This table shows the readability data of selected Project Gutenberg eBooks.
Vocabulary Coverage (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%) |
Conventional Readability Formula |
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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 | The Bible, Old and New Testaments, King James Version | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 20000 |
790029 (1975) |
26.6 | 1.35 | 13.2 | 66.1 | 10.6 | ||||
| Details | An Essay on Man | Pope, Alexander | 1688 | 1744 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
46424 (116) |
19.3 | 1.37 | 10.5 | 71.1 | 8.1 | |
| Details | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | Berens, E.M. | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
104008 (260) |
23.7 | 1.62 | 16.1 | 45.3 | 12.8 | |||
| Details | Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time | Litchfield, Frederick | 1850 | 1930 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 25000 |
73893 (184) |
20.4 | 1.66 | 15.3 | 45.4 | 12.0 | |
| Details | The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 | Wordsworth, William | 1770 | 1850 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
118027 (295) |
29.5 | 1.48 | 15.9 | 52.0 | 13.3 | |
| Details | Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet | Anonymous | 4000 | 4000 | 9000 | 14000 | 15000 | 17000 |
20223 (50) |
16.2 | 1.38 | 8.7 | 73.6 | 7.0 | |||
| Details | Autobiography of a Yogi | Yogananda, Paramahansa | 1893 | 1952 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
153564 (383) |
15.3 | 1.66 | 12.6 | 50.5 | 10.0 | |
| Details | Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander) | 1873 | 1936 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 | 22000 |
149754 (374) |
21.1 | 1.64 | 14.9 | 46.6 | 12.0 | |
| Details | Twice Told Tales | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | 1804 | 1864 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 20000 |
145292 (363) |
23.8 | 1.5 | 13.9 | 55.3 | 11.5 | |
| Details | Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales The fiddle and the bow, The paradise of fools, Visions | Taylor, Robt. L. (Robert Love) | 1850 | 1912 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
29397 (73) |
21.5 | 1.46 | 12.3 | 61.5 | 10.0 | |
| Details | A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE | Casas, Bartolomé de las | 1474 | 1566 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
30124 (75) |
53.7 | 1.51 | 26.5 | 24.5 | 23.2 | |
| Details | Riders of the Purple Sage | Grey, Zane | 1872 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 15000 | 24000 | 24000 |
102465 (256) |
12.4 | 1.39 | 7.8 | 76.5 | 5.7 | |
| Details | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | Ovid | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) | 43BC (1816) | 18 (1878) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 24000 |
137832 (344) |
21.9 | 1.49 | 13.5 | 58.2 | 10.6 |
| Details | Poems | Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) | 1865 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 22000 |
36280 (90) |
20.6 | 1.34 | 10.0 | 72.5 | 8.3 | |
| Details | Maggie, a Girl of the Streets | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
22287 (55) |
11.7 | 1.47 | 8.3 | 70.5 | 6.3 | |
| Details | The Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | 1804 | 1864 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
83847 (209) |
23.1 | 1.53 | 14.2 | 53.8 | 11.5 | |
| Details | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
77252 (193) |
18.8 | 1.58 | 13.2 | 53.7 | 10.5 | |
| Details | The Viking Blood A Story of Seafaring | Wallace, Frederick William | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
138112 (345) |
16.3 | 1.45 | 9.7 | 67.8 | 7.8 | |||
| Details | Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Engel, Carl | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
71969 (179) |
19.4 | 1.67 | 15.0 | 45.6 | 11.7 | |||
| Details | From Gretna Green to Land's End A Literary Journey in England. | Bates, Katharine Lee | 1859 | 1929 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
71781 (179) |
28.9 | 1.52 | 15.8 | 49.2 | 13.6 | |
| Details | The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Com | Foreman, John, F.R.G.S. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
303152 (757) |
22.2 | 1.7 | 16.6 | 40.5 | 13.1 | |||
| Details | The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General | Nuttall, P. Austin | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
758344 (1895) |
30.7 | 1.69 | 19.4 | 32.9 | 16.3 | |||
| Details | Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
65413 (163) |
