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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 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 Story of Doctor Dolittle Lofting, Hugh 1886 1947 1000 2000 5000 7000 10000 13000 25697
    (64)
    14.6 1.33 7.6 79.6 5.8
    Details A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 15000 29106
    (72)
    14.6 1.39 8.6 74.1 6.5
    Details The Brothers Karamazov Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821 1881 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 348671
    (871)
    14.5 1.46 9.9 68.9 7.3
    Details The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Chopin, Kate 1850 1904 2000 4000 8000 10000 13000 20000 63540
    (158)
    14.5 1.47 9.8 67.9 7.4
    Details Omnilingual Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 16172
    (40)
    14.5 1.52 10.4 63.4 8.0
    Details Captain Blood Sabatini, Rafael 1875 1950 3000 5000 9000 12000 14000 22000 112331
    (280)
    14.5 1.48 10.2 66.7 7.6
    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 Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. Fairham, William 3000 6000 11000 13000 13000 20000 35294
    (88)
    14.4 1.49 9.9 66.1 7.6
    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 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 A Text-Book of the History of Painting Van Dyke, John Charles 1856 1932 3000 5000 8000 11000 15000 23000 70887
    (177)
    14.4 1.71 12.8 47.9 10.2
    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 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 Dubliners Joyce, James 1882 1941 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 66695
    (166)
    14.3 1.43 9.0 71.7 6.8
    Details Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Garnett, Constance 1821 (1861) 1881 (1946) 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 202487
    (506)
    14.3 1.47 10.0 67.6 7.4
    Details The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 69729
    (174)
    14.3 1.4 8.6 74.1 6.5
    Details The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition Duncan, A. W. 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 21000 31665
    (79)
    14.3 1.66 12.8 51.5 9.6
    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 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 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 Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila Morgan, Thomas Hunt 1866 1945 4000 7000 13000 13000 14000 24000 27302
    (68)
    14.2 1.66 11.4 52.4 9.5
    Details The Gardener Tagore, Rabindranath 1861 1941 2000 4000 7000 9000 10000 16000 13795
    (34)
    14.2 1.28 7.1 83.9 5.1
    Details Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 5000 6000 9000 17000 20422
    (51)
    14.2 1.34 7.9 78.6 5.8
    Details Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa Ryder, Arthur W. (Arthur William) (1877) (1938) 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 17000 61590
    (153)
    14.2 1.49 9.7 66.8 7.5
    Details Through the Looking-Glass Carroll, Lewis 1832 1898 2000 3000 7000 11000 15000 24000 28873
    (72)
    14.1 1.36 7.7 77.5 6.0
    Details Encyclopedia of Needlework Dillmont, Thérèse de 1846 1890 4000 5000 10000 15000 22000 22000 126757
    (316)
    14.1 1.42 8.7 72.4 6.7
    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 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 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 Phèdre. English Racine, Jean Boswell, Robert Bruce 1639 1699 4000 5000 9000 11000 14000 18000 13981
    (34)
    14.1 1.4 8.5 74.3 6.4
    Details The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 7000 9000 12000 16000 11304
    (28)
    14.1 1.46 9.7 68.8 7.2
    Details Handbook of Embroidery Higgin, L. 4000 5000 8000 14000 16000 22000 14622
    (36)
    14.0 1.57 10.7 59.9 8.4
    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 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 A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first ti Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 6000 7000 10000 15000 65747
    (164)
    13.9 1.4 8.5 74.1 6.4
    Details English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Accompanied by a compendium, embracing a ne Kirkham, Samuel 4000 6000 10000 14000 16000 22000 91181
    (227)
    13.9 1.56 11.3 60.4 8.3
    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 Man in the Iron Mask Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 3000 4000 9000 10000 14000 24000 171959
    (429)
    13.8 1.49 10.2 66.8 7.4
    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 The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred Morgan, William 1774 1826 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 112150
    (280)
    13.8 1.51 10.3 65.4 7.6
    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 The 2010 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 24000 1297237
    (3243)
    13.8 2.0 16.9 23.4 13.4
    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 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 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
    Details Heidi (Gift Edition) Spyri, Johanna Stork, Elisabeth P. (Elisabeth Pausinger) 1827 1901 1000 2000 5000 6000 8000 12000 51302
    (128)
    13.6 1.39 8.4 75.4 6.1
    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 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 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

    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.