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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 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 Ivanhoe Scott, Walter, Sir 1771 1832 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 22000 190957
    (477)    		 28.7 1.49 16.0 51.5 13.2
    Details Apology Plato Jowett, Benjamin 427BC (1817) 347BC (1893) 2000 3000 6000 8000 12000 17000 16049
    (40)    		 28.8 1.46 15.8 54.0 12.9
    Details Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World Swift, Jonathan 1667 1745 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 51555
    (128)    		 28.8 1.5 16.0 50.9 13.3
    Details The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the Homer Butler, Samuel 750BC (1835) 650BC (1902) 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 21000 128461
    (321)    		 28.9 1.35 14.4 63.1 11.6
    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 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 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 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 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The Equiano, Olaudah 1745 1797 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 81664
    (204)    		 29.1 1.46 15.7 53.5 13.0
    Details The Fall of the House of Usher Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 4000 6000 10000 13000 15000 20000 6977
    (17)    		 29.1 1.62 17.8 40.3 14.9
    Details The Life of Reason The Phases of Human Progress Santayana, George 1863 1952 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 317310
    (793)    		 29.2 1.72 19.8 31.8 16.1
    Details A Child's History of England Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 15000 161921
    (404)    		 29.2 1.44 15.5 55.5 12.8
    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 The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 Craven, Wesley Frank 1905 1981 3000 3000 5000 7000 9000 14000 20141
    (50)    		 29.4 1.67 19.4 36.0 15.5
    Details Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Hume, David 1711 1776 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 35903
    (89)    		 29.4 1.66 19.0 36.4 15.5
    Details Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Pe Jacob, P. L. 1806 1884 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 155617
    (389)    		 29.5 1.61 18.2 40.7 14.9
    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 Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot Craig, Austin 1872 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 62400
    (156)    		 29.6 1.64 18.6 38.3 15.3
    Details Amerigo Vespucci Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) 1849 1913 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 20000 55391
    (138)    		 29.6 1.56 17.8 45.1 14.3
    Details On the origin of species Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 20000 153985
    (384)    		 29.6 1.67 18.8 35.7 15.6
    Details Merlin A Poem Robinson, Edwin Arlington 1869 1935 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 21993
    (54)    		 29.6 1.35 14.5 62.2 11.9
    Details The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners Ruskin, John 1819 1900 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 72573
    (181)    		 29.6 1.47 16.0 52.7 13.3
    Details The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written b Díaz del Castillo, Bernal Lockhart, John Ingram 1492 1585 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 19000 183124
    (457)    		 29.7 1.55 17.7 45.8 14.2
    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 Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Burke, Edmund 1729 1797 3000 5000 8000 12000 17000 21000 161987
    (404)    		 29.8 1.6 18.6 41.0 15.0
    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 The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer) 1840 1914 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 206172
    (515)    		 29.9 1.59 18.0 41.9 14.8
    Details British Political Leaders Mc 1830 1912 3000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 63507
    (158)    		 29.9 1.61 18.3 40.3 15.1
    Details Phaedrus Plato Jowett, Benjamin 427BC (1817) 347BC (1893) 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 38099
    (95)    		 30.0 1.5 16.9 49.6 13.8
    Details The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712 1778 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 274389
    (685)    		 30.2 1.57 17.9 43.2 14.7
    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 Confessions of St. Augustine Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie) 354 (1800) 430 (1882) 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 19000 111847
    (279)    		 30.4 1.41 15.7 57.0 12.9
    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 Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Pepys, Samuel Bright, Mynors 1633 (1818) 1703 (1883) 2000 3000 7000 11000 13000 22000 1253859
    (3134)    		 30.4 1.36 14.6 61.3 12.3
    Details History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Fielding, Henry 1707 1754 2000 4000 8000 10000 12000 18000 348464
    (871)    		 30.5 1.5 16.9 48.8 14.0
    Details The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales 2000 4000 8000 11000 13000 18000 114750
    (286)    		 30.5 1.44 16.2 53.8 13.3
    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 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Fa Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 20000 154299
    (385)    		 30.7 1.67 19.2 34.8 16.0
    Details Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Marx, Karl 1818 1883 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 18000 39830
    (99)    		 30.8 1.72 20.5 29.7 16.8
    Details The Iliad Homer Butler, Samuel 750BC (1835) 650BC (1902) 2000 5000 8000 11000 14000 22000 152112
    (380)    		 31.0 1.35 15.0 61.5 12.4
    Details The Kingdom of God Is Within You Tolstoy, Leo, graf Garnett, Constance 1828 (1861) 1910 (1946) 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 123231
    (308)    		 31.0 1.56 18.3 43.6 14.9
    Details Common Sense Paine, Thomas 1737 1809 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 16000 21504
    (53)    		 31.1 1.55 18.1 44.2 14.8
    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 An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Hume, David 1711 1776 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 19000 48155
    (120)    		 31.1 1.71 20.6 30.5 16.7
    Details Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Trad Fea, Allan 1860 1956 3000 5000 7000 9000 13000 19000 33872
    (84)    		 31.2 1.58 17.8 41.2 15.3
    Details Symposium Plato Jowett, Benjamin 427BC (1817) 347BC (1893) 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 18000 32513
    (81)    		 31.4 1.49 17.4 49.1 14.2
    Details An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Editi Locke, John 1632 1704 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 149042
    (372)    		 31.5 1.51 17.7 46.9 14.5
    Details A Treatise of Human Nature Hume, David 1711 1776 3000 4000 6000 9000 12000 16000 225521
    (563)    		 31.6 1.65 19.8 35.3 16.2
    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

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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.