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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 All Things Considered Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 59337
    (148)    		 21.3 1.54 13.6 54.7 10.9
    Details The Innocence of Father Brown Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 2000 4000 8000 11000 15000 18000 78581
    (196)    		 17.7 1.46 10.9 65.5 8.5
    Details The Yellow Wallpaper Gilman, Charlotte Perkins 1860 1935 1000 2000 5000 8000 11000 15000 6023
    (15)    		 15.4 1.38 8.3 74.2 6.7
    Details Omens and Superstitions of Southern India Thurston, Edgar 1855 1935 3000 5000 10000 13000 16000 23000 93609
    (234)    		 21.1 1.55 13.6 54.1 10.9
    Details Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil) 1851 1935 3000 4000 7000 8000 11000 16000 165374
    (413)    		 21.2 1.53 13.7 56.2 10.7
    Details How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents a Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor 1873 1935 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 134858
    (337)    		 19.9 1.58 13.6 52.7 10.9
    Details Herland Gilman, Charlotte Perkins 1860 1935 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 15000 51298
    (128)    		 15.4 1.47 10.2 67.1 7.7
    Details Merlin A Poem Robinson, Edwin Arlington 1869 1935 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 21993
    (54)    		 29.6 1.35 14.5 62.2 11.9
    Details A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago Sedgwick, Anne Douglas 1873 1935 2000 5000 8000 12000 15000 22000 27814
    (69)    		 22.9 1.47 12.8 59.5 10.7
    Details How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, so Williams, Archibald 1871 1934 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 20000 70756
    (176)    		 16.5 1.56 11.6 58.0 9.3
    Details The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir 1857 1934 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 20000 98023
    (245)    		 23.6 1.44 13.3 61.2 10.6
    Details From sketch-book and diary Butler, Elizabeth 1846 1933 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 34038
    (85)    		 23.5 1.51 13.6 55.4 11.4
    Details The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur) 1861 1933 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 20000 104277
    (260)    		 20.9 1.61 14.4 49.3 11.6
    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 Forsyte Saga - Complete Galsworthy, John 1867 1933 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 313254
    (783)    		 14.3 1.43 9.1 71.7 6.8
    Details Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Script Talmage, James Edward 1862 1933 3000 6000 9000 12000 13000 18000 294595
    (736)    		 23.6 1.55 15.2 51.9 11.9
    Details Sport Royal and other stories Hope, Anthony 1863 1933 2000 4000 7000 9000 13000 21000 27491
    (68)    		 10.4 1.48 8.3 70.8 6.0
    Details Who Goes There! Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 3000 5000 7000 9000 12000 19000 72754
    (181)    		 12.0 1.47 8.7 70.2 6.4
    Details The King in Yellow Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 71137
    (177)    		 15.5 1.46 9.6 68.0 7.6
    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 Wind in the Willows Grahame, Kenneth 1859 1932 2000 5000 7000 10000 12000 17000 57985
    (144)    		 18.1 1.41 10.2 69.4 8.1
    Details A Text-Book of the History of Painting Van Dyke, John Charles 1856 1932 3000 5000 8000 11000 15000 23000 70887
    (177)    		 14.4 1.71 12.8 47.9 10.2
    Details Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Fischer, Henry W. (Henry William) 1856 1932 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 19000 62978
    (157)    		 16.5 1.54 11.3 59.5 9.0
    Details The Frontier in American History Turner, Frederick Jackson 1861 1932 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 112204
    (280)    		 24.6 1.7 17.3 38.2 14.0
    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 How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Bennett, Arnold 1867 1931 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 17000 12746
    (31)    		 17.8 1.51 11.7 61.0 9.2
    Details Southern Horrors Lynch Law in All Its Phases Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862 1931 3000 4000 7000 10000 11000 16000 9490
    (23)    		 22.0 1.56 13.9 52.8 11.4
    Details Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt Baikie, James 1866 1931 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 26825
    (67)    		 27.7 1.39 14.0 61.2 11.6
    Details The Madman Gibran, Khalil 1883 1931 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 7034
    (17)    		 17.5 1.36 9.1 74.3 7.2
    Details The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862 1931 3000 5000 8000 10000 11000 16000 33314
    (83)    		 20.7 1.54 13.4 55.5 10.7
    Details The Sign of the Four Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 42939
    (107)    		 14.7 1.42 9.0 71.6 6.9
    Details A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 43598
    (108)    		 15.8 1.46 10.2 67.2 7.8
    Details The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 103757
    (259)    		 14.9 1.43 9.3 70.8 7.1
    Details The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 58745
    (146)    		 15.0 1.42 9.3 71.8 7.0
    Details The Return of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 111170
    (277)    		 14.2 1.44 9.2 71.0 6.9
    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 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 15000 87120
    (217)    		 15.7 1.43 9.7 69.9 7.4
    Details Women in Love Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 179224
    (448)    		 11.2 1.45 8.1 72.8 5.9
    Details Amusements in Mathematics Dudeney, Henry Ernest 1857 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 17000 146902
    (367)    		 15.8 1.48 10.6 65.5 8.1
    Details The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 7617
    (19)    		 12.1 1.45 8.5 71.6 6.3
    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 The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 8000 9000 16000 10626
    (26)    		 11.6 1.46 8.5 71.9 6.1
    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 The Adventure of the Cardboard Box Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 14000 8609
    (21)    		 16.7 1.41 9.7 70.6 7.6
    Details Sons and Lovers Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 16000 158692
    (396)    		 9.8 1.38 6.4 80.6 4.4
    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 Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 58816
    (147)    		 15.1 1.42 9.3 71.7 7.0
    Details The Valley of Fear Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 8000 10000 15000 57012
    (142)    		 13.3 1.41 8.6 74.3 6.2
    Details The Return of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 111491
    (278)    		 14.1 1.44 9.1 71.0 6.9
    Details His Last Bow Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 6059
    (15)    		 12.9 1.43 8.1 73.2 6.3

    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.