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    (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 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 A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia Bartholomew, J. G. 4000 8000 13000 17000 21000 24000 35280
    (88)    		 1.7 2.01 9.8 35.5 8.7
    Details The 2010 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 24000 1297237
    (3243)    		 13.8 2.0 16.9 23.4 13.4
    Details Roget's Thesaurus Roget, Peter Mark 1779 1869 10000 14000 19000 21000 23000 25000 180410
    (451)    		 9.1 1.94 13.6 33.6 10.8
    Details Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 Various 5000 9000 15000 18000 20000 24000 53847
    (134)    		 4.6 1.89 10.4 42.6 8.5
    Details The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography Butler, Samuel 1774 1839 3000 6000 10000 17000 19000 19000 1703
    (4)    		 18.1 1.85 16.9 31.6 13.4
    Details New Latin Grammar Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin) 1858 1921 7000 12000 20000 22000 23000 25000 63965
    (159)    		 5.5 1.84 11.5 45.7 8.3
    Details Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex Freud, Sigmund Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden) 1856 (1874) 1939 (1948) 3000 6000 10000 11000 16000 18000 40617
    (101)    		 25.5 1.84 20.0 25.3 16.1
    Details Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, S Kleiser, Grenville 1868 1953 6000 9000 12000 15000 17000 22000 81255
    (203)    		 230.2 1.83 101.1 -181.4 95.7
    Details The Communist Manifesto Engels, Friedrich 1820 1895 3000 5000 8000 10000 11000 15000 11413
    (28)    		 24.1 1.81 19.1 29.5 15.1
    Details Handbook of the Trees of New England Dame, Lorin Low 1838 1903 5000 10000 17000 20000 23000 25000 50148
    (125)    		 12.4 1.8 12.0 42.3 10.4
    Details Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 Lacroix, John Victor 1882 4000 8000 15000 20000 22000 25000 78588
    (196)    		 23.6 1.79 18.6 31.1 14.8
    Details Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 Welsh, Peter C. 3000 5000 9000 13000 14000 21000 11740
    (29)    		 15.1 1.77 14.4 41.3 11.3
    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 Theory of the Leisure Class Veblen, Thorstein 1857 1929 3000 6000 9000 12000 13000 19000 105017
    (262)    		 33.7 1.76 21.7 24.1 18.3
    Details The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Table of Contents with l Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 3000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18000 10194
    (25)    		 7.3 1.75 11.5 51.8 7.8
    Details Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples Brown, Frank Chouteau 3000 5000 7000 10000 14000 22000 20014
    (50)    		 10.1 1.75 11.9 48.1 9.1
    Details Psychology and Social Practice Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 5000 7000 8000 12000 7549
    (18)    		 27.6 1.75 19.3 30.7 15.8
    Details Latin for Beginners D'Ooge, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) 1860 1940 7000 13000 20000 22000 23000 24000 91186
    (227)    		 8.2 1.74 10.8 51.2 8.1
    Details Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 5000 7000 9000 13000 134869
    (337)    		 23.7 1.73 17.5 36.1 14.1
    Details Introduction to the Science of Sociology Park, Robert Ezra 1864 1944 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 388459
    (971)    		 14.6 1.73 13.7 45.3 10.6
    Details Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 Vogel, Robert M. 3000 4000 6000 8000 11000 16000 12934
    (32)    		 20.1 1.73 15.8 40.1 12.7
    Details The Critique of Pure Reason Kant, Immanuel Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow) 1724 (1830) 1804 (1902) 3000 4000 7000 10000 15000 18000 206467
    (516)    		 35.8 1.72 22.9 24.9 18.7
    Details Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contribut Anonymous 3000 5000 8000 12000 16000 22000 132745
    (331)    		 17.9 1.72 15.0 42.8 11.7
    Details Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Marx, Karl 1818 1883 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 18000 39830
    (99)    		 30.8 1.72 20.5 29.7 16.8
    Details The Life of Reason The Phases of Human Progress Santayana, George 1863 1952 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 317310
    (793)    		 29.2 1.72 19.8 31.8 16.1
    Details History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 4000 6000 9000 13000 16000 21000 256688
    (641)    		 18.6 1.72 15.8 42.3 12.0
    Details An Introduction to the History of Science Libby, Walter 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 71214
    (178)    		 18.6 1.72 15.3 42.9 11.9
    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 The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplifi Pierce, Ray Vaughn 1840 1914 4000 6000 10000 14000 16000 21000 381700
    (954)    		 16.9 1.71 14.4 45.3 11.1
    Details Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenome Ellis, Havelock 1859 1939 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 133904
    (334)    		 23.8 1.71 17.1 38.2 13.8
    Details The Invention of the Sewing Machine Cooper, Grace Rogers 3000 4000 6000 10000 14000 22000 44774
    (111)    		 10.5 1.71 10.8 51.1 8.8
    Details Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of Schlebecker, John T. 4000 6000 9000 11000 13000 18000 22455
    (56)    		 7.1 1.71 9.7 54.7 7.4
    Details New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in Cotter, John L.Hudson, J. Paul 4000 6000 9000 12000 17000 23000 15759
    (39)    		 19.1 1.71 15.1 42.4 12.1
    Details Defenders of Democracy Anonymous 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 17000 12711
    (31)    		 5.7 1.71 9.4 56.4 6.8
    Details Essays in Experimental Logic Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 6000 7000 9000 15000 107047
    (267)    		 25.9 1.71 18.1 36.3 14.6
    Details History of the United States Beard, Mary Ritter 1876 1958 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 199929
    (499)    		 18.8 1.71 15.4 42.7 12.0
    Details The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America United States 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 17000 1478
    (3)    		 39.9 1.71 24.3 21.5 20.2
    Details An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Hume, David 1711 1776 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 19000 48155
    (120)    		 31.1 1.71 20.6 30.5 16.7
    Details Surgical Anatomy Maclise, Joseph 5000 10000 16000 20000 22000 25000 106499
    (266)    		 18.9 1.7 15.7 43.8 11.9
    Details The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Com Foreman, John, F.R.G.S. 3000 5000 9000 11000 14000 21000 303152
    (757)    		 22.2 1.7 16.6 40.5 13.1
    Details Ossian in Germany Bibliography, General Survey, Ossian's Influence upon Klopstoc Tombo, Rudolf 1875 1914 3000 7000 11000 15000 16000 23000 48589
    (121)    		 5.9 1.7 9.7 56.9 6.8
    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 The Hindu-Arabic Numerals Karpinski, Louis Charles 1878 1956 3000 6000 11000 15000 18000 23000 45182
    (112)    		 11.6 1.69 11.9 51.6 8.9
    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 Leonardo da Vinci A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence Freud, Sigmund Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden) 1856 (1874) 1939 (1948) 3000 4000 8000 11000 12000 18000 23520
    (58)    		 26.4 1.69 18.2 37.1 14.6
    Details The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Nuttall, P. Austin 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 22000 758344
    (1895)    		 30.7 1.69 19.4 32.9 16.3
    Details The Federalist Papers Hamilton, Alexander 1757 1804 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 191873
    (479)    		 31.9 1.69 20.8 31.4 16.8
    Details Moral Principles in Education Dewey, John 1859 1952 3000 3000 4000 6000 7000 12000 10720
    (26)    		 22.1 1.69 16.1 41.4 13.0
    Details A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Lee, Sidney, Sir 1859 1926 3000 6000 9000 11000 14000 20000 132934
    (332)    		 20.0 1.69 15.5 43.2 12.2

    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.
    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.