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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 The Souls of Black Folk Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868 1963 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 17000 68801
    (172)    		 25.9 1.53 14.9 51.3 12.5
    Details Crome Yellow Huxley, Aldous 1894 1963 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 56364
    (140)    		 13.6 1.53 10.2 63.1 7.8
    Details Siddhartha Hesse, Hermann 1877 1962 2000 3000 6000 9000 17000 20000 39112
    (97)    		 21.2 1.44 12.4 63.5 9.7
    Details The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe Cole, Fay-Cooper 1881 1961 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 96647
    (241)    		 18.5 1.52 12.1 59.4 9.6
    Details Etiquette Post, Emily 1873 1960 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 200614
    (501)    		 23.2 1.51 13.7 55.5 11.3
    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 The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Cody, Sherwin 1868 1959 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 59114
    (147)    		 18.7 1.52 12.4 59.0 9.7
    Details Adventurings in the Psychical Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington) 1874 1959 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 56849
    (142)    		 21.3 1.6 14.5 49.8 11.6
    Details The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley 1886 1959 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 18000 240707
    (601)    		 19.2 1.43 11.1 66.2 8.8
    Details History of the United States Beard, Mary Ritter 1876 1958 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 199929
    (499)    		 18.8 1.71 15.4 42.7 12.0
    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 Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Trad Fea, Allan 1860 1956 3000 5000 7000 9000 13000 19000 33872
    (84)    		 31.2 1.58 17.8 41.2 15.3
    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 Modern Essays Beerbohm, Max, Sir 1872 1956 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 83522
    (208)    		 20.8 1.53 13.1 56.3 10.6
    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 An English Grammar Sewell, James Witt 1865 1955 3000 6000 9000 12000 14000 22000 73343
    (183)    		 9.9 1.56 9.7 64.8 6.7
    Details Myths and Legends of China Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) 1864 1954 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 117310
    (293)    		 21.9 1.52 13.6 55.8 10.9
    Details Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise Giving Complete and Simple Dir Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) 1871 1954 4000 6000 9000 14000 17000 21000 10808
    (27)    		 16.3 1.46 10.1 67.1 7.9
    Details The Bontoc Igorot Jenks, Albert Ernest 1869 1953 3000 4000 7000 10000 11000 19000 103603
    (259)    		 22.1 1.53 13.3 55.2 11.0
    Details Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary Col Campbell, Douglas Houghton 1859 1953 4000 7000 13000 18000 21000 24000 68439
    (171)    		 10.5 1.63 10.1 58.4 7.7
    Details Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, S Kleiser, Grenville 1868 1953 6000 9000 12000 15000 17000 22000 81255
    (203)    		 230.2 1.83 101.1 -181.4 95.7
    Details The Old Road Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 17000 54235
    (135)    		 27.0 1.48 15.1 54.2 12.4
    Details Cautionary Tales for Children Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 2620
    (6)    		 16.4 1.5 11.4 63.2 8.5
    Details English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English- Long, William J. (William Joseph) 1867 1952 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 204834
    (512)    		 22.9 1.6 15.1 48.5 12.2
    Details Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramahansa 1893 1952 3000 6000 9000 13000 16000 22000 153564
    (383)    		 15.3 1.66 12.6 50.5 10.0
    Details Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 5000 7000 9000 13000 134869
    (337)    		 23.7 1.73 17.5 36.1 14.1
    Details The Life of Reason The Phases of Human Progress Santayana, George 1863 1952 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 317310
    (793)    		 29.2 1.72 19.8 31.8 16.1
    Details Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook Montessori, Maria 1870 1952 2000 3000 5000 8000 10000 17000 24376
    (60)    		 22.4 1.54 14.6 53.4 11.4
    Details Moral Principles in Education Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 4000 6000 7000 12000 10720
    (26)    		 22.1 1.69 16.1 41.4 13.0
    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 Essays in Experimental Logic Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 6000 7000 9000 15000 107047
    (267)    		 25.9 1.71 18.1 36.3 14.6
    Details Psychology and Social Practice Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 5000 7000 8000 12000 7549
    (18)    		 27.6 1.75 19.3 30.7 15.8
    Details The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Azuela, Mariano Munguía, E. (Enrique) 1873 (1903) 1952 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 37140
    (92)    		 12.9 1.48 9.4 68.2 7.0
    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 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 Wendigo Blackwood, Algernon 1869 1951 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 18159
    (45)    		 21.0 1.49 12.9 59.1 10.2
    Details Babbitt Lewis, Sinclair 1885 1951 3000 5000 10000 16000 21000 21000 120915
    (302)    		 15.4 1.49 10.0 65.0 8.0
    Details A Princess of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 67354
    (168)    		 28.6 1.5 15.5 51.3 13.2
    Details Poor Folk in Spain Gordon, Cora 1879 1950 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 79151
    (197)    		 17.0 1.49 11.1 63.4 8.6
    Details Return of Tarzan Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 88607
    (221)    		 18.0 1.44 10.8 66.3 8.5
    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
    Details The Gods of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 22000 82500
    (206)    		 20.2 1.44 11.5 64.2 9.3
    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 Mrs. Warren's Profession Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 4000 9000 11000 12000 17000 34153
    (85)    		 12.7 1.47 9.0 69.2 6.8
    Details Tarzan of the Apes Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 16000 84994
    (212)    		 19.6 1.45 11.4 64.4 9.1
    Details The Chessmen of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 9000 10000 16000 87139
    (217)    		 17.6 1.44 10.7 67.4 8.2
    Details The Land That Time Forgot Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 11000 15000 22000 36905
    (92)    		 20.0 1.44 11.3 64.7 9.2
    Details Man and Superman Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 3000 5000 9000 14000 14000 18000 68390
    (170)    		 12.1 1.51 9.4 66.6 7.0
    Details Thuvia, Maid of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 24000 46927
    (117)    		 15.8 1.46 10.3 67.0 7.8
    Details Pygmalion Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 33146
    (82)    		 10.4 1.48 8.2 71.5 5.9

    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.