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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 Youth Asimov, Isaac 1920 1992 2000 3000 5000 6000 9000 14000 10013
    (25)
    8.6 1.43 7.1 77.0 4.6
    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 Persuasion Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 14000 82646
    (206)
    22.7 1.49 13.7 57.7 10.9
    Details Sense and Sensibility Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 15000 117920
    (294)
    24.3 1.51 14.9 54.1 11.8
    Details Emma Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 15000 155516
    (388)
    20.8 1.47 12.4 61.1 9.9
    Details Mansfield Park Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 15000 157622
    (394)
    22.6 1.48 13.3 59.1 10.6
    Details Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 8000 11000 16000 119679
    (299)
    19.8 1.52 13.0 58.1 10.1
    Details Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 76450
    (191)
    21.1 1.5 13.2 58.4 10.4
    Details Lady Susan Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 14000 22830
    (57)
    23.7 1.54 14.6 52.6 11.8
    Details Sense and Sensibility Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 14000 120454
    (301)
    22.9 1.52 14.4 55.1 11.3
    Details Love and Freindship [sic] Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 32937
    (82)
    26.6 1.53 16.0 50.0 12.9
    Details The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of Jane Austen A Linked Index of all PG Edi Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 8000 10000 15000 768172
    (1920)
    21.8 1.5 13.4 58.0 10.6
    Details The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Azuela, Mariano Munguía, E. (Enrique) 1873 (1903) 1952 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 37140
    (92)
    12.9 1.48 9.4 68.2 7.0
    Details Steam, Its Generation and Use Babcock & Wilcox Company 3000 4000 7000 10000 15000 20000 120558
    (301)
    9.8 1.67 10.7 56.0 7.9
    Details New Atlantis Bacon, Francis 1561 1626 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 15693
    (39)
    33.2 1.42 17.1 52.8 14.2
    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 Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt Baikie, James 1866 1931 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 26825
    (67)
    27.7 1.39 14.0 61.2 11.6
    Details Fifty Years in Chains Or, the Life of an American Slave Ball, Charles 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 105338
    (263)
    35.5 1.43 17.9 49.7 15.1
    Details Father Goriot Balzac, Honoré de Marriage, Ellen 1799 1850 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 103094
    (257)
    15.2 1.44 9.6 70.0 7.3
    Details Chef d'oeuvre inconnu. English Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 10624
    (26)
    17.3 1.44 10.4 67.3 8.2
    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 Peter Pan Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 47245
    (118)
    14.8 1.36 8.3 76.5 6.3
    Details Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 12000 1073
    (2)
    20.2 1.37 10.7 70.8 8.4
    Details Peter and Wendy Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 47114
    (117)
    14.8 1.36 8.4 76.5 6.3
    Details A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia Bartholomew, J. G. 4000 8000 13000 17000 21000 24000 35280
    (88)
    1.7 2.01 9.8 35.5 8.7
    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 Wonderful Wizard of Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 17000 39505
    (98)
    17.4 1.33 9.3 76.3 6.9
    Details American Fairy Tales Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 31719
    (79)
    16.3 1.41 9.7 70.6 7.5
    Details The Marvelous Land of Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 42055
    (105)
    15.4 1.46 10.1 67.7 7.6
    Details Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 42069
    (105)
    16.3 1.4 9.8 71.5 7.3
    Details Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Beard, Daniel Carter 1850 1941 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 50042
    (125)
    17.8 1.39 10.1 71.4 7.7
    Details On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Beard, Lina 1857 1920 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 57386
    (143)
    21.5 1.42 11.7 65.1 9.5
    Details History of the United States Beard, Mary Ritter 1876 1958 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 199929
    (499)
    18.8 1.71 15.4 42.7 12.0
    Details Tom Wallis A Tale of the South Seas Becke, Louis 1855 1913 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 66427
    (166)
    21.6 1.39 11.4 67.0 9.3
    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 Beeton's Book of Needlework Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) 1836 1865 4000 6000 14000 15000 17000 20000 81453
    (203)
    13.6 1.47 8.8 68.7 7.0
    Details The Book of Household Management Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) 1836 1865 4000 6000 10000 12000 16000 21000 488058
    (1220)
    15.8 1.5 10.5 63.9 8.3
    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 Carolina Lee Bell, Lilian 1867 1929 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 18000 73197
    (182)
    14.4 1.46 9.6 68.7 7.3
    Details Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 Bellamy, Edward 1850 1898 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 77522
    (193)
    24.0 1.55 15.1 51.1 12.1
    Details The Old Road Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 17000 54235
    (135)
    27.0 1.48 15.1 54.2 12.4
    Details Cautionary Tales for Children Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 2620
    (6)
    16.4 1.5 11.4 63.2 8.5
    Details How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five H Benedict, Ralph Paine 2000 4000 7000 12000 12000 21000 59865
    (149)
    19.9 1.57 13.6 54.1 10.7
    Details How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Bennett, Arnold 1867 1931 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 17000 12746
    (31)
    17.8 1.51 11.7 61.0 9.2
    Details New Latin Grammar Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin) 1858 1921 7000 12000 20000 22000 23000 25000 63965
    (159)
    5.5 1.84 11.5 45.7 8.3
    Details The Rubicon Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) 1867 1940 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 18000 74278
    (185)
    13.8 1.45 9.1 70.2 6.9
    Details Dodo Wonders Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) 1867 1940 2000 4000 9000 15000 15000 16000 64785
    (161)
    16.2 1.45 10.0 68.1 7.8
    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 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 Devil's Dictionary Bierce, Ambrose 1842 1914 4000 7000 10000 13000 16000 22000 58601
    (146)
    13.9 1.62 11.9 55.3 9.0

    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.