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 Child's Day | Hutchinson, Woods | 1862 | 1930 | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 |
40704 (101) |
18.9 | 1.3 | 9.3 | 78.1 | 7.1 | |
Details | The Crystal Crypt | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 |
7313 (18) |
8.3 | 1.43 | 6.0 | 77.7 | 4.5 | |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Mr. Spaceship | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 11000 |
10529 (26) |
7.7 | 1.44 | 6.3 | 77.2 | 4.4 | |
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 | Songs of Innocence and Experience | Blake, William | 1757 | 1827 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 |
5549 (13) |
18.8 | 1.31 | 8.8 | 77.1 | 7.2 | |
Details | Aesop's Fables | Aesop | 620BC | 563BC | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
12261 (30) |
19.3 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 77.1 | 7.3 | |
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 | The Princess and the Goblin | Mac | 1824 | 1905 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 15000 |
50659 (126) |
15.8 | 1.35 | 8.6 | 76.9 | 6.5 | |
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 | Diary of an Enlisted Man | Alstyne, Lawrence Van | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
120903 (302) |
14.6 | 1.36 | 8.3 | 76.8 | 6.2 | |||
Details | The jungle book | Kipling, Rudyard | 1865 | 1936 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 25000 |
51432 (128) |
16.6 | 1.34 | 8.4 | 76.7 | 6.7 | |
Details | Ghosts | Ibsen, Henrik | Archer, William | 1828 (1856) | 1906 (1924) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 |
23525 (58) |
8.4 | 1.44 | 6.4 | 76.7 | 4.7 |
Details | The Real Mother Goose | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 14000 | 16000 | 24000 |
15838 (39) |
18.5 | 1.32 | 8.4 | 76.6 | 7.2 | ||||
Details | Peter Pan | Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) | 1860 | 1937 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
47245 (118) |
14.8 | 1.36 | 8.3 | 76.5 | 6.3 | |
Details | Riders of the Purple Sage | Grey, Zane | 1872 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 15000 | 24000 | 24000 |
102465 (256) |
12.4 | 1.39 | 7.8 | 76.5 | 5.7 | |
Details | Peter and Wendy | Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) | 1860 | 1937 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
47114 (117) |
14.8 | 1.36 | 8.4 | 76.5 | 6.3 | |
Details | Pollyanna | Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) | 1868 | 1920 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 14000 |
54339 (135) |
11.6 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 76.5 | 5.5 | |
Details | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) | 1856 | 1919 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
39505 (98) |
17.4 | 1.33 | 9.3 | 76.3 | 6.9 | |
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 | Grimm's Fairy Tales | Grimm, Jacob | 1785 | 1863 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
100994 (252) |
22.3 | 1.28 | 10.4 | 76.2 | 8.2 | |
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 | 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 | The Golden Goose Book | Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) | 1862 | 1940 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 14000 |
5262 (13) |
21.4 | 1.29 | 10.3 | 76.2 | 7.9 | |
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 Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes | Terence | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) | (1816) | (1878) | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 | 23000 |
125987 (314) |
9.6 | 1.43 | 7.7 | 76.1 | 5.0 |
Details | Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
169364 (423) |
18.2 | 1.33 | 9.2 | 76.0 | 7.2 | ||||
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 | 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 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 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 | Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm | Grimm, Wilhelm | Crane, Lucy | 1786 (1842) | 1859 (1882) | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
88523 (221) |
22.3 | 1.28 | 10.5 | 75.7 | 8.2 |
Details | Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews | United States. Work Projects Administration | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 15000 | 20000 | 22000 |
126940 (317) |
17.2 | 1.35 | 8.8 | 75.6 | 7.0 | |||
Details | The Adventure of the Red Circle | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 9000 | 14000 |
7197 (17) |
11.7 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 75.5 | 5.6 | |
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 | Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Ho | Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert) | 1871 | 1930 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 14000 | 19000 | 19000 |
36773 (91) |
18.6 | 1.33 | 9.6 | 75.4 | 7.4 | |
Details | The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2. | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) | 1863 | 1943 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
3926 (9) |
12.7 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 75.4 | 5.9 | |
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 | The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under | Bunyan, John | 1628 | 1688 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 20000 |
56792 (141) |
19.1 | 1.33 | 10.0 | 75.3 | 7.5 | |
Details | Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 1772 | 1834 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
21413 (53) |
20.3 | 1.31 | 9.8 | 75.3 | 7.8 | |
Details | The Romance of Tristan and Iseult | Bédier, Joseph | Belloc, Hilaire | 1864 (1870) | 1938 (1953) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 21000 |
25763 (64) |
23.0 | 1.28 | 10.7 | 75.3 | 8.5 |
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 | The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
70421 (176) |
12.3 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 75.2 | 5.8 | |
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 | An Ideal Husband | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
28974 (72) |
7.5 | 1.47 | 6.3 | 75.2 | 4.6 | |
Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 |
26275 (65) |
16.6 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 75.1 | 6.9 | |
Details | Oedipus Trilogy | Sophocles | Storr, Francis | 495BC (1839) | 406BC (1919) | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
37158 (92) |
14.7 | 1.38 | 8.9 | 75.1 | 6.4 |
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.