49 10.2 65.2 8.0
    Details A Short History of the World Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 22000 111386
    (278)
    20.1 1.68 15.2 44.4 12.1
    Details Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms Stein, Gertrude 1874 1946 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 14968
    (37)
    15.1 1.46 9.3 68.2 7.5
    Details The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 42660
    (106)
    16.7 1.43 9.8 69.0 7.8
    Details The Island of Doctor Moreau Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 43537
    (108)
    14.7 1.48 9.7 66.5 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 Little Black Sambo Bannerman, Helen 1862 1946 4000 5000 12000 12000 12000 12000 1153
    (2)
    16.0 1.41 9.0 71.2 7.3
    Details The Art of Public Speaking Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg) 1867 1946 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 154880
    (387)
    17.2 1.54 12.1 59.1 9.3
    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 My Antonia Cather, Willa 1873 1947 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 15000 80807
    (202)
    16.3 1.42 9.4 70.2 7.5
    Details The Great God Pan Machen, Arthur 1863 1947 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 17000 21527
    (53)
    19.7 1.45 11.3 64.5 9.2
    Details The Scarlet Pimpernel Orczy, Baroness Emmuska 1865 1947 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 21000 83462
    (208)
    19.0 1.47 11.7 63.0 9.2
    Details The Story of Doctor Dolittle Lofting, Hugh 1886 1947 1000 2000 5000 7000 10000 13000 25697
    (64)
    14.6 1.33 7.6 79.6 5.8
    Details Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories; Second Series Nicholson, Meredith 1866 1947 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 17000 117496
    (293)
    14.9 1.45 9.5 68.9 7.3
    Details The Personality of American Cities Hungerford, Edward 1875 1948 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 105425
    (263)
    21.1 1.51 12.8 57.8 10.4
    Details Plays Glaspell, Susan 1882 1948 1000 2000 4000 6000 8000 13000 52567
    (131)
    10.5 1.36 6.7 80.9 4.6
    Details A Princess of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 67354
    (168)
    28.6 1.5 15.5 51.3 13.2
    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 Return of Tarzan Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 88607
    (221)
    18.0 1.44 10.8 66.3 8.5
    Details The Gods of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 22000 82534
    (206)
    20.2 1.44 11.5 64.2 9.3
    Details The Gods of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 22000 82500
    (206)
    20.2 1.44 11.5 64.2 9.3
    Details Captain Blood Sabatini, Rafael 1875 1950 3000 5000 9000 12000 14000 22000 112331
    (280)
    14.5 1.48 10.2 66.7 7.6
    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 Tarzan of the Apes Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 16000 84994
    (212)
    19.6 1.45 11.4 64.4 9.1
    Details The Chessmen of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 9000 10000 16000 87139
    (217)
    17.6 1.44 10.7 67.4 8.2
    Details The Land That Time Forgot Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 11000 15000 22000 36905
    (92)
    20.0 1.44 11.3 64.7 9.2
    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 Thuvia, Maid of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 24000 46927
    (117)
    15.8 1.46 10.3 67.0 7.8

    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.