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