18.0 | 1.35 | 9.2 | 74.4 | 7.3 | ||||
| Details | The Hunting of the Snark | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 14000 | 15000 | 18000 |
4969 (12) |
22.4 | 1.39 | 12.0 | 66.2 | 9.6 | |
| Details | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
71189 (177) |
21.1 | 1.5 | 13.0 | 58.2 | 10.4 | |
| Details | Rob Roy — Complete | Scott, Walter, Sir | 1771 | 1832 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 18000 | 24000 |
190693 (476) |
29.9 | 1.53 | 17.0 | 46.9 | 14.2 | |
| Details | Mystère de la chambre jaune. English | Leroux, Gaston | 1868 | 1927 | 2000 | 4000 | 9000 | 10000 | 11000 | 19000 |
73022 (182) |
15.8 | 1.5 | 11.3 | 63.7 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Unknown | Ingram, J. H. (James Henry) | (1774) | (1850) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 | 22000 |
93358 (233) |
16.3 | 1.46 | 10.7 | 67.2 | 7.9 |
| 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 | The Robbers | Schiller, Friedrich | 1759 | 1805 | 4000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
49365 (123) |
9.5 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 76.3 | 5.0 | |
| Details | The Satyricon — Complete | Petronius Arbiter | 20 | 66 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
97604 (244) |
25.3 | 1.52 | 14.9 | 52.9 | 12.2 | |
| 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 | Nonsense Books | Lear, Edward | 1812 | 1888 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 19000 |
28733 (71) |
18.8 | 1.47 | 11.3 | 63.2 | 9.1 | |
| Details | Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking | Unknown | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
14689 (36) |
10.4 | 1.49 | 7.6 | 70.3 | 6.0 | |||
| Details | The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition | Duncan, A. W. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
31665 (79) |
14.3 | 1.66 | 12.8 | 51.5 | 9.6 | |||
| Details | Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor | Hands, A. F. Morris | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 19000 | 22000 |
5892 (14) |
16.3 | 1.56 | 11.6 | 58.6 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 | Malory, Thomas, Sir | 1400 | 1470 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 17000 | 23000 |
187600 (469) |
26.2 | 1.32 | 12.9 | 68.5 | 10.2 | |
| Details | A Book of Myths | Lang, Jeanie | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 | 24000 |
90896 (227) |
24.5 | 1.37 | 12.5 | 65.7 | 10.2 | |||
| Details | The Essays of Francis Bacon | Bacon, Francis | 1561 | 1626 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
52994 (132) |
29.0 | 1.48 | 16.2 | 51.9 | 13.2 | |
| Details | Life Is a Dream | Calderón de la Barca, Pedro | FitzGerald, Edward | 1600 (1809) | 1681 (1883) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 | 19000 |
17220 (43) |
16.5 | 1.38 | 9.4 | 73.3 | 7.1 |
| Details | The Man in the Iron Mask | Dumas, Alexandre | 1802 | 1870 | 3000 | 4000 | 9000 | 10000 | 14000 | 24000 |
171959 (429) |
13.8 | 1.49 | 10.2 | 66.8 | 7.4 | |
| 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 | 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 | Christianity Unveiled Being An Examination of The Principles And Effects of The | Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d' | Johnson, W. M. (William Martin) | 1723 (1771) | 1789 (1797) | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 18000 |
39094 (97) |
21.4 | 1.64 | 15.8 | 46.2 | 12.1 |
| 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 | Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews | United States. Work Projects Administration | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 15000 | 20000 | 22000 |
126940 (317) |
17.2 | 1.35 | 8.8 | 75.6 | 7.0 | |||
| Details | Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas | Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline) | 1859 | 1929 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 22000 |
99800 (249) |
31.1 | 1.49 | 16.7 | 48.9 | 14.2 | |
| 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 | Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of | Schlebecker, John T. | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 18000 |
22455 (56) |
7.1 | 1.71 | 9.7 | 54.7 | 7.4 | |||
Notes:
Numbers in the parentheses of the born/died information denotes the translators' born/died year.
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.
The authors and the translators displayed in the table are only one of multiple data stated in the catalog.rdf, if the work is composed by more than one author or translator, for ease of processing the data in this website.
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.