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 | Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise | Maginnis, Charles Donagh | 1867 | 1955 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
16817 (42) |
14.9 | 1.61 | 12.1 | 55.5 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 188 | Burroughs, Barkham | 1952 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
147356 (368) |
19.3 | 1.51 | 12.1 | 59.8 | 9.7 | ||
| Details | Life on the Mississippi | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
142729 (356) |
20.7 | 1.47 | 12.0 | 61.4 | 9.8 | |
| Details | The Jungle | Sinclair, Upton | 1878 | 1968 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
147652 (369) |
22.3 | 1.39 | 12.0 | 66.4 | 9.5 | |
| 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 Old Curiosity Shop | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
213290 (533) |
20.8 | 1.43 | 12.0 | 64.6 | 9.4 | |
| Details | The Hunting of the Snark | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 14000 | 15000 | 18000 |
4969 (12) |
22.4 | 1.39 | 12.0 | 66.2 | 9.6 | |
| Details | Handbook of the Trees of New England | Dame, Lorin Low | 1838 | 1903 | 5000 | 10000 | 17000 | 20000 | 23000 | 25000 |
50148 (125) |
12.4 | 1.8 | 12.0 | 42.3 | 10.4 | |
| Details | Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making | Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) | 1850 | 1896 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
102413 (256) |
19.1 | 1.47 | 12.0 | 62.6 | 9.3 | |
| Details | Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture | George, Walter S.Henderson, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward) | 1870 | 4000 | 5000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 20000 |
99523 (248) |
12.9 | 1.65 | 12.0 | 54.1 | 8.9 | ||
| Details | War and Peace | Tolstoy, Leo, graf | Maude, Aylmer | 1828 (1858) | 1910 (1938) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
560687 (1401) |
17.9 | 1.49 | 11.9 | 62.4 | 9.0 |
| Details | Around the World in 80 Days | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
62632 (156) |
17.0 | 1.53 | 11.9 | 60.3 | 9.1 | |
| Details | The Devil's Dictionary | Bierce, Ambrose | 1842 | 1914 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
58601 (146) |
13.9 | 1.62 | 11.9 | 55.3 | 9.0 | |
| Details | The Hindu-Arabic Numerals | Karpinski, Louis Charles | 1878 | 1956 | 3000 | 6000 | 11000 | 15000 | 18000 | 23000 |
45182 (112) |
11.6 | 1.69 | 11.9 | 51.6 | 8.9 | |
| Details | Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem | Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) | (1856) | (1928) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 | 25000 |
37282 (93) |
19.9 | 1.55 | 11.9 | 55.4 | 10.5 | |
| Details | Night and Day | Woolf, Virginia | 1882 | 1941 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
164999 (412) |
18.4 | 1.49 | 11.9 | 62.0 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples | Brown, Frank Chouteau | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
20014 (50) |
10.1 | 1.75 | 11.9 | 48.1 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims | La Rochefoucauld, François duc de | Willis Bund, J. W. (John William) | 1613 (1843) | 1680 (1928) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
34123 (85) |
16.4 | 1.53 | 11.9 | 61.2 | 8.8 |
| Details | The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to | Anonymous | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 16000 | 18000 | 23000 |
9268 (23) |
12.3 | 1.68 | 11.9 | 52.0 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | The History of The Hen Fever A Humorous Record | Burnham, George P. | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
66073 (165) |
17.7 | 1.54 | 11.9 | 58.9 | 9.5 | |||
| Details | A Sailor of King George | Hoffman, Frederick, Captain | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
89006 (222) |
19.3 | 1.48 | 11.9 | 62.0 | 9.4 | |||
| Details | Katerfelto A Story of Exmoor | Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John) | 1821 | 1878 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 14000 | 20000 |
87404 (218) |
20.7 | 1.45 | 11.9 | 62.9 | 9.6 | |
| 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 | Music Notation and Terminology | Gehrkens, Karl Wilson | 1882 | 1975 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 15000 | 17000 | 23000 |
40795 (101) |
13.0 | 1.66 | 11.8 | 53.5 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 19000 |
169054 (422) |
