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 | Secret Adversary | Christie, Agatha | 1890 | 1976 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
74269 (185) |
9.2 | 1.46 | 7.6 | 73.8 | 5.3 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking | Unknown | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
14689 (36) |
10.4 | 1.49 | 7.6 | 70.3 | 6.0 | |||
| Details | The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65 | Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline) | 1842 | 1930 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 18000 |
6761 (16) |
12.9 | 1.39 | 7.6 | 75.9 | 5.9 | |
| Details | The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson | Blackwell, I. A. | 1179 | 1241 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
84459 (211) |
11.7 | 1.42 | 7.6 | 75.2 | 5.7 |
| Details | First Lessons in Geography Or, Introduction to Youth's Manual of Geography | Monteith, James | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
5269 (13) |
3.1 | 1.69 | 7.6 | 60.8 | 5.5 | |||
| 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 | Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | West, Julius | 1860 (1891) | 1904 (1918) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
66807 (167) |
9.8 | 1.46 | 7.6 | 73.3 | 5.5 |
| Details | 2 B R 0 2 B | Vonnegut, Kurt | 1922 | 2007 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 9000 | 10000 | 14000 |
2501 (6) |
9.4 | 1.46 | 7.5 | 74.1 | 5.3 | |
| Details | Adventures of Pinocchio | Collodi, Carlo | Della Chiesa, Carol | 1826 (1887) | 1890 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 11000 | 14000 | 17000 |
39730 (99) |
12.2 | 1.37 | 7.5 | 78.3 | 5.4 |
| Details | Deathworld | Harrison, Harry | 1925 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
56945 (142) |
11.4 | 1.42 | 7.5 | 75.0 | 5.6 | ||
| Details | The Orchard Secret Arden Blake Mystery Series #1 | Garis, Cleo | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
50450 (126) |
11.0 | 1.43 | 7.5 | 75.1 | 5.5 | |||
| Details | The Mystery of Jockey Hollow Arden Blake Mystery Series #2 | Garis, Cleo | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
45337 (113) |
11.1 | 1.41 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 5.4 | |||
| Details | The Secret Garden | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
79615 (199) |
13.2 | 1.35 | 7.4 | 79.0 | 5.5 | |
| Details | Anthem | Rand, Ayn | 1905 | 1982 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 11000 |
19042 (47) |
15.2 | 1.26 | 7.4 | 84.9 | 5.2 | |
| Details | The Game of Logic | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 |
13040 (32) |
8.5 | 1.46 | 7.4 | 74.7 | 4.9 | |
| Details | The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 | Marlowe, Christopher | 1564 | 1593 | 4000 | 6000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 | 24000 |
20740 (51) |
10.7 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 74.4 | 5.5 | |
| Details | The Red House Mystery | Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander) | 1882 | 1956 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 |
59849 (149) |
10.4 | 1.41 | 7.4 | 77.2 | 5.1 | |
| Details | Cyrano De Bergerac | Rostand, Edmond | Thomas, Gladys | 1868 | 1918 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 | 23000 |
34576 (86) |
9.7 | 1.45 | 7.4 | 74.4 | 5.3 |
| Details | The Secret Garden | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
79765 (199) |
13.2 | 1.35 | 7.4 | 78.9 | 5.5 | |
| Details | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 1772 | 1834 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
3850 (9) |
15.8 | 1.28 | 7.4 | 82.7 | 5.7 | |
| Details | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 11 to 15 | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 1000 | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
11622 (29) |
15.8 | 1.29 | 7.4 | 81.3 | 5.8 | |
| Details | The Variable Man | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 18000 |
24824 (62) |
7.8 | 1.51 | 7.4 | 71.3 | 5.3 | |
| Details | Medea of Euripides | Euripides | Murray, Gilbert | 480BC (1866) | 406BC (1957) | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
19773 (49) |
12.0 | 1.36 | 7.3 | 79.8 | 5.1 |
| Details | Handwork in Wood | Noyes, William | 1862 | 1928 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 | 21000 |
58844 (147) |
9.0 | 1.48 | 7.3 | 72.5 | 5.4 | |
| Details | Youth | Asimov, Isaac | 1920 | 1992 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 |
10013 (25) |
