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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 Cid Corneille, Pierre Mongan, Roscoe 1606 1684 4000 5000 8000 10000 11000 16000 18903
    (47)
    12.1 1.46 8.8 70.7 6.4
    Details Human Animals Hamel, Frank 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 97180
    (242)
    23.3 1.51 14.0 55.5 11.3
    Details The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862 1931 3000 5000 8000 10000 11000 16000 33314
    (83)
    20.7 1.54 13.4 55.5 10.7
    Details Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine Elliott, James, Sir 1880 1959 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 23000 36438
    (91)
    20.3 1.66 15.5 45.7 11.9
    Details Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate Nevinson, John L. 3000 5000 11000 14000 18000 25000 9332
    (23)
    20.1 1.67 14.7 45.4 11.9
    Details Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) 1850 1896 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 102413
    (256)
    19.1 1.47 12.0 62.6 9.3
    Details John Deere's Steel Plow Kendall, Edward C. 3000 5000 7000 8000 10000 15000 5509
    (13)
    17.7 1.53 12.1 59.4 9.4
    Details The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Sterne, Laurence 1713 1768 2000 5000 9000 13000 17000 22000 179035
    (447)
    43.2 1.45 21.0 40.2 18.4
    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 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 Phèdre. English Racine, Jean Boswell, Robert Bruce 1639 1699 4000 5000 9000 11000 14000 18000 13981
    (34)
    14.1 1.4 8.5 74.3 6.4
    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 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 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 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 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 Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Cole, E. W. (Edward William) 1832 1918 2000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 141555
    (353)
    20.6 1.38 10.6 68.8 8.8
    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 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 Little Red Hen An Old English Folk Tale 2000 5000 5000 7000 11000 13000 1406
    (3)
    18.5 1.46 11.5 64.8 8.8
    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 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 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 Last Man Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft 1797 1851 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 173882
    (434)
    25.1 1.53 15.1 52.3 12.2
    Details Aesop's Fables Aesop 620BC 563BC 2000 5000 8000 10000 12000 17000 12261
    (30)
    19.3 1.3 9.7 77.1 7.3
    Details Crome Yellow Huxley, Aldous 1894 1963 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 56364
    (140)
    13.6 1.53 10.2 63.1 7.8
    Details Vanity Fair Thackeray, William Makepeace 1811 1863 3000 5000 9000 12000 14000 21000 298755
    (746)
    22.3 1.48 13.0 59.0 10.6
    Details The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Livy Spillan, D. (Daniel) (1854) 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 231205
    (578)
    32.4 1.58 19.4 40.1 15.7
    Details Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete Various 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 21000 335852
    (839)
    20.4 1.57 13.6 53.1 10.9
    Details The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 Various 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 9530
    (23)
    19.3 1.62 13.7 50.2 11.1
    Details Babbitt Lewis, Sinclair 1885 1951 3000 5000 10000 16000 21000 21000 120915
    (302)
    15.4 1.49 10.0 65.0 8.0
    Details Miss Primrose A Novel Gilson, Roy Rolfe 2000 5000 8000 11000 12000 20000 49888
    (124)
    14.8 1.45 9.1 69.2 7.3
    Details The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philoso Mackey, Albert Gallatin 1807 1881 3000 5000 9000 12000 14000 21000 100385
    (250)
    23.8 1.65 16.8 43.3 13.1

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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.