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 | Siddhartha | Hesse, Hermann | 1877 | 1962 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 17000 | 20000 |
39112 (97) |
21.2 | 1.44 | 12.4 | 63.5 | 9.7 | |
| Details | Palmistry for All | Cheiro | 1866 | 1936 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 21000 |
41356 (103) |
28.5 | 1.51 | 16.3 | 50.3 | 13.3 | |
| Details | Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant | Maupassant, Guy de | 1850 | 1893 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
489213 (1223) |
16.9 | 1.45 | 10.5 | 67.2 | 8.1 | |
| Details | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Douglass, Frederick | 1818 | 1895 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
40404 (101) |
20.3 | 1.48 | 12.3 | 60.7 | 9.8 | |
| Details | Best Russian Short Stories | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
94443 (236) |
15.3 | 1.47 | 10.4 | 66.6 | 7.8 | ||||
| Details | Second Variety | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 |
15191 (37) |
6.3 | 1.41 | 5.1 | 81.4 | 3.5 | |
| Details | Aesop's Fables; a new translation | Aesop | Vernon Jones, V. S. (Vernon Stanley) | 620BC | 563BC | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 22000 |
41387 (103) |
25.3 | 1.33 | 12.4 | 68.4 | 10.0 |
| Details | David Copperfield | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
349774 (874) |
17.7 | 1.45 | 10.7 | 66.4 | 8.4 | |
| 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 | 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 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
111170 (277) |
14.2 | 1.44 | 9.2 | 71.0 | 6.9 | |
| Details | Beyond the Door | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 8000 | 9000 |
2451 (6) |
8.4 | 1.35 | 5.4 | 84.3 | 3.6 | |
| Details | The Canterville Ghost | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
11587 (28) |
26.1 | 1.49 | 14.9 | 54.5 | 12.1 | |
| 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 | The Problems of Philosophy | Russell, Bertrand | 1872 | 1970 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 15000 |
42186 (105) |
27.3 | 1.56 | 16.8 | 47.2 | 13.5 | |
| Details | Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson | Rowlandson, Mary White | 1635 | 1710 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 |
20128 (50) |
25.9 | 1.35 | 12.9 | 66.1 | 10.5 | |
| Details | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
69729 (174) |
14.3 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 74.1 | 6.5 | |
| Details | Utopia | More, Thomas, Sir, Saint | 1478 | 1535 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
43401 (108) |
55.4 | 1.43 | 26.2 | 29.7 | 22.9 | |
| Details | The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan | Ashford, Daisy | 1881 | 1972 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
14509 (36) |
18.3 | 1.42 | 10.2 | 68.0 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The Sex Life of the Gods | Knerr, Michael | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
32090 (80) |
11.2 | 1.39 | 7.0 | 78.3 | 5.1 | |||
| Details | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
87120 (217) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.7 | 69.9 | 7.4 | |
| Details | Treasure Island | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
68147 (170) |
17.8 | 1.35 | 9.3 | 74.2 | 7.3 | |
| Details | The Game of Logic | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 |
13040 (32) |
8.5 | 1.46 | 7.4 | 74.7 | 4.9 | |
| Details | Philippine Folk Tales | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
48249 (120) |
21.8 | 1.37 | 11.5 | 68.7 | 9.1 | ||||
| Details | Omnilingual | Piper, H. Beam | 1904 | 1964 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
16172 (40) |
14.5 | 1.52 | 10.4 | 63.4 | 8.0 | |
| Details | My Antonia | Cather, Willa | 1873 | 1947 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
80807 (202) |
16.3 | 1.42 | 9.4 | 70.2 | 7.5 | |
| Details | How to Tell a Story and Other Essays | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 18000 |
7146 (17) |
21.7 | 1.43 | 12.0 | 64.0 | 9.7 | |
| Details | The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
158602 (396) |
15.8 | 1.48 | 10.1 | 66.0 | 8.0 | |
| Details | Diary of an Enlisted Man | Alstyne, Lawrence Van | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
120903 (302) |
14.6 | 1.36 | 8.3 | 76.8 | 6.2 | |||
| Details | My First Picture Book With Thirty-six Pages of Pictures Printed in Colours by Kr | Kronheim, Joseph Martin | 1810 | 1896 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
4593 (11) |
22.7 | 1.32 | 10.4 | 72.5 | 8.8 | |
| Details | A Child's Garden of Verses | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
8785 (21) |
23.1 | 1.36 | 10.9 | 68.7 | 9.4 | |
| Details | The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn With Notes | Henry VIII, King of England | 1491 | 1547 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 12000 | 13000 | 17000 |
5585 (13) |
22.3 | 1.42 | 12.3 | 64.4 | 9.8 | |
| Details | The Return of the Native | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
140685 (351) |
15.8 | 1.44 | 9.9 | 69.1 | 7.5 | |
| 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 | 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 Sea-Gull | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | 1860 | 1904 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 16000 |
18866 (47) |
9.7 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 75.7 | 5.1 | |
| Details | The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle | Potter, Beatrix | 1866 | 1943 | 2000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 13000 | 13000 |
1399 (3) |
13.9 | 1.54 | 9.0 | 62.5 | 8.0 | |
| Details | Queen Victoria | Browne, E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) | 1871 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
33632 (84) |
23.2 | 1.54 | 14.3 | 53.4 | 11.6 | ||
| Details | The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes | Terence | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) | (1816) | (1878) | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 | 23000 |
125987 (314) |
9.6 | 1.43 | 7.7 | 76.1 | 5.0 |
| 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 | A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first ti | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
65747 (164) |
13.9 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 74.1 | 6.4 | |
| Details | Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) | 1805 | 1875 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
370669 (926) |
20.0 | 1.36 | 10.4 | 71.6 | 8.2 | |
| Details | The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 | Perrault, Charles | Welsh, Charles | 1628 (1850) | 1703 (1914) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
18345 (45) |
23.2 | 1.36 | 11.8 | 67.9 | 9.6 |
| Details | Carmen | Mérimée, Prosper | Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) | 1803 (1853) | 1870 (1936) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 20000 |
23528 (58) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.4 | 69.8 | 7.4 |
| Details | The History of the Peloponnesian War | Thucydides | Crawley, Richard | 455BC (1840) | 395BC (1893) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
204634 (511) |
39.8 | 1.57 | 22.0 | 33.4 | 18.5 |
| Details | The Garden Party and Other Stories | Mansfield, Katherine | 1888 | 1923 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
56598 (141) |
10.5 | 1.39 | 6.6 | 78.9 | 4.9 | |
| Details | The Affair at the Inn | Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith | 1856 | 1923 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 | 17000 |
33539 (83) |
18.1 | 1.46 | 10.9 | 64.8 | 8.7 | |
| Details | Prufrock and Other Observations | Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) | 1888 | 1965 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
3812 (9) |
24.3 | 1.44 | 12.9 | 60.7 | 10.8 | |
| Details | Uncle Vanya | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | 1860 | 1904 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 16000 |
16391 (40) |
8.8 | 1.44 | 7.1 | 76.2 | 4.8 | |
| Details | Gorgias | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
59271 (148) |
23.6 | 1.5 | 14.7 | 56.3 | 11.3 |
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.