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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 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 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 Moby Dick, or, the whale Melville, Herman 1819 1891 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 22000 211314
    (528)
    21.5 1.49 12.6 59.4 10.3
    Details Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Berens, E.M. 4000 6000 9000 12000 15000 23000 104008
    (260)
    23.7 1.62 16.1 45.3 12.8
    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 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 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 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 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 The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes Terence Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) (1816) (1878) 2000 4000 8000 12000 18000 23000 125987
    (314)
    9.6 1.43 7.7 76.1 5.0
    Details The Invention of Lithography Senefelder, Alois Muller, J. W. 3000 4000 7000 12000 13000 17000 87110
    (217)
    24.2 1.54 14.5 52.3 12.0
    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 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 The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV Ovid Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) 43BC (1816) 18 (1878) 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 24000 137832
    (344)
    21.9 1.49 13.5 58.2 10.6
    Details The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collection Casteel, D. B. 4000 7000 8000 12000 19000 20000 12517
    (31)
    21.6 1.57 13.5 52.3 11.3
    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 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 21000 77252
    (193)
    18.8 1.58 13.2 53.7 10.5
    Details The Viking Blood A Story of Seafaring Wallace, Frederick William 3000 6000 9000 12000 16000 22000 138112
    (345)
    16.3 1.45 9.7 67.8 7.8
    Details Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) Engel, Carl 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 71969
    (179)
    19.4 1.67 15.0 45.6 11.7
    Details From Gretna Green to Land's End A Literary Journey in England. Bates, Katharine Lee 1859 1929 4000 6000 9000 12000 14000 21000 71781
    (179)
    28.9 1.52 15.8 49.2 13.6
    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 Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur) 1861 1933 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 20000 104277
    (260)
    20.9 1.61 14.4 49.3 11.6
    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 Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 3000 6000 9000 12000 15000 22000 71189
    (177)
    21.1 1.5 13.0 58.2 10.4
    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 Our Mutual Friend Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 8000 12000 17000 17000 319979
    (799)
    15.6 1.46 10.0 67.8 7.7
    Details Captain Blood Sabatini, Rafael 1875 1950 3000 5000 9000 12000 14000 22000 112331
    (280)
    14.5 1.48 10.2 66.7 7.6
    Details The Robbers Schiller, Friedrich 1759 1805 4000 5000 9000 12000 14000 21000 49365
    (123)
    9.5 1.43 7.0 76.3 5.0
    Details The Satyricon — Complete Petronius Arbiter 20 66 3000 6000 9000 12000 15000 22000 97604
    (244)
    25.3 1.52 14.9 52.9 12.2
    Details In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts Erasmus, Desiderius 1469 1536 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 22000 44403
    (111)
    48.2 1.52 24.3 29.4 21.1
    Details She Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 3000 5000 10000 12000 15000 23000 129365
    (323)
    27.4 1.47 15.1 54.7 12.4
    Details Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete Dickinson, Emily 1830 1886 4000 6000 10000 12000 14000 22000 30572
    (76)
    13.2 1.44 8.9 71.7 6.6
    Details Nonsense Books Lear, Edward 1812 1888 3000 6000 9000 12000 14000 19000 28733
    (71)
    18.8 1.47 11.3 63.2 9.1
    Details Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories 2000 4000 6000 12000 15000 15000 2706
    (6)
    18.5 1.34 9.2 74.6 7.5
    Details Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking Unknown 5000 7000 9000 12000 16000 21000 14689
    (36)
    10.4 1.49 7.6 70.3 6.0
    Details The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition Duncan, A. W. 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 21000 31665
    (79)
    14.3 1.66 12.8 51.5 9.6
    Details The Essays of Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis 1561 1626 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 52994
    (132)
    29.0 1.48 16.2 51.9 13.2
    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 Textiles and Clothing Watson, Kate Heintz 4000 5000 10000 12000 15000 23000 41633
    (104)
    17.9 1.52 11.6 59.8 9.4
    Details The American Frugal Housewife Child, Lydia Maria 1802 1880 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 20000 44452
    (111)
    18.4 1.42 10.5 68.1 8.3
    Details The Book of Household Management Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) 1836 1865 4000 6000 10000 12000 16000 21000 488058
    (1220)
    15.8 1.5 10.5 63.9 8.3
    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 Beast and Man in India A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations wit Kipling, John Lockwood 3000 6000 9000 12000 15000 21000 93292
    (233)
    25.4 1.54 15.0 51.1 12.4
    Details A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago Sedgwick, Anne Douglas 1873 1935 2000 5000 8000 12000 15000 22000 27814
    (69)
    22.9 1.47 12.8 59.5 10.7
    Details Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduct Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May) 1863 1924 3000 5000 8000 12000 16000 23000 17268
    (43)
    17.7 1.56 12.6 56.6 9.8
    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 Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Script Talmage, James Edward 1862 1933 3000 6000 9000 12000 13000 18000 294595
    (736)
    23.6 1.55 15.2 51.9 11.9
    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

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