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 | 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 | 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 Masque of the Red Death | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 14000 | 18000 |
2384 (5) |
23.6 | 1.48 | 14.1 | 57.9 | 11.1 | |
| Details | The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronic | Newton, Isaac, Sir | 1642 | 1727 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 12000 | 17000 | 18000 |
69813 (174) |
15.0 | 1.42 | 10.0 | 71.2 | 7.0 | |
| Details | The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 | Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) | 1873 | 1915 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 21000 |
201803 (504) |
19.5 | 1.56 | 13.2 | 54.7 | 10.5 | |
| 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 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 | Nationalism | Tagore, Rabindranath | 1861 | 1941 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 10000 | 14000 |
26616 (66) |
24.0 | 1.56 | 15.2 | 50.2 | 12.2 | |
| Details | On the Trail of The Immigrant | Steiner, Edward A. | 1866 | 1856 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
87463 (218) |
28.2 | 1.54 | 16.4 | 47.9 | 13.6 | |
| 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 | How to Tell a Story and Other Essays | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 18000 |
7146 (17) |
21.7 | 1.43 | 12.0 | 64.0 | 9.7 | |
| Details | The Spell of Belgium | Anderson, Isabel | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
89821 (224) |
21.1 | 1.53 | 13.4 | 56.3 | 10.6 | |||
| Details | The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
158602 (396) |
15.8 | 1.48 | 10.1 | 66.0 | 8.0 | |
| Details | The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 21000 |
91873 (229) |
27.8 | 1.66 | 18.4 | 38.2 | 14.9 | ||||
| Details | The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiec | Aristotle | 384BC | 322BC | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 18000 | 23000 |
107312 (268) |
26.1 | 1.45 | 14.5 | 57.5 | 11.7 | |
| Details | The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
45835 (114) |
19.7 | 1.67 | 14.9 | 45.4 | 11.8 | |||
| 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 | Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot | Craig, Austin | 1872 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
62400 (156) |
29.6 | 1.64 | 18.6 | 38.3 | 15.3 | ||
| Details | The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 | Wordsworth, William | 1770 | 1850 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
118027 (295) |
29.5 | 1.48 | 15.9 | 52.0 | 13.3 | |
| Details | Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf For the Use of Teachers | Newell, Jane H. (Jane Hancox) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 | 24000 |
26005 (65) |
15.1 | 1.49 | 10.4 | 65.2 | 7.9 | |||
| Details | My First Picture Book With Thirty-six Pages of Pictures Printed in Colours by Kr | Kronheim, Joseph Martin | 1810 | 1896 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
4593 (11) |
22.7 | 1.32 | 10.4 | 72.5 | 8.8 | |
| Details | A Child's Garden of Verses | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
8785 (21) |
23.1 | 1.36 | 10.9 | 68.7 | 9.4 | |
| Details | The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn With Notes | Henry VIII, King of England | 1491 | 1547 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 12000 | 13000 | 17000 |
5585 (13) |
22.3 | 1.42 | 12.3 | 64.4 | 9.8 | |
| Details | Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet | Anonymous | 4000 | 4000 | 9000 | 14000 | 15000 | 17000 |
20223 (50) |
16.2 | 1.38 | 8.7 | 73.6 | 7.0 | |||
| Details | The Behavior of Crowds A Psychological Study | Martin, Everett Dean | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
70365 (175) |
18.9 | 1.69 | 14.8 | 44.7 | 11.7 | |||
| Details | The Return of the Native | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
140685 (351) |
15.8 | 1.44 | 9.9 | 69.1 | 7.5 | |
| Details | Lady Susan | Austen, Jane | 1775 | 1817 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 |
22830 (57) |
23.7 | 1.54 | 14.6 | 52.6 | 11.8 | |
| 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 | Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander) | 1873 | 1936 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 | 22000 |
149754 (374) |
21.1 | 1.64 | 14.9 | 46.6 | 12.0 | |
| Details | Everyman, with other interludes, including eight miracle plays | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
54310 (135) |
11.2 | 1.35 | 7.0 | 81.1 | 4.7 | ||||
| Details | Heretics | Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) | 1874 | 1936 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
64184 (160) |
21.1 | 1.55 | 13.8 | 54.0 | 11.0 | |
| Details | The First Men in the Moon | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
67768 (169) |
15.6 | 1.49 | 10.2 | 65.2 | 8.0 | |
| 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 | The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle | Potter, Beatrix | 1866 | 1943 | 2000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 13000 | 13000 |
1399 (3) |
13.9 | 1.54 | 9.0 | 62.5 | 8.0 | |
| 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 | Queen Victoria | Browne, E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) | 1871 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
33632 (84) |
23.2 | 1.54 | 14.3 | 53.4 | 11.6 | ||
| Details | Twice Told Tales | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | 1804 | 1864 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 20000 |
145292 (363) |
23.8 | 1.5 | 13.9 | 55.3 | 11.5 | |
| 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 | Paradise Lost | Milton, John | 1608 | 1674 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 13000 | 17000 | 23000 |
80144 (200) |
43.3 | 1.42 | 21.0 | 42.9 | 18.0 | |
| Details | Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales The fiddle and the bow, The paradise of fools, Visions | Taylor, Robt. L. (Robert Love) | 1850 | 1912 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
29397 (73) |
21.5 | 1.46 | 12.3 | 61.5 | 10.0 | |
| Details | The Secret Agent a Simple Tale | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
88831 (222) |
14.6 | 1.54 | 11.0 | 61.4 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 | Marlowe, Christopher | 1564 | 1593 | 4000 | 6000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 | 24000 |
20740 (51) |
10.7 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 74.4 | 5.5 | |
| Details | The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | Simmons, W. H. (William Herbert)Appleton, H. A. | 4000 | 9000 | 15000 | 17000 | 19000 | 24000 |
53752 (134) |
9.8 | 1.76 | 12.2 | 48.1 | 9.0 | |||
| Details | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) | Burke, Edmund | 1729 | 1797 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 21000 |
161987 (404) |
29.8 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 41.0 | 15.0 | |
| Details | A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE | Casas, Bartolomé de las | 1474 | 1566 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
30124 (75) |
53.7 | 1.51 | 26.5 | 24.5 | 23.2 | |
| Details | A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first ti | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
65747 (164) |
13.9 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 74.1 | 6.4 | |
| Details | Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) | 1805 | 1875 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
370669 (926) |
20.0 | 1.36 | 10.4 | 71.6 | 8.2 | |
| Details | The Cask of Amontillado | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 3000 | 6000 | 11000 | 17000 | 19000 | 19000 |
2302 (5) |
10.0 | 1.51 | 8.4 | 68.9 | 6.1 | |
| 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 | Amerigo Vespucci | Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) | 1849 | 1913 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
55391 (138) |
29.6 | 1.56 | 17.8 | 45.1 | 14.3 | |
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.