This table shows the readability data of selected Project Gutenberg eBooks.
Vocabulary Coverage (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%) |
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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 Art of Politicks | Bramston, James | 1694 | 1744 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 20000 | 24000 |
10432 (26) |
16.9 | 1.68 | 13.6 | 47.7 | 10.8 | |
| Details | As a Man Thinketh | Allen, James | 1864 | 1912 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
7517 (18) |
26.6 | 1.56 | 16.3 | 47.6 | 13.2 | |
| Details | The Problems of Philosophy | Russell, Bertrand | 1872 | 1970 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 15000 |
42186 (105) |
27.3 | 1.56 | 16.8 | 47.2 | 13.5 | |
| Details | The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy | James, William | 1842 | 1910 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
99183 (247) |
24.2 | 1.6 | 15.8 | 47.2 | 12.7 | |
| Details | On the Nature of Things | Lucretius Carus, Titus | Leonard, William Ellery | 94BC (1876) | 49BC (1944) | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 15000 | 23000 |
73647 (184) |
41.8 | 1.39 | 19.5 | 47.2 | 17.1 |
| Details | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders | Defoe, Daniel | 1661 | 1731 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
137615 (344) |
41.8 | 1.39 | 19.7 | 47.2 | 17.1 | |
| Details | The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3) | Schopenhauer, Arthur | 1788 | 1860 | 3000 | 4000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 19000 |
184276 (460) |
22.1 | 1.62 | 15.5 | 47.0 | 12.2 | |
| Details | Rob Roy — Complete | Scott, Walter, Sir | 1771 | 1832 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 18000 | 24000 |
190693 (476) |
29.9 | 1.53 | 17.0 | 46.9 | 14.2 | |
| 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 | Précis de l'art de la guerre. English | Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de | Mendell, George H. (George Henry) | 1779 (1831) | 1869 (1902) | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
139359 (348) |
21.4 | 1.63 | 15.5 | 46.9 | 12.0 |
| Details | Supply and Demand | Henderson, Hubert Douglas, Sir | 1890 | 1952 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
50755 (126) |
23.5 | 1.61 | 15.9 | 46.8 | 12.6 | |
| Details | Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander) | 1873 | 1936 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 | 22000 |
149754 (374) |
21.1 | 1.64 | 14.9 | 46.6 | 12.0 | |
| Details | Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours | Newton, Isaac, Sir | 1642 | 1727 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
96556 (241) |
32.8 | 1.5 | 18.0 | 46.6 | 14.9 | |
| Details | The Civil War in America Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 | Russell, William Howard, Sir | 1820 | 1907 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
80322 (200) |
29.0 | 1.55 | 17.0 | 46.6 | 14.0 | |
| Details | Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature | James, William | 1842 | 1910 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
183540 (458) |
24.9 | 1.6 | 16.0 | 46.6 | 12.9 | |
| 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 | History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) | Maspero, G. (Gaston) | McClure, M. L. | 1846 | 1916 (1918) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 24000 |
92419 (231) |
25.9 | 1.58 | 16.3 | 46.5 | 13.2 |
| Details | The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a | Trusler, John | 1735 | 1820 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 15000 | 21000 |
41272 (103) |
26.5 | 1.58 | 16.4 | 46.4 | 13.4 | |
| 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 | Christianity Unveiled Being An Examination of The Principles And Effects of The | Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d' | Johnson, W. M. (William Martin) | 1723 (1771) | 1789 (1797) | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 18000 |
39094 (97) |
21.4 | 1.64 | 15.8 | 46.2 | 12.1 |
| 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 | Bushido, the Soul of Japan | Nitobe, Inazo | 1862 | 1933 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 19000 |
33042 (82) |
25.1 | 1.6 | 16.0 | 46.1 | 13.1 | |
| Details | The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 | Herodotus | Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell) | 480BC (1852) | 420BC (1915) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
159214 (398) |
38.2 | 1.44 | 19.5 | 45.9 | 16.4 |
| 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 Evolution of Fashion | Gardiner, Florence Mary | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