17.2 | 1.52 | 11.8 | 60.6 | 9.1 | |
| Details | The Aeneid English | Virgil | Dryden, John | 70BC (1631) | 19BC (1700) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 23000 |
106024 (265) |
24.5 | 1.34 | 11.8 | 68.2 | 9.8 |
| Details | Île mystérieuse. English | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
192750 (481) |
17.8 | 1.5 | 11.8 | 62.0 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Gretchen A Novel | Holmes, Mary J. | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
173864 (434) |
23.1 | 1.36 | 11.8 | 68.0 | 9.5 | |||
| Details | Life of Edward the Black Prince | Creighton, Louise | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
58151 (145) |
18.0 | 1.48 | 11.8 | 63.4 | 8.9 | |||
| Details | Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and prep | Rose, Joshua | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
63754 (159) |
17.0 | 1.53 | 11.8 | 60.1 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | All About Coffee | Ukers, William H. (William Harrison) | 1873 | 1945 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
387030 (967) |
13.8 | 1.67 | 11.8 | 51.5 | 9.5 | |
| Details | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Hesiod | Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) | (1924) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 24000 |
87152 (217) |
19.4 | 1.47 | 11.8 | 62.6 | 9.3 | |
| Details | Candide | Voltaire | 1694 | 1778 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 21000 |
35400 (88) |
18.0 | 1.5 | 11.7 | 61.4 | 9.2 | |
| Details | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Orczy, Baroness Emmuska | 1865 | 1947 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 21000 |
83462 (208) |
19.0 | 1.47 | 11.7 | 63.0 | 9.2 | |
| 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 | The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 | Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron | 1788 | 1824 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
121886 (304) |
20.6 | 1.42 | 11.7 | 66.2 | 9.1 | |
| Details | The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 | Yule, Henry, Sir | (1820) | (1889) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 | 22000 |
313144 (782) |
16.0 | 1.55 | 11.7 | 59.5 | 8.9 | |
| Details | Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor | Hands, A. F. Morris | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 19000 | 22000 |
5892 (14) |
16.3 | 1.56 | 11.6 | 58.6 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | Textiles and Clothing | Watson, Kate Heintz | 4000 | 5000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
41633 (104) |
17.9 | 1.52 | 11.6 | 59.8 | 9.4 | |||
| Details | How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, so | Williams, Archibald | 1871 | 1934 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
70756 (176) |
16.5 | 1.56 | 11.6 | 58.0 | 9.3 | |
| Details | The Pursuit of God | Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson) | 1897 | 1963 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
29000 (72) |
19.4 | 1.44 | 11.6 | 65.4 | 9.0 | |
| Details | The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
93327 (233) |
18.8 | 1.47 | 11.6 | 63.5 | 9.1 | |
| Details | Mark Twain's Speeches | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
92337 (230) |
19.2 | 1.47 | 11.6 | 63.2 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Short-Stories | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 22000 |
73428 (183) |
17.4 | 1.51 | 11.6 | 61.2 | 9.0 | ||||
| Details | The Beast in the Jungle | James, Henry | 1843 | 1916 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
18288 (45) |
20.3 | 1.39 | 11.6 | 68.4 | 8.8 | |
| Details | The Anatomy of Melancholy | Burton, Robert | 1577 | 1640 | 4000 | 8000 | 14000 | 17000 | 20000 | 24000 |
513147 (1282) |
11.3 | 1.67 | 11.6 | 54.3 | 8.5 | |
| Details | The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Table of Contents with l | Gibbon, Edward | 1737 | 1794 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 |
10194 (25) |
7.3 | 1.75 | 11.5 | 51.8 | 7.8 | |
| Details | Philippine Folk Tales | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
48249 (120) |
21.8 | 1.37 | 11.5 | 68.7 | 9.1 | ||||
| Details | The Gods of Mars | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | 1875 | 1950 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 22000 |
82534 (206) |
20.2 | 1.44 | 11.5 | 64.2 | 9.3 | |
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.