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 | An Imperial Marriage | Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) | 1852 | 1923 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 21000 |
94091 (235) |
14.1 | 1.4 | 8.7 | 73.9 | 6.5 | |
Details | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
108599 (271) |
18.5 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 78.1 | 7.0 | |
Details | Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Budd | Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max) | (1823) | (1900) | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 |
11680 (29) |
12.8 | 1.43 | 8.7 | 73.0 | 6.3 | |
Details | Tartuffe Or, the Hypocrite | Molière | Page, Curtis Hidden | 1622 (1870) | 1673 (1946) | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 12000 | 18000 |
18064 (45) |
15.4 | 1.39 | 8.7 | 73.3 | 6.9 |
Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 |
26821 (67) |
16.4 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 74.9 | 6.9 | |
Details | Who Goes There! | Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) | 1865 | 1933 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
72754 (181) |
12.0 | 1.47 | 8.7 | 70.2 | 6.4 | |
Details | A Little Book of Filipino Riddles | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 18000 | 24000 |
15684 (39) |
8.6 | 1.64 | 8.8 | 59.3 | 7.1 | ||||
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 | Songs of Innocence and Experience | Blake, William | 1757 | 1827 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 |
5549 (13) |
18.8 | 1.31 | 8.8 | 77.1 | 7.2 | |
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 | The Burglars' Club A Romance in Twelve Chronicles | Hering, Henry A. | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 22000 |
51301 (128) |
11.1 | 1.49 | 8.8 | 69.2 | 6.4 | |||
Details | The Cid | Corneille, Pierre | Mongan, Roscoe | 1606 | 1684 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 11000 | 16000 |
18903 (47) |
12.1 | 1.46 | 8.8 | 70.7 | 6.4 |
Details | Volpone; Or, the Fox | Jonson, Ben | 1573 | 1637 | 4000 | 7000 | 12000 | 16000 | 20000 | 24000 |
48543 (121) |
11.3 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 68.9 | 6.4 | |
Details | The Waste Land | Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) | 1888 | 1965 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 14000 | 17000 | 22000 |
4490 (11) |
12.0 | 1.51 | 8.9 | 66.6 | 7.0 | |
Details | Oedipus Trilogy | Sophocles | Storr, Francis | 495BC (1839) | 406BC (1919) | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
37158 (92) |
14.7 | 1.38 | 8.9 | 75.1 | 6.4 |
Details | Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete | Dickinson, Emily | 1830 | 1886 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
30572 (76) |
13.2 | 1.44 | 8.9 | 71.7 | 6.6 | |
Details | The Thirty-Nine Steps | Buchan, John | 1875 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
40737 (101) |
15.5 | 1.41 | 8.9 | 71.6 | 7.1 | |
Details | A Young Girl's Diary | Anonymous | Paul, Eden | (1865) | (1944) | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 13000 | 15000 |
87209 (218) |
15.5 | 1.39 | 8.9 | 73.6 | 6.9 |
Details | The Sign of the Four | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
42939 (107) |
14.7 | 1.42 | 9.0 | 71.6 | 6.9 | |
Details | Dubliners | Joyce, James | 1882 | 1941 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
66695 (166) |
14.3 | 1.43 | 9.0 | 71.7 | 6.8 | |
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 | The Secret Sharer | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 |
16439 (41) |
14.4 | 1.43 | 9.0 | 70.9 | 6.9 | |
Details | Rilla of Ingleside | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
101158 (252) |
15.1 | 1.42 | 9.0 | 71.5 | 7.0 | |
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 | The Red Badge of Courage | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
45599 (113) |
12.7 | 1.46 | 9.0 | 70.6 | 6.6 | |
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 | Just So Stories | Kipling, Rudyard | 1865 | 1936 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
28603 (71) |
17.3 | 1.38 | 9.0 | 72.8 | 7.4 | |
Details | Through Welsh Doorways | Marks, Jeannette Augustus | 1875 | 1964 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 23000 |
41010 (102) |
15.1 | 1.43 | 9.0 | 70.9 | 7.1 | |
Details | The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Din | Ziemann, Hugo | 1828 | 1926 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
219613 (549) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 69.6 | 7.5 | |
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 | The Sea Wolf | London, Jack | 1876 | 1916 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
105143 (262) |
15.0 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 70.8 | 7.1 | |
Details | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
111491 (278) |
14.1 | 1.44 | 9.1 | 71.0 | 6.9 | |
Details | The Forsyte Saga - Complete | Galsworthy, John | 1867 | 1933 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
313254 (783) |
14.3 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 71.7 | 6.8 | |
Details | The Pillar of Light | Tracy, Louis | 1863 | 1928 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
79534 (198) |
13.2 | 1.47 | 9.1 | 69.4 | 6.9 | |
Details | Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore | Ralston, William Ralston Shedden | (1828) | (1889) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
127694 (319) |
14.6 | 1.42 | 9.1 | 71.6 | 6.9 | |
Details | The Madman | Gibran, Khalil | 1883 | 1931 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
7034 (17) |
17.5 | 1.36 | 9.1 | 74.3 | 7.2 | |
Details | Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 | Various | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
84493 (211) |
12.1 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 67.6 | 6.8 | |||
Details | Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I | Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven) | 1859 | 1924 | 3000 | 4000 | 9000 | 12000 | 13000 | 19000 |
18024 (45) |
13.6 | 1.42 | 9.1 | 72.7 | 6.5 | |
Details | Something New | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
73645 (184) |
12.8 | 1.47 | 9.1 | 69.9 | 6.7 | |
Details | Miss Primrose A Novel | Gilson, Roy Rolfe | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 12000 | 20000 |
49888 (124) |
14.8 | 1.45 | 9.1 | 69.2 | 7.3 | |||
Details | The Anti-Slavery Alphabet | Anonymous | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 |
706 (1) |
18.6 | 1.35 | 9.2 | 74.1 | 7.5 | |||
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 | 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 | Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 12000 | 15000 | 15000 |
2706 (6) |
18.5 | 1.34 | 9.2 | 74.6 | 7.5 | ||||
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 | Flappers and Philosophers | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) | 1896 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
59737 (149) |
13.4 | 1.48 | 9.2 | 67.8 | 7.1 | |
Details | Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
169364 (423) |
18.2 | 1.33 | 9.2 | 76.0 | 7.2 | ||||
Details | The Morning Glory Club | Kyle, George A. | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 |
47254 (118) |
13.3 | 1.47 | 9.2 | 68.8 | 7.0 | |||
Details | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | 1882 | 1941 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
84537 (211) |
15.8 | 1.41 | 9.3 | 71.2 | 7.2 | |
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 |
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.