28786 (71) |
24.8 | 1.61 | 15.8 | 45.8 | 13.0 | |||
| Details | Second Treatise of Government | Locke, John | 1632 | 1704 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
56126 (140) |
33.0 | 1.51 | 18.6 | 45.7 | 15.1 | |
| Details | New Latin Grammar | Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin) | 1858 | 1921 | 7000 | 12000 | 20000 | 22000 | 23000 | 25000 |
63965 (159) |
5.5 | 1.84 | 11.5 | 45.7 | 8.3 | |
| Details | Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine | Elliott, James, Sir | 1880 | 1959 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 23000 |
36438 (91) |
20.3 | 1.66 | 15.5 | 45.7 | 11.9 | |
| Details | Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) | Engel, Carl | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
71969 (179) |
19.4 | 1.67 | 15.0 | 45.6 | 11.7 | |||
| 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 | Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English | Stanton, Henry | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 20000 |
13663 (34) |
20.6 | 1.66 | 15.5 | 45.6 | 12.0 | |||
| Details | Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time | Litchfield, Frederick | 1850 | 1930 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 25000 |
73893 (184) |
20.4 | 1.66 | 15.3 | 45.4 | 12.0 | |
| Details | The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
45835 (114) |
19.7 | 1.67 | 14.9 | 45.4 | 11.8 | |||
| Details | Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate | Nevinson, John L. | 3000 | 5000 | 11000 | 14000 | 18000 | 25000 |
9332 (23) |
20.1 | 1.67 | 14.7 | 45.4 | 11.9 | |||
| Details | Common Sense | Paine, Thomas | 1737 | 1809 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
19419 (48) |
29.7 | 1.55 | 17.5 | 45.4 | 14.3 | |
| Details | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | Berens, E.M. | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
104008 (260) |
23.7 | 1.62 | 16.1 | 45.3 | 12.8 | |||
| Details | Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Park, Robert Ezra | 1864 | 1944 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
388459 (971) |
14.6 | 1.73 | 13.7 | 45.3 | 10.6 | |
| Details | The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplifi | Pierce, Ray Vaughn | 1840 | 1914 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 | 21000 |
381700 (954) |
16.9 | 1.71 | 14.4 | 45.3 | 11.1 | |
| Details | The Coming Race | Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron | 1803 | 1873 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
52320 (130) |
29.3 | 1.56 | 17.2 | 45.2 | 14.2 | |
| Details | Amerigo Vespucci | Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) | 1849 | 1913 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
55391 (138) |
29.6 | 1.56 | 17.8 | 45.1 | 14.3 | |
| Details | Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason | Paine, Thomas | 1737 | 1809 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
71992 (179) |
33.4 | 1.51 | 18.4 | 45.1 | 15.3 | |
| Details | The Prince and the Pauper | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 24000 |
69129 (172) |
40.3 | 1.43 | 19.6 | 44.9 | 17.0 | |
| Details | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) | Burke, Edmund | 1729 | 1797 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
152778 (381) |
27.5 | 1.58 | 17.3 | 44.9 | 13.8 | |
| Details | Antiquities of the Jews | Josephus, Flavius | Whiston, William | 38 (1667) | 100 (1752) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
531622 (1329) |
37.5 | 1.46 | 19.8 | 44.8 | 16.3 |
| Details | The Behavior of Crowds A Psychological Study | Martin, Everett Dean | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
70365 (175) |
18.9 | 1.69 | 14.8 | 44.7 | 11.7 | |||
| Details | The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem | Josephus, Flavius | Whiston, William | 38 (1667) | 100 (1752) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
233520 (583) |
37.5 | 1.47 | 19.7 | 44.6 | 16.4 |
| Details | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin | 1706 | 1790 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
65762 (164) |
32.0 | 1.54 | 18.0 | 44.5 | 15.0 | |
| Details | A Short History of the World | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
111386 (278) |
20.1 | 1.68 | 15.2 | 44.4 | 12.1 | |
| Details | Leviathan | Hobbes, Thomas | 1588 | 1679 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 19000 |
211956 (529) |
34.2 | 1.51 | 19.0 | 44.3 | 15.6 | |
| Details | Common Sense | Paine, Thomas | 1737 | 1809 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
21504 (53) |
31.1 | 1.55 | 18.1 | 44.2 | 14.8 | |
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.