8.6 | 1.43 | 7.1 | 77.0 | 4.6 | |
| Details | Uncle Vanya | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | 1860 | 1904 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 16000 |
16391 (40) |
8.8 | 1.44 | 7.1 | 76.2 | 4.8 | |
| Details | The Railway Children | Nesbit, E. (Edith) | 1858 | 1924 | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
58729 (146) |
12.9 | 1.35 | 7.1 | 79.7 | 5.3 | |
| 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 | My Man Jeeves | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 19000 |
50312 (125) |
10.8 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 77.1 | 5.2 | |
| Details | The Sex Life of the Gods | Knerr, Michael | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
32090 (80) |
11.2 | 1.39 | 7.0 | 78.3 | 5.1 | |||
| Details | Everyman, with other interludes, including eight miracle plays | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
54310 (135) |
11.2 | 1.35 | 7.0 | 81.1 | 4.7 | ||||
| Details | The Sea-Gull | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | 1860 | 1904 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 16000 |
18866 (47) |
9.7 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 75.7 | 5.1 | |
| Details | Clouds | Aristophanes | Hickie, William James | 446BC | 385BC | 3000 | 7000 | 18000 | 18000 | 20000 | 22000 |
15272 (38) |
8.9 | 1.42 | 7.0 | 78.1 | 4.6 |
| Details | The Robbers | Schiller, Friedrich | 1759 | 1805 | 4000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
49365 (123) |
9.5 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 76.3 | 5.0 | |
| Details | The Alchemist | Jonson, Ben | 1573 | 1637 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 | 24000 |
47958 (119) |
7.6 | 1.47 | 7.0 | 74.7 | 4.7 | |
| Details | Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory No | Sophocles | Murray, Gilbert | 495BC (1866) | 406BC (1957) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 | 23000 |
17732 (44) |
9.6 | 1.35 | 6.9 | 82.5 | 4.1 |
| Details | The Defenders | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 14000 |
8545 (21) |
8.9 | 1.44 | 6.9 | 76.2 | 4.9 | |
| Details | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare | Shakespeare, William | 1564 | 1616 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 19000 | 23000 |
897318 (2243) |
9.5 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 79.1 | 4.6 | |
| Details | Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures | Hoffmann, Heinrich | 1809 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
2343 (5) |
14.7 | 1.27 | 6.8 | 84.1 | 5.2 | |
| Details | Hamlet | Shakespeare, William | 1564 | 1616 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 | 22000 |
28983 (72) |
8.3 | 1.43 | 6.8 | 77.6 | 4.5 | |
| Details | The New Woman An Original Comedy, In Four Acts | Grundy, Sydney | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
17860 (44) |
4.8 | 1.52 | 6.8 | 73.6 | 4.2 | |||
| Details | McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book | Mc | 1800 | 1873 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 | 21000 | 24000 |
20113 (50) |
11.6 | 1.47 | 6.8 | 70.5 | 6.3 | |
| Details | Plays | Glaspell, Susan | 1882 | 1948 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 13000 |
52567 (131) |
10.5 | 1.36 | 6.7 | 80.9 | 4.6 | |
| Details | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
144849 (362) |
9.2 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 78.6 | 4.6 | |
| Details | An Enemy of the People | Ibsen, Henrik | Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) | 1828 (1864) | 1906 (1945) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
30158 (75) |
8.8 | 1.45 | 6.7 | 75.2 | 5.0 |
| Details | The Black Riders and Other Lines | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
3953 (9) |
11.7 | 1.36 | 6.7 | 80.3 | 5.0 | |
| Details | The Seven Plays in English Verse | Sophocles | Campbell, Lewis | 495BC (1830) | 406BC (1908) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 | 23000 |
91256 (228) |
9.5 | 1.36 | 6.6 | 82.2 | 4.2 |
| Details | The Garden Party and Other Stories | Mansfield, Katherine | 1888 | 1923 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
56598 (141) |
10.5 | 1.39 | 6.6 | 78.9 | 4.9 | |
| Details | 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue | Grose, Francis | 1731 | 1791 | 5000 | 8000 | 13000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
80819 (202) |
7.1 | 1.53 | 6.6 | 70.3 | 5.2 | |
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.