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 | An Essay on Man | Pope, Alexander | 1688 | 1744 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
46424 (116) |
19.3 | 1.37 | 10.5 | 71.1 | 8.1 | |
| 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 | 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 | The Secret Sharer | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 |
16439 (41) |
14.4 | 1.43 | 9.0 | 70.9 | 6.9 | |
| Details | Through Welsh Doorways | Marks, Jeannette Augustus | 1875 | 1964 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 23000 |
41010 (102) |
15.1 | 1.43 | 9.0 | 70.9 | 7.1 | |
| Details | Of Human Bondage | Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) | 1874 | 1965 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
258577 (646) |
15.5 | 1.42 | 9.6 | 70.9 | 7.2 | |
| Details | The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 | Marlowe, Christopher | 1564 | 1593 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 15000 | 20000 | 23000 |
19258 (48) |
12.3 | 1.46 | 8.2 | 70.8 | 6.4 | |
| 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 | A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 | -Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) | 1835 | 1912 | 7000 | 13000 | 14000 | 19000 | 22000 | 25000 |
99841 (249) |
2.9 | 1.57 | 5.4 | 70.8 | 4.1 | |
| Details | Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey | Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) | 1860 | 1937 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 12000 |
1073 (2) |
20.2 | 1.37 | 10.7 | 70.8 | 8.4 | |
| Details | The Adventures of Sally | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
76500 (191) |
12.1 | 1.46 | 8.5 | 70.8 | 6.4 | |
| Details | The Sea Wolf | London, Jack | 1876 | 1916 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
105143 (262) |
15.0 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 70.8 | 7.1 | |
| Details | Anne of Avonlea | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
88170 (220) |
15.5 | 1.42 | 9.5 | 70.8 | 7.2 | |
| 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 | The Cid | Corneille, Pierre | Mongan, Roscoe | 1606 | 1684 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 11000 | 16000 |
18903 (47) |
12.1 | 1.46 | 8.8 | 70.7 | 6.4 |
| Details | Japanese Fairy Tales | Ozaki, Yei Theodora | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
70489 (176) |
20.6 | 1.36 | 10.9 | 70.7 | 8.5 | |||
| Details | American Fairy Tales | Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) | 1856 | 1919 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
31719 (79) |
16.3 | 1.41 | 9.7 | 70.6 | 7.5 | |
| 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 | The Red Badge of Courage | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
45599 (113) |
12.7 | 1.46 | 9.0 | 70.6 | 6.6 | |
| Details | Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Bes | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 20000 |
146705 (366) |
15.3 | 1.43 | 9.6 | 70.6 | 7.2 | ||||
| Details | Eve's Diary, Complete | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
6746 (16) |
19.9 | 1.37 | 10.4 | 70.6 | 8.4 | |
| Details | Maggie, a Girl of the Streets | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
22287 (55) |
11.7 | 1.47 | 8.3 | 70.5 | 6.3 | |
| 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 | The Trial | Kafka, Franz | Wyllie, David | 1883 | 1924 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 7000 | 12000 |
82679 (206) |
17.6 | 1.4 | 10.4 | 70.4 | 7.8 |
| Details | Ramayana. English | Valmiki | Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) | (1826) | (1906) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
394725 (986) |
19.0 | 1.38 | 10.5 | 70.4 | 8.1 |
| Details | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Christie, Agatha | 1890 | 1976 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
55542 (138) |
10.2 | 1.49 | 8.5 | 70.3 | 6.0 | |
| Details | North and South | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn | 1810 | 1865 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
179050 (447) |
16.8 | 1.41 | 10.0 | 70.3 | 7.6 | |
| Details | Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking | Unknown | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
14689 (36) |
10.4 | 1.49 | 7.6 | 70.3 | 6.0 | |||
| 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 | |
| Details | The Invisible Man | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
47694 (119) |
12.5 | 1.47 | 8.6 | 70.2 | 6.6 | |
| Details | My Antonia | Cather, Willa | 1873 | 1947 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
80807 (202) |
16.3 | 1.42 | 9.4 | 70.2 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Rubicon | Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) | 1867 | 1940 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
74278 (185) |
13.8 | 1.45 | 9.1 | 70.2 | 6.9 | |
| 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 | Father Goriot | Balzac, Honoré de | Marriage, Ellen | 1799 | 1850 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
103094 (257) |
15.2 | 1.44 | 9.6 | 70.0 | 7.3 |
| Details | A Dash .. .. .. For a Throne | Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) | 1852 | 1923 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
96732 (241) |
17.1 | 1.41 | 10.0 | 70.0 | 7.7 | |
| Details | The Call of the Wild | London, Jack | 1876 | 1916 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 23000 |
31797 (79) |
18.7 | 1.39 | 10.4 | 69.9 | 8.1 | |
| 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 | Something New | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
73645 (184) |
12.8 | 1.47 | 9.1 | 69.9 | 6.7 | |
| Details | Carmen | Mérimée, Prosper | Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) | 1803 (1853) | 1870 (1936) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 20000 |
23528 (58) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.4 | 69.8 | 7.4 |
| Details | The Mysterious Stranger | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
41011 (102) |
19.2 | 1.39 | 10.6 | 69.8 | 8.3 | |
| Details | Moon and Sixpence | Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) | 1874 | 1965 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
74760 (186) |
14.4 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 69.8 | 7.1 | |
| Details | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself | Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) | 1813 | 1897 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
82835 (207) |
16.2 | 1.43 | 10.0 | 69.8 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do | Popular Mechanics Company | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
231737 (579) |
15.1 | 1.44 | 9.7 | 69.8 | 7.3 | |||
| Details | Ethan Frome | Wharton, Edith | 1862 | 1937 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 14000 |
34572 (86) |
19.4 | 1.39 | 10.3 | 69.7 | 8.4 | |
| Details | Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme | Molière | Jones, Philip Dwight | 1622 | 1673 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 |
18257 (45) |
11.3 | 1.49 | 8.4 | 69.7 | 6.3 |
| Details | The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Din | Ziemann, Hugo | 1828 | 1926 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
219613 (549) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 69.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Phantom of the Opera | Leroux, Gaston | 1868 | 1927 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 20000 |
84224 (210) |
14.8 | 1.44 | 9.6 | 69.6 | 7.2 | |
| Details | Twas the Night before Christmas A Visit from St. Nicholas | Moore, Clement Clarke | 1779 | 1863 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
1086 (2) |
16.0 | 1.43 | 9.5 | 69.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | Twenty Years After | Dumas, Alexandre | 1802 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
240798 (601) |
13.6 | 1.46 | 9.9 | 69.5 | 7.0 | |
| Details | The Battle of Life A Love Story | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 12000 | 16000 |
29592 (73) |
14.7 | 1.45 | 9.4 | 69.5 | 7.2 | |
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.