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 | 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 | Treasure Island | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
68147 (170) |
17.8 | 1.35 | 9.3 | 74.2 | 7.3 | |
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 | 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 | Kidnapped | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 22000 |
81525 (203) |
21.2 | 1.34 | 10.3 | 71.7 | 8.5 | |
Details | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
25355 (63) |
21.4 | 1.44 | 12.2 | 63.3 | 9.7 | |
Details | Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying O | Zerbe, James Slough | 1850 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
37590 (93) |
11.4 | 1.51 | 9.2 | 67.5 | 6.7 | ||
Details | Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making | Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) | 1850 | 1896 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
102413 (256) |
19.1 | 1.47 | 12.0 | 62.6 | 9.3 | |
Details | Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 | Bellamy, Edward | 1850 | 1898 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
77522 (193) |
24.0 | 1.55 | 15.1 | 51.1 | 12.1 | |
Details | Shelters, Shacks and Shanties | Beard, Daniel Carter | 1850 | 1941 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
50042 (125) |
17.8 | 1.39 | 10.1 | 71.4 | 7.7 | |
Details | The Secret Garden | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
79615 (199) |
13.2 | 1.35 | 7.4 | 79.0 | 5.5 | |
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 | 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 | |
Details | The Secret Garden | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
79765 (199) |
13.2 | 1.35 | 7.4 | 78.9 | 5.5 | |
Details | Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 9000 | 17000 |
20422 (51) |
14.2 | 1.34 | 7.9 | 78.6 | 5.8 | |
Details | Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar. | Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) | 1848 | 1929 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
150454 (376) |
32.0 | 1.5 | 17.5 | 47.8 | 14.5 | |
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 | Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit | Harris, Joel Chandler | 1848 | 1908 | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 17000 | 22000 |
6823 (17) |
22.2 | 1.24 | 10.0 | 79.0 | 7.8 | |
Details | Dracula | Stoker, Bram | 1847 | 1912 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
159139 (397) |
18.2 | 1.36 | 9.8 | 73.3 | 7.5 | |
Details | Architecture Classic and Early Christian | Slater, John | 1847 | 1924 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 | 22000 |
54084 (135) |
18.1 | 1.66 | 14.3 | 48.4 | 11.0 | |
Details | Encyclopedia of Needlework | Dillmont, Thérèse de | 1846 | 1890 | 4000 | 5000 | 10000 | 15000 | 22000 | 22000 |
126757 (316) |
14.1 | 1.42 | 8.7 | 72.4 | 6.7 | |
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 | 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 | The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete | Ames, Azel | 1845 | 1908 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
90669 (226) |
21.5 | 1.56 | 13.7 | 53.4 | 11.1 | |
Details | Line and Form (1900) | Crane, Walter | 1845 | 1915 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
44073 (110) |
32.9 | 1.64 | 19.6 | 34.8 | 16.6 | |
Details | Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | Common, Thomas | 1844 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 19000 |
110254 (275) |
15.5 | 1.48 | 10.1 | 66.0 | 7.9 |
Details | Beyond Good and Evil | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | Zimmern, Helen | 1844 (1846) | 1900 (1934) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
61977 (154) |
32.8 | 1.65 | 19.9 | 33.7 | 16.7 |
Details | The Antichrist | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) | 1844 (1880) | 1900 (1956) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
32360 (80) |
32.0 | 1.59 | 18.7 | 39.5 | 15.7 |
Details | Sailing Alone Around the World | Slocum, Joshua | 1844 | 1910 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 13000 | 20000 |
69436 (173) |
22.4 | 1.44 | 12.1 | 62.0 | 10.2 | |
Details | The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | 1844 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 |
27312 (68) |
22.6 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 48.3 | 12.1 | |
Details | Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | Harvey, Alexander Miller | 1844 (1867) | 1900 (1928) | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
36537 (91) |
32.2 | 1.65 | 19.7 | 34.9 | 16.4 |
Details | The Arabian Nights | Lang, Andrew | 1844 | 1912 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
111534 (278) |
23.9 | 1.4 | 12.9 | 63.8 | 10.3 | |
Details | The Blue Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew | 1844 | 1912 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
138225 (345) |
24.9 | 1.35 | 12.4 | 67.7 | 10.0 | |
Details | The Yellow Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew | 1844 | 1912 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
111039 (277) |
21.0 | 1.33 | 10.6 | 73.2 | 8.3 | |
Details | The Turn of the Screw | James, Henry | 1843 | 1916 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
41719 (104) |
16.9 | 1.43 | 10.2 | 69.1 | 7.8 | |
Details | The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With | Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher) | 1843 | 1913 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
200768 (501) |
22.5 | 1.58 | 14.8 | 50.5 | 11.8 | |
Details | The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 | James, Henry | 1843 | 1916 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
115618 (289) |
16.4 | 1.49 | 11.1 | 64.4 | 8.4 | |
Details | Daisy Miller | James, Henry | 1843 | 1916 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
21009 (52) |
12.8 | 1.52 | 10.0 | 65.3 | 7.3 | |
Details | The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology t | Mac | 1843 | 1925 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 |
23934 (59) |
18.0 | 1.54 | 12.5 | 58.3 | 9.6 | |
Details | The Beast in the Jungle | James, Henry | 1843 | 1916 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
18288 (45) |
20.3 | 1.39 | 11.6 | 68.4 | 8.8 | |
Details | The Devil's Dictionary | Bierce, Ambrose | 1842 | 1914 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
58601 (146) |
13.9 | 1.62 | 11.9 | 55.3 | 9.0 | |
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 | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Bierce, Ambrose | 1842 | 1914 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
3713 (9) |
18.8 | 1.47 | 11.5 | 63.0 | 9.1 | |
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 | 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 | Tess of the d'Urbervilles, a Pure Woman | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
147161 (367) |
18.3 | 1.45 | 11.1 | 65.7 | 8.6 | |
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 | 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 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
114027 (285) |
17.3 | 1.47 | 10.8 | 65.1 | 8.5 | |
Details | Jude the Obscure | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
142487 (356) |
15.6 | 1.44 | 10.0 | 69.1 | 7.5 |
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.