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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 Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Cody, Sherwin 1868 1959 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 59114
    (147)    		 18.7 1.52 12.4 59.0 9.7
    Details Voyage au centre de la terre. English Verne, Jules Malleson, Frederick Amadeus 1828 (1819) 1905 (1897) 3000 5000 7000 10000 13000 19000 73544
    (183)    		 14.7 1.51 10.6 63.9 8.0
    Details The Mysteries of Udolpho Radcliffe, Ann Ward 1764 1823 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 289394
    (723)    		 27.3 1.53 16.5 49.8 13.1
    Details Common Sense Paine, Thomas 1737 1809 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 16000 19419
    (48)    		 29.7 1.55 17.5 45.4 14.3
    Details The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1772 1834 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 22000 3850
    (9)    		 15.8 1.28 7.4 82.7 5.7
    Details The Vampyre; a Tale Polidori, John William 1795 1821 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 21000 12586
    (31)    		 34.3 1.52 18.9 43.3 15.7
    Details The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights Knowles, James, Sir 1831 1908 3000 5000 10000 12000 15000 21000 93384
    (233)    		 26.0 1.32 12.6 68.7 10.1
    Details Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Bes 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 20000 146705
    (366)    		 15.3 1.43 9.6 70.6 7.2
    Details De Bello Gallico and Other Commentaries Caesar, Julius McDevitte, W. A. (William Alexander) 100BC 44BC 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 17000 158969
    (397)    		 33.9 1.55 19.3 41.0 16.0
    Details The Book of the Aquarium and Water Cabinet or Practical Instructions on the Form Hibberd, Shirley 3000 5000 9000 12000 17000 22000 40114
    (100)    		 17.5 1.59 12.8 54.9 10.0
    Details On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History Carlyle, Thomas 1795 1881 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 87919
    (219)    		 22.6 1.49 13.4 58.1 10.8
    Details The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Behn, Aphra 1640 1689 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 144849
    (362)    		 9.2 1.4 6.7 78.6 4.6
    Details From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Verne, Jules 1828 1905 3000 5000 8000 11000 12000 20000 90543
    (226)    		 15.8 1.59 12.5 56.4 9.3
    Details Defenders of Democracy Anonymous 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 17000 12711
    (31)    		 5.7 1.71 9.4 56.4 6.8
    Details Essays in Experimental Logic Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 6000 7000 9000 15000 107047
    (267)    		 25.9 1.71 18.1 36.3 14.6
    Details The Civil War in America Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 Russell, William Howard, Sir 1820 1907 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 80322
    (200)    		 29.0 1.55 17.0 46.6 14.0
    Details Meditations Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome 121 180 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 71538
    (178)    		 21.0 1.47 13.0 60.9 10.0
    Details Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other People Mallery, Garrick 1831 1894 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 115635
    (289)    		 19.9 1.6 14.1 51.4 11.0
    Details The Beautiful and Damned Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) 1896 1940 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 17000 121625
    (304)    		 14.9 1.54 11.1 61.3 8.4
    Details Utilitarianism Mill, John Stuart 1806 1873 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 27456
    (68)    		 39.0 1.64 22.5 28.2 19.0
    Details The Ladies Delight Anonymous 3000 6000 9000 11000 14000 16000 4466
    (11)    		 42.1 1.35 19.5 50.1 16.7
    Details History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) Maspero, G. (Gaston) McClure, M. L. 1846 1916 (1918) 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 24000 92419
    (231)    		 25.9 1.58 16.3 46.5 13.2
    Details Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Verne, Jules 1828 1905 3000 5000 10000 15000 18000 24000 102277
    (255)    		 15.2 1.52 10.9 62.5 8.3
    Details French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie, de France, 12th cent. Mason, Eugene 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 23000 73605
    (184)    		 19.2 1.33 10.0 74.8 7.6
    Details British Castles Ashdown, Charles H. 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 23000 39601
    (99)    		 25.6 1.66 17.2 40.7 14.0
    Details Life of Edward the Black Prince Creighton, Louise 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 58151
    (145)    		 18.0 1.48 11.8 63.4 8.9
    Details Symbolic Logic Carroll, Lewis 1832 1898 3000 4000 8000 11000 14000 17000 46466
    (116)    		 8.4 1.53 8.2 68.5 5.8
    Details Who Goes There! Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 3000 5000 7000 9000 12000 19000 72754
    (181)    		 12.0 1.47 8.7 70.2 6.4
    Details The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man Patañjali 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 20000 30099
    (75)    		 20.8 1.55 14.2 54.3 10.9
    Details Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and prep Rose, Joshua 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 63754
    (159)    		 17.0 1.53 11.8 60.1 9.1
    Details The Black Riders and Other Lines Crane, Stephen 1871 1900 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 19000 3953
    (9)    		 11.7 1.36 6.7 80.3 5.0
    Details The Descent of Man Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 23000 298564
    (746)    		 17.6 1.66 14.0 48.4 10.9
    Details Villette Brontë, Charlotte 1816 1855 3000 5000 9000 11000 14000 20000 189437
    (473)    		 18.2 1.5 11.4 61.8 9.2
    Details The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Yule, Henry, Sir (1820) (1889) 3000 5000 9000 13000 15000 22000 313144
    (782)    		 16.0 1.55 11.7 59.5 8.9
    Details Modern Essays Beerbohm, Max, Sir 1872 1956 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 83522
    (208)    		 20.8 1.53 13.1 56.3 10.6
    Details The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788 1860 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 200546
    (501)    		 34.4 1.6 20.0 36.7 16.7
    Details An Introduction to the History of Science Libby, Walter 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 71214
    (178)    		 18.6 1.72 15.3 42.9 11.9
    Details The History of The Hen Fever A Humorous Record Burnham, George P. 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 66073
    (165)    		 17.7 1.54 11.9 58.9 9.5
    Details The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3) Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788 1860 3000 4000 9000 11000 14000 19000 184276
    (460)    		 22.1 1.62 15.5 47.0 12.2
    Details Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature James, William 1842 1910 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 183540
    (458)    		 24.9 1.6 16.0 46.6 12.9
    Details Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise Maginnis, Charles Donagh 1867 1955 3000 3000 5000 7000 10000 15000 16817
    (42)    		 14.9 1.61 12.1 55.5 9.2
    Details The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies Anonymous 3000 5000 9000 12000 14000 19000 25020
    (62)    		 26.8 1.48 14.9 54.8 12.3
    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 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
    Details Areopagitica A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament o Milton, John 1608 1674 3000 6000 10000 13000 15000 21000 17989
    (44)    		 44.3 1.51 22.9 34.0 19.5
    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 The King in Yellow Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 71137
    (177)    		 15.5 1.46 9.6 68.0 7.6
    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 The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Complete 3000 6000 8000 12000 15000 22000 35371
    (88)    		 24.1 1.35 12.3 68.0 9.8
    Details Line and Form (1900) Crane, Walter 1845 1915 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 44073
    (110)    		 32.9 1.64 19.6 34.8 16.6

    Notes:

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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.