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 Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter | Aesop | 620BC | 563BC | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
27122 (67) |
15.7 | 1.33 | 8.5 | 78.2 | 6.3 | |
| Details | The Grand Inquisitor | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna) | 1821 (1831) | 1881 (1891) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 11000 | 15000 |
9588 (23) |
25.6 | 1.46 | 14.5 | 57.7 | 11.6 |
| Details | Swann's Way | Proust, Marcel | Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth) | 1871 (1889) | 1922 (1930) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
194407 (486) |
36.0 | 1.47 | 18.7 | 45.6 | 15.8 |
| 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 | 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 | The Iron Heel | London, Jack | 1876 | 1916 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
87324 (218) |
14.4 | 1.52 | 10.6 | 63.5 | 8.0 | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | The House of Mirth | Wharton, Edith | 1862 | 1937 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
127415 (318) |
21.9 | 1.49 | 13.1 | 58.4 | 10.5 | |
| 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 | 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 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Bianco, Margery Williams | 1880 | 1944 | 1000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 |
3965 (9) |
16.2 | 1.33 | 8.3 | 77.5 | 6.5 | |
| Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
9601 (24) |
15.3 | 1.37 | 8.2 | 75.3 | 6.5 | |
| Details | Poetics. English | Aristotle | Bywater, Ingram | 384BC (1840) | 322BC (1914) | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
18459 (46) |
26.1 | 1.54 | 16.2 | 49.9 | 12.8 |
| 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 | Southern Horrors Lynch Law in All Its Phases | Wells-Barnett, Ida B. | 1862 | 1931 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 11000 | 16000 |
9490 (23) |
22.0 | 1.56 | 13.9 | 52.8 | 11.4 | |
| Details | His Last Bow | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
6059 (15) |
12.9 | 1.43 | 8.1 | 73.2 | 6.3 | |
| Details | Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt | Baikie, James | 1866 | 1931 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
26825 (67) |
27.7 | 1.39 | 14.0 | 61.2 | 11.6 | |
| Details | Carmilla | Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan | 1814 | 1873 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
27904 (69) |
19.4 | 1.5 | 12.1 | 60.6 | 9.6 | |
| Details | Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates | Plato | Cary, Henry | 427BC (1804) | 347BC (1870) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 20000 |
51647 (129) |
21.7 | 1.45 | 13.1 | 62.5 | 9.9 |
| Details | How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] | Lehmann, Lilli | Aldrich, Richard | 1848 (1863) | 1929 (1937) | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
31812 (79) |
25.4 | 1.54 | 15.2 | 50.7 | 12.5 |
| Details | Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller | Schiller, Friedrich | 1759 | 1805 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
145128 (362) |
32.5 | 1.6 | 19.5 | 38.3 | 16.0 | |
| Details | Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth | Descartes, René | 1596 | 1650 | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
23024 (57) |
81.4 | 1.54 | 38.0 | -5.7 | 34.3 | |
| Details | Politics: A Treatise on Government | Aristotle | Ellis, William | 384BC | 322BC | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
101343 (253) |
55.7 | 1.54 | 27.9 | 20.4 | 24.2 |
| Details | Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary De | -Buckelew, Sarah F. (Sarah Frances) | 1835 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
24947 (62) |
12.8 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 76.9 | 5.7 | ||
| Details | The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in | Engels, Friedrich | Kelley, Florence | 1820 (1859) | 1895 (1932) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
114426 (286) |
27.4 | 1.62 | 17.1 | 42.3 | 14.2 |
| Details | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
25355 (63) |
21.4 | 1.44 | 12.2 | 63.3 | 9.7 | |
| 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 | 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 | Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship | Jack, George | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
40537 (101) |
22.7 | 1.56 | 14.4 | 51.9 | 11.7 | |||
| Details | The Federalist Papers | Hamilton, Alexander | 1757 | 1804 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
191873 (479) |
31.9 | 1.69 | 20.8 | 31.4 | 16.8 | |
| Details | A Course In Wood Turning | ?-Milton, Archie Seldon | 1887 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 11000 | 14000 |
13683 (34) |
16.0 | 1.43 | 9.9 | 69.3 | 7.6 | ||
| Details | Merlin A Poem | Robinson, Edwin Arlington | 1869 | 1935 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
21993 (54) |
29.6 | 1.35 | 14.5 | 62.2 | 11.9 | |
| Details | The Career of Katherine Bush | Glyn, Elinor | 1864 | 1943 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 19000 |
105388 (263) |
17.8 | 1.46 | 11.2 | 65.4 | 8.6 | |
| Details | A Short History of H.M.S. Victory | Wharton, William James Lloyd | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
15824 (39) |
28.9 | 1.52 | 16.8 | 49.3 | 13.6 | |||
| Details | Irene Iddesleigh | Ros, Amanda Mc | 1860 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
33703 (84) |
30.3 | 1.56 | 17.4 | 44.2 | 14.6 | |
| Details | The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written b | Díaz del Castillo, Bernal | Lockhart, John Ingram | 1492 | 1585 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
183124 (457) |
29.7 | 1.55 | 17.7 | 45.8 | 14.2 |
| Details | The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
134572 (336) |
18.1 | 1.49 | 11.4 | 62.8 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) | 1856 | 1919 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
42069 (105) |
16.3 | 1.4 | 9.8 | 71.5 | 7.3 | |
| Details | The Art of War | Sunzi | Giles, Lionel | (1875) | (1958) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
10489 (26) |
11.5 | 1.53 | 9.9 | 65.9 | 6.9 |
| Details | The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Younges | Various | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
8003 (20) |
13.2 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 74.8 | 6.1 | |||
| Details | Anarchism and Other Essays | Goldman, Emma | 1869 | 1940 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
67167 (167) |
21.2 | 1.64 | 15.1 | 46.2 | 12.1 | |
| Details | The Possessed (The Devils) | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | Garnett, Constance | 1821 (1861) | 1881 (1946) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
252520 (631) |
15.5 | 1.5 | 10.9 | 64.3 | 8.1 |
| Details | The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | Garnett, Constance | 1860 (1861) | 1904 (1946) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
71033 (177) |
17.1 | 1.45 | 10.7 | 66.6 | 8.2 |
| Details | The Wendigo | Blackwood, Algernon | 1869 | 1951 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
18159 (45) |
21.0 | 1.49 | 12.9 | 59.1 | 10.2 | |
| Details | Biblical Geography and History | Kent, Charles Foster | 1867 | 1925 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 22000 |
99638 (249) |
22.8 | 1.62 | 15.4 | 46.3 | 12.5 | |
| Details | The Connexion Between Taste and Morals Two lectures | Hopkins, Mark | 1802 | 1887 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
15404 (38) |
32.4 | 1.55 | 18.6 | 43.2 | 15.3 | |
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.