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 | The Mysterious Stranger | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
41011 (102) |
19.2 | 1.39 | 10.6 | 69.8 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The history of Herodotus — Volume 2 | Herodotus | Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell) | 480BC (1852) | 420BC (1915) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
145187 (362) |
39.5 | 1.5 | 20.9 | 40.1 | 17.5 |
| Details | The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
7617 (19) |
12.1 | 1.45 | 8.5 | 71.6 | 6.3 | |
| 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 Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 16000 |
10626 (26) |
11.6 | 1.46 | 8.5 | 71.9 | 6.1 | |
| 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 | The Adventure of the Cardboard Box | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
8609 (21) |
16.7 | 1.41 | 9.7 | 70.6 | 7.6 | |
| Details | Mystère de la chambre jaune. English | Leroux, Gaston | 1868 | 1927 | 2000 | 4000 | 9000 | 10000 | 11000 | 19000 |
73022 (182) |
15.8 | 1.5 | 11.3 | 63.7 | 8.3 | |
| Details | Meno | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 16000 |
22147 (55) |
19.6 | 1.5 | 12.8 | 59.8 | 9.8 |
| 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 | Our Mutual Friend | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 17000 |
319979 (799) |
15.6 | 1.46 | 10.0 | 67.8 | 7.7 | |
| 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 | Dombey and Son | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 13000 | 24000 |
349083 (872) |
19.4 | 1.45 | 11.5 | 64.1 | 9.1 | |
| Details | This Side of Paradise | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) | 1896 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
79512 (198) |
14.9 | 1.52 | 10.8 | 63.0 | 8.2 | |
| Details | Silas Marner | Eliot, George | 1819 | 1880 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
70159 (175) |
26.6 | 1.43 | 13.8 | 58.8 | 11.7 | |
| Details | The Princess of Cleves | La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) | 1634 | 1693 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
61526 (153) |
56.6 | 1.45 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 23.5 | |
| Details | The Door in the Wall and Other Stories | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
42660 (106) |
16.7 | 1.43 | 9.8 | 69.0 | 7.8 | |
| Details | Kidnapped | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 22000 |
81525 (203) |
21.2 | 1.34 | 10.3 | 71.7 | 8.5 | |
| Details | The Wind in the Willows | Grahame, Kenneth | 1859 | 1932 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
57985 (144) |
18.1 | 1.41 | 10.2 | 69.4 | 8.1 | |
| Details | Sons and Lovers | Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) | 1885 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
158692 (396) |
9.8 | 1.38 | 6.4 | 80.6 | 4.4 | |
| Details | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
114027 (285) |
17.3 | 1.47 | 10.8 | 65.1 | 8.5 | |
| Details | A Tramp Abroad | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
153271 (383) |
21.7 | 1.47 | 12.5 | 60.1 | 10.3 | |
| Details | Herland | Gilman, Charlotte Perkins | 1860 | 1935 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
51298 (128) |
15.4 | 1.47 | 10.2 | 67.1 | 7.7 | |
| Details | Greenmantle | Buchan, John | 1875 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
98151 (245) |
14.7 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 73.2 | 6.7 | |
| Details | Twenty Years After | Dumas, Alexandre | 1802 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
240798 (601) |
13.6 | 1.46 | 9.9 | 69.5 | 7.0 | |
| Details | The Prisoner of Zenda | Hope, Anthony | 1863 | 1933 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
53278 (133) |
13.7 | 1.38 | 8.1 | 75.9 | 6.1 | |
| Details | My Bondage and My Freedom | Douglass, Frederick | 1818 | 1895 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
131906 (329) |
23.6 | 1.51 | 14.2 | 54.7 | 11.5 | |
| Details | Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Ho | Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert) | 1871 | 1930 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 14000 | 19000 | 19000 |
36773 (91) |
18.6 | 1.33 | 9.6 | 75.4 | 7.4 | |
| 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 | Jude the Obscure | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
142487 (356) |
15.6 | 1.44 | 10.0 | 69.1 | 7.5 | |
| 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 | Erewhon | Butler, Samuel | 1835 | 1902 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
83680 (209) |
33.5 | 1.49 | 17.9 | 46.5 | 15.1 | |
| Details | The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare | Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) | 1874 | 1936 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
57869 (144) |
16.2 | 1.46 | 10.3 | 67.1 | 7.9 | |
| Details | Lord Jim | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
127361 (318) |
17.0 | 1.45 | 10.4 | 67.2 | 8.1 | |
| Details | The Idiot | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | Martin, Eva M. | 1821 | 1881 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
239039 (597) |
14.9 | 1.47 | 10.4 | 67.1 | 7.6 |
| Details | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
58816 (147) |
15.1 | 1.42 | 9.3 | 71.7 | 7.0 | |
| 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 | 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 | Anne of Avonlea | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
88170 (220) |
15.5 | 1.42 | 9.5 | 70.8 | 7.2 | |
| Details | Anne of the Island | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
75570 (188) |
12.7 | 1.43 | 8.3 | 73.0 | 6.2 | |
| Details | Little Men | Alcott, Louisa May | 1832 | 1888 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
104244 (260) |
21.5 | 1.37 | 11.1 | 69.0 | 9.0 | |
| 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 | Anne's House of Dreams | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
78051 (195) |
13.7 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 74.6 | 6.3 | |
| Details | The Story of the Three Little Pigs | Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) | 1862 | 1940 | 2000 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 7000 | 9000 |
1052 (2) |
16.2 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 80.4 | 6.1 | |
| Details | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny | Potter, Beatrix | 1866 | 1943 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 |
1158 (2) |
16.5 | 1.51 | 10.3 | 62.5 | 8.7 | |
| 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 | 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 | Twas the Night before Christmas A Visit from St. Nicholas | Moore, Clement Clarke | 1779 | 1863 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
1086 (2) |
16.0 | 1.43 | 9.5 | 69.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | Moon and Sixpence | Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) | 1874 | 1965 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
74760 (186) |
14.4 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 69.8 | 7.1 | |
| Details | The Amateur Cracksman | Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William) | 1866 | 1921 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
51615 (129) |
13.7 | 1.41 | 8.4 | 73.7 | 6.4 | |
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.