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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 Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) 1874 1942 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 101388
    (253)
    14.7 1.43 9.3 71.1 7.0
    Details The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 103757
    (259)
    14.9 1.43 9.3 70.8 7.1
    Details The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 58745
    (146)
    15.0 1.42 9.3 71.8 7.0
    Details Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 67669
    (169)
    17.9 1.35 9.3 74.3 7.3
    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 Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms Stein, Gertrude 1874 1946 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 14968
    (37)
    15.1 1.46 9.3 68.2 7.5
    Details Tales of the Jazz Age Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) 1896 1940 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 85222
    (213)
    13.4 1.49 9.3 67.4 7.2
    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 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 Daddy-Long-Legs Webster, Jean 1876 1916 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 16000 36296
    (90)
    14.5 1.47 9.3 67.5 7.5
    Details Anthony Trent, Master Criminal Martyn, Wyndham 1875 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 80574
    (201)
    12.7 1.48 9.3 69.0 6.8
    Details The Child's Day Hutchinson, Woods 1862 1930 1000 2000 5000 6000 8000 12000 40704
    (101)
    18.9 1.3 9.3 78.1 7.1
    Details Lysistrata Aristophanes 446BC 385BC 3000 6000 9000 12000 15000 21000 14327
    (35)
    12.9 1.49 9.4 67.9 7.0
    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 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 White Fang London, Jack 1876 1916 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 16000 71789
    (179)
    15.2 1.41 9.4 72.1 7.0
    Details Main Street Lewis, Sinclair 1885 1951 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 19000 164004
    (410)
    14.1 1.48 9.4 67.4 7.4
    Details Life Is a Dream Calderón de la Barca, Pedro FitzGerald, Edward 1600 (1809) 1681 (1883) 3000 5000 9000 13000 16000 19000 17220
    (43)
    16.5 1.38 9.4 73.3 7.1
    Details The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics Laozi Legge, James (1815) (1897) 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 10365
    (25)
    13.8 1.41 9.4 73.7 6.4
    Details Stories from Hans Andersen Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805 1875 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 16000 36988
    (92)
    18.2 1.34 9.4 75.1 7.3
    Details Man and Superman Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 3000 5000 9000 14000 14000 18000 68390
    (170)
    12.1 1.51 9.4 66.6 7.0
    Details Defenders of Democracy Anonymous 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 17000 12711
    (31)
    5.7 1.71 9.4 56.4 6.8
    Details The Battle of Life A Love Story Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 7000 11000 12000 16000 29592
    (73)
    14.7 1.45 9.4 69.5 7.2
    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 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 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 Venus in Furs Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Ritter von Savage, Fernanda 1836 1895 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 17000 41668
    (104)
    14.3 1.49 9.5 66.6 7.5
    Details Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Pickthall, Marmaduke William (1875) (1936) 3000 5000 8000 10000 14000 18000 491525
    (1228)
    16.4 1.38 9.5 73.6 7.1
    Details The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 123834
    (309)
    15.0 1.44 9.5 69.5 7.3
    Details Lulu's Library, Volume I (of 3) Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 50272
    (125)
    19.9 1.33 9.5 74.4 7.8
    Details Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories; Second Series Nicholson, Meredith 1866 1947 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 17000 117496
    (293)
    14.9 1.45 9.5 68.9 7.3
    Details My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. 1888 Edition Anonymous 2000 3000 7000 9000 12000 15000 263497
    (658)
    18.4 1.37 9.6 72.1 7.8
    Details Andersen's Fairy Tales Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805 1875 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 55132
    (137)
    17.7 1.36 9.6 73.4 7.4
    Details Foods and Household Management A Textbook of the Household Arts Cooley, Anna M.Kinne, Helen 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 104617
    (261)
    11.9 1.54 9.6 64.9 7.2
    Details The Phantom of the Opera Leroux, Gaston 1868 1927 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 20000 84224
    (210)
    14.8 1.44 9.6 69.6 7.2
    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 Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers Hughes, Talbot 1869 1942 4000 5000 10000 11000 14000 21000 30554
    (76)
    12.8 1.54 9.6 63.9 7.5
    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 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 The Big Trip Up Yonder Vonnegut, Kurt 1922 2007 3000 5000 12000 16000 16000 16000 3562
    (8)
    13.5 1.49 9.6 66.9 7.3
    Details The Four Million Henry, O. 1862 1910 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 21000 51419
    (128)
    14.7 1.47 9.6 67.7 7.5
    Details The Beginner's American History Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry) 1837 1928 2000 3000 5000 6000 8000 13000 67333
    (168)
    13.6 1.47 9.6 68.8 7.0
    Details Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Bes 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 20000 146705
    (366)
    15.3 1.43 9.6 70.6 7.2
    Details Of Human Bondage Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874 1965 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 258577
    (646)
    15.5 1.42 9.6 70.9 7.2
    Details The King in Yellow Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 71137
    (177)
    15.5 1.46 9.6 68.0 7.6
    Details The Grammar of English Grammars Brown, Goold 1791 1857 3000 6000 9000 12000 15000 22000 875923
    (2189)
    10.3 1.55 9.6 65.3 6.7
    Details The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation 4000 6000 9000 12000 15000 23000 86027
    (215)
    18.6 1.35 9.6 74.0 7.6
    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 The Viking Blood A Story of Seafaring Wallace, Frederick William 3000 6000 9000 12000 16000 22000 138112
    (345)
    16.3 1.45 9.7 67.8 7.8
    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

    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.