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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 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Grose, Francis 1731 1791 5000 8000 13000 15000 19000 24000 80819
    (202)
    7.1 1.53 6.6 70.3 5.2
    Details 2 B R 0 2 B Vonnegut, Kurt 1922 2007 2000 3000 7000 9000 10000 14000 2501
    (6)
    9.4 1.46 7.5 74.1 5.3
    Details Secret Adversary Christie, Agatha 1890 1976 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 74269
    (185)
    9.2 1.46 7.6 73.8 5.3
    Details The Railway Children Nesbit, E. (Edith) 1858 1924 1000 2000 5000 7000 9000 14000 58729
    (146)
    12.9 1.35 7.1 79.7 5.3
    Details Cyrano De Bergerac Rostand, Edmond Thomas, Gladys 1868 1918 3000 6000 10000 14000 17000 23000 34576
    (86)
    9.7 1.45 7.4 74.4 5.3
    Details Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) 1905 2002 2000 4000 6000 8000 9000 13000 35128
    (87)
    9.9 1.44 7.8 74.7 5.3
    Details The Variable Man Dick, Philip K. 1928 1982 2000 4000 6000 8000 9000 18000 24824
    (62)
    7.8 1.51 7.4 71.3 5.3
    Details Adventures of Pinocchio Collodi, Carlo Della Chiesa, Carol 1826 (1887) 1890 2000 3000 6000 11000 14000 17000 39730
    (99)
    12.2 1.37 7.5 78.3 5.4
    Details The Adventure of the Dying Detective Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 5730
    (14)
    10.4 1.43 7.6 75.0 5.4
    Details The Mystery of Jockey Hollow Arden Blake Mystery Series #2 Garis, Cleo 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 14000 45337
    (113)
    11.1 1.41 7.5 75.9 5.4
    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 Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 21000 79615
    (199)
    13.2 1.35 7.4 79.0 5.5
    Details The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Marlowe, Christopher 1564 1593 4000 6000 12000 16000 22000 24000 20740
    (51)
    10.7 1.44 7.4 74.4 5.5
    Details First Lessons in Geography Or, Introduction to Youth's Manual of Geography Monteith, James 2000 3000 6000 7000 10000 17000 5269
    (13)
    3.1 1.69 7.6 60.8 5.5
    Details The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 21000 79765
    (199)
    13.2 1.35 7.4 78.9 5.5
    Details The Orchard Secret Arden Blake Mystery Series #1 Garis, Cleo 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 14000 50450
    (126)
    11.0 1.43 7.5 75.1 5.5
    Details Pollyanna Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) 1868 1920 1000 3000 6000 8000 9000 14000 54339
    (135)
    11.6 1.4 7.8 76.5 5.5
    Details Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich West, Julius 1860 (1891) 1904 (1918) 2000 3000 5000 8000 11000 17000 66807
    (167)
    9.8 1.46 7.6 73.3 5.5
    Details The Adventure of the Red Circle Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 9000 9000 14000 7197
    (17)
    11.7 1.41 7.9 75.5 5.6
    Details Deathworld Harrison, Harry 1925 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 17000 56945
    (142)
    11.4 1.42 7.5 75.0 5.6
    Details The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 3000 7000 9000 14000 21000 20449
    (51)
    7.8 1.55 8.4 68.1 5.7
    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 Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary De -Buckelew, Sarah F. (Sarah Frances) 1835 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 18000 24947
    (62)
    12.8 1.38 7.9 76.9 5.7
    Details Keats: Poems Published in 1820 Keats, John 1795 1821 4000 6000 10000 13000 17000 24000 38774
    (96)
    11.3 1.43 7.9 74.1 5.7
    Details The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Saemund Sigfusson Blackwell, I. A. 1179 1241 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 23000 84459
    (211)
    11.7 1.42 7.6 75.2 5.7
    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 Story of Doctor Dolittle Lofting, Hugh 1886 1947 1000 2000 5000 7000 10000 13000 25697
    (64)
    14.6 1.33 7.6 79.6 5.8
    Details The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 21000 70421
    (176)
    12.3 1.41 7.9 75.2 5.8
    Details Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 5000 6000 9000 17000 20422
    (51)
    14.2 1.34 7.9 78.6 5.8
    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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 11 to 15 Twain, Mark 1835 1911 1000 2000 6000 9000 12000 19000 11622
    (29)
    15.8 1.29 7.4 81.3 5.8
    Details Women in Love Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 179224
    (448)
    11.2 1.45 8.1 72.8 5.9
    Details Love Among the Chickens Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 17000 49955
    (124)
    11.2 1.45 7.9 72.7 5.9
    Details Rainbow Valley Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) 1874 1942 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 16000 79562
    (198)
    12.6 1.41 7.9 75.1 5.9
    Details The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2. Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) 1863 1943 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 19000 3926
    (9)
    12.7 1.4 8.0 75.4 5.9
    Details The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65 Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline) 1842 1930 4000 6000 9000 12000 14000 18000 6761
    (16)
    12.9 1.39 7.6 75.9 5.9
    Details Right Ho, Jeeves Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 8000 13000 17000 24000 73251
    (183)
    11.4 1.44 7.8 73.2 5.9
    Details Pygmalion Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 33146
    (82)
    10.4 1.48 8.2 71.5 5.9
    Details A Room with a View Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) 1879 1970 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 65560
    (163)
    11.3 1.45 8.3 72.5 5.9
    Details The Mysterious Affair at Styles Christie, Agatha 1890 1976 2000 3000 6000 9000 12000 17000 55542
    (138)
    10.2 1.49 8.5 70.3 6.0
    Details Through the Looking-Glass Carroll, Lewis 1832 1898 2000 3000 7000 11000 15000 24000 28873
    (72)
    14.1 1.36 7.7 77.5 6.0
    Details The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 24000 78609
    (196)
    12.1 1.43 8.3 73.3 6.0
    Details Psmith, Journalist Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 56439
    (141)
    11.2 1.46 8.2 71.9 6.0
    Details Life in the Iron-Mills; or, the Korl Woman Davis, Rebecca Harding 1831 1910 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 15000 14838
    (37)
    13.6 1.38 7.8 76.2 6.0
    Details The Gift of the Magi Henry, O. 1862 1910 2000 5000 7000 11000 12000 14000 2038
    (5)
    12.6 1.42 8.1 74.2 6.0
    Details Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking Unknown 5000 7000 9000 12000 16000 21000 14689
    (36)
    10.4 1.49 7.6 70.3 6.0
    Details Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 3000 6000 9000 12000 17000 37282
    (93)
    11.9 1.44 7.9 73.0 6.0
    Details The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths Colum, Padraic 1881 1972 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 65423
    (163)
    15.9 1.3 7.8 80.6 6.0
    Details Sport Royal and other stories Hope, Anthony 1863 1933 2000 4000 7000 9000 13000 21000 27491
    (68)
    10.4 1.48 8.3 70.8 6.0
    Details Heidi (Gift Edition) Spyri, Johanna Stork, Elisabeth P. (Elisabeth Pausinger) 1827 1901 1000 2000 5000 6000 8000 12000 51302
    (128)
    13.6 1.39 8.4 75.4 6.1

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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.