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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 The Three Musketeers Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 2000 5000 9000 12000 17000 21000 227889
    (569)
    14.7 1.48 10.7 66.6 7.6
    Details Best Russian Short Stories 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 94443
    (236)
    15.3 1.47 10.4 66.6 7.8
    Details Venus in Furs Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Ritter von Savage, Fernanda 1836 1895 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 17000 41668
    (104)
    14.3 1.49 9.5 66.6 7.5
    Details Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Prest, Thomas Preskett 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 17000 327232
    (818)
    18.9 1.43 11.3 66.6 8.7
    Details The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Garnett, Constance 1860 (1861) 1904 (1946) 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 71033
    (177)
    17.1 1.45 10.7 66.6 8.2
    Details Man and Superman Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 3000 5000 9000 14000 14000 18000 68390
    (170)
    12.1 1.51 9.4 66.6 7.0
    Details Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 8000 11000 12000 17000 156033
    (390)
    16.9 1.46 10.6 66.5 8.2
    Details A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 20000 116398
    (290)
    20.0 1.42 11.2 66.5 9.0
    Details The Pied Piper of Hamelin Browning, Robert 1812 1889 4000 7000 11000 15000 16000 20000 2145
    (5)
    23.3 1.38 11.3 66.5 9.8
    Details The Island of Doctor Moreau Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 43537
    (108)
    14.7 1.48 9.7 66.5 7.6
    Details An Elementary Study of Insects Haseman, Leonard 1884 1969 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 23000 17942
    (44)
    17.6 1.45 10.7 66.5 8.4
    Details The Jungle Sinclair, Upton 1878 1968 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 147652
    (369)
    22.3 1.39 12.0 66.4 9.5
    Details David Copperfield Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 17000 349774
    (874)
    17.7 1.45 10.7 66.4 8.4
    Details What Is Man? and Other Essays Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 92556
    (231)
    13.5 1.5 9.8 66.4 7.4
    Details Return of Tarzan Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 88607
    (221)
    18.0 1.44 10.8 66.3 8.5
    Details Short Stories Dostoievski, Fiodor 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 16000 79953
    (199)
    15.4 1.48 10.3 66.3 7.8
    Details Anna Karenina Tolstoy, Leo, graf Garnett, Constance 1828 (1861) 1910 (1946) 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 15000 348306
    (870)
    16.8 1.46 10.8 66.2 8.2
    Details The Hunting of the Snark Carroll, Lewis 1832 1898 3000 5000 9000 14000 15000 18000 4969
    (12)
    22.4 1.39 12.0 66.2 9.6
    Details The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron 1788 1824 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 23000 121886
    (304)
    20.6 1.42 11.7 66.2 9.1
    Details The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley 1886 1959 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 18000 240707
    (601)
    19.2 1.43 11.1 66.2 8.8
    Details Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. Fairham, William 3000 6000 11000 13000 13000 20000 35294
    (88)
    14.4 1.49 9.9 66.1 7.6
    Details The Bible, Old and New Testaments, King James Version 3000 6000 9000 12000 16000 20000 790029
    (1975)
    26.6 1.35 13.2 66.1 10.6
    Details Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Rowlandson, Mary White 1635 1710 2000 4000 7000 11000 15000 19000 20128
    (50)
    25.9 1.35 12.9 66.1 10.5
    Details The Minute Man of the Frontier Puddefoot, W. G. 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 54821
    (137)
    19.3 1.43 10.7 66.1 8.8
    Details The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine 1870 1922 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 107279
    (268)
    16.5 1.47 10.2 66.1 8.1
    Details Far from the Madding Crowd Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 135621
    (339)
    16.3 1.47 10.3 66.1 8.1
    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 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 Art of War Sunzi Giles, Lionel (1875) (1958) 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 10489
    (26)
    11.5 1.53 9.9 65.9 6.9
    Details Wuthering Heights Brontë, Emily 1818 1848 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 114539
    (286)
    16.9 1.46 10.6 65.8 8.3
    Details A Watcher in The Woods Sharp, Dallas Lore 1870 1929 2000 5000 8000 10000 14000 22000 30932
    (77)
    20.5 1.42 10.9 65.8 9.2
    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 A Book of Myths Lang, Jeanie 3000 5000 9000 11000 15000 24000 90896
    (227)
    24.5 1.37 12.5 65.7 10.2
    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 Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Thérèse, de Lisieux, Sainte Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo) 1873 (1873) 1897 (1963) 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 17000 104435
    (261)
    20.1 1.43 11.4 65.5 9.1
    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 Career of Katherine Bush Glyn, Elinor 1864 1943 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 19000 105388
    (263)
    17.8 1.46 11.2 65.4 8.6
    Details The Pursuit of God Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson) 1897 1963 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 17000 29000
    (72)
    19.4 1.44 11.6 65.4 9.0
    Details The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred Morgan, William 1774 1826 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 112150
    (280)
    13.8 1.51 10.3 65.4 7.6
    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 Grammar of English Grammars Brown, Goold 1791 1857 3000 6000 9000 12000 15000 22000 875923
    (2189)
    10.3 1.55 9.6 65.3 6.7
    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 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 Lost World Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 19000 75381
    (188)
    17.0 1.47 10.9 65.2 8.4
    Details The Good Soldier Ford, Ford Madox 1873 1939 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 18000 74336
    (185)
    19.0 1.45 11.3 65.2 8.9
    Details The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar Leblanc, Maurice 1864 1941 3000 4000 8000 12000 18000 18000 53672
    (134)
    12.4 1.53 9.9 65.1 7.2
    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 On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Beard, Lina 1857 1920 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 57386
    (143)
    21.5 1.42 11.7 65.1 9.5
    Details The House on the Borderland Hodgson, William Hope 1877 1918 2000 4000 6000 9000 10000 15000 50522
    (126)
    17.3 1.47 10.4 65.1 8.5
    Details The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories Tolstoy, Leo, graf Tucker, Benjamin R. 1828 1910 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 63962
    (159)
    17.1 1.47 11.0 65.1 8.4

    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.