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 | Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin | 1706 | 1790 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
73971 (184) |
27.2 | 1.54 | 16.1 | 49.0 | 13.2 | |
| Details | The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People | Wilson, Woodrow | 1856 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 14000 |
54535 (136) |
27.1 | 1.54 | 16.5 | 48.8 | 13.2 | |
| Details | Ivanhoe | Scott, Walter, Sir | 1771 | 1832 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
190957 (477) |
28.7 | 1.49 | 16.0 | 51.5 | 13.2 | |
| 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 | 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 Practice and Science of Drawing | Speed, Harold | 1873 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
75941 (189) |
26.6 | 1.55 | 16.1 | 48.9 | 13.1 | ||
| Details | A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and P | Dewey, Melvil | 1851 | 1931 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 18000 | 23000 |
11325 (28) |
9.2 | 2.13 | 16.5 | 17.7 | 13.1 | |
| Details | The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment, Dedicat | Celnart, Elisabeth | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
45211 (113) |
26.3 | 1.56 | 16.2 | 48.0 | 13.1 | |||
| Details | The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Com | Foreman, John, F.R.G.S. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
303152 (757) |
22.2 | 1.7 | 16.6 | 40.5 | 13.1 | |||
| Details | The Mysteries of Udolpho | Radcliffe, Ann Ward | 1764 | 1823 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
289394 (723) |
27.3 | 1.53 | 16.5 | 49.8 | 13.1 | |
| 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 Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philoso | Mackey, Albert Gallatin | 1807 | 1881 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
100385 (250) |
23.8 | 1.65 | 16.8 | 43.3 | 13.1 | |
| Details | The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The | Equiano, Olaudah | 1745 | 1797 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
81664 (204) |
29.1 | 1.46 | 15.7 | 53.5 | 13.0 | |
| Details | Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Exp | Mill, John Stuart | 1806 | 1873 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
231338 (578) |
23.3 | 1.65 | 16.3 | 43.5 | 13.0 | |
| 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 | 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 | Apology | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 |
16049 (40) |
28.8 | 1.46 | 15.8 | 54.0 | 12.9 |
| Details | The Confessions of St. Augustine | Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo | Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie) | 354 (1800) | 430 (1882) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 19000 |
111847 (279) |
30.4 | 1.41 | 15.7 | 57.0 | 12.9 |
| Details | Love and Freindship [sic] | Austen, Jane | 1775 | 1817 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
32937 (82) |
26.6 | 1.53 | 16.0 | 50.0 | 12.9 | |
| 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 | 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 | Poetics. English | Aristotle | Bywater, Ingram | 384BC (1840) | 322BC (1914) | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
18459 (46) |
26.1 | 1.54 | 16.2 | 49.9 | 12.8 |
| Details | Ghostly Phenomena | O'Donnell, Elliott | 1872 | 1965 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 15000 |
34834 (87) |
25.6 | 1.56 | 15.5 | 48.9 | 12.8 | |
| Details | A Child's History of England | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
161921 (404) |
29.2 | 1.44 | 15.5 | 55.5 | 12.8 | |
| 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 | Turner | Monkhouse, William Cosmo | 1840 | 1901 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
39762 (99) |
26.3 | 1.52 | 15.5 | 51.2 | 12.7 | |
| Details | Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion | Ellis, Havelock | 1859 | 1939 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
162979 (407) |
21.7 | 1.68 | 15.6 | 42.9 | 12.7 | |
| Details | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 21000 |
98568 (246) |
25.9 | 1.55 | 15.6 | 49.8 | 12.7 | |
| Details | Flatland: a romance of many dimensions | Abbott, Edwin Abbott | 1838 | 1926 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
33286 (83) |
24.8 | 1.57 | 15.5 | 48.5 | 12.7 | |
| Details | Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 | Vogel, Robert M. | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
12934 (32) |
20.1 | 1.73 | 15.8 | 40.1 | 12.7 | |||
| 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 | The American Horsewoman | Karr, Elizabeth | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 12000 | 20000 |
70753 (176) |
27.7 | 1.48 | 15.1 | 54.0 | 12.6 | |||
| Details | Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | 1817 | 1862 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
114891 (287) |
27.9 | 1.46 | 15.0 | 55.4 | 12.5 | |
| Details | Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) | Abbott, Edwin Abbott | 1838 | 1926 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
33806 (84) |
24.3 | 1.58 | 15.3 | 48.8 | 12.5 | |
| Details | How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] | Lehmann, Lilli | Aldrich, Richard | 1848 (1863) | 1929 (1937) | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
31812 (79) |
25.4 | 1.54 | 15.2 | 50.7 | 12.5 |
| 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 | Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) | Bucke, Charles | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
144564 (361) |
24.0 | 1.58 | 15.7 | 48.5 | 12.5 | |||
| 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 | Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas | Custer, Elizabeth B. | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
136367 (340) |
27.0 | 1.49 | 15.2 | 53.3 | 12.5 | |||
| Details | The Iliad | Homer | Butler, Samuel | 750BC (1835) | 650BC (1902) | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 22000 |
152112 (380) |
31.0 | 1.35 | 15.0 | 61.5 | 12.4 |
| Details | She | Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) | 1856 | 1925 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
129365 (323) |
27.4 | 1.47 | 15.1 | 54.7 | 12.4 | |
| 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 | Beast and Man in India A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations wit | Kipling, John Lockwood | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
93292 (233) |
25.4 | 1.54 | 15.0 | 51.1 | 12.4 | |||
| Details | The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series | Addison, Joseph | 1672 | 1719 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
929911 (2324) |
26.0 | 1.51 | 15.2 | 52.3 | 12.4 | |
| Details | Alexander the Great Makers of History | Abbott, Jacob | 1803 | 1879 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
52859 (132) |
23.5 | 1.6 | 15.8 | 48.0 | 12.4 | |
| Details | Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evi | Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von | Huggard, E. M. | 1646 | 1716 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 | 20000 |
184166 (460) |
24.4 | 1.56 | 15.6 | 50.1 | 12.3 |
| Details | Civil Disobedience | Thoreau, Henry David | 1817 | 1862 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
9251 (23) |
26.4 | 1.5 | 15.2 | 53.5 | 12.3 | |
| Details | The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies | Anonymous | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 19000 |
25020 (62) |
26.8 | 1.48 | 14.9 | 54.8 | 12.3 | |||
| Details | Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete | Pepys, Samuel | Bright, Mynors | 1633 (1818) | 1703 (1883) | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 11000 | 13000 | 22000 |
1253859 (3134) |
30.4 | 1.36 | 14.6 | 61.3 | 12.3 |
| Details | The Oxford Book of American Essays | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
161947 (404) |
24.8 | 1.55 | 15.1 | 50.8 | 12.3 | ||||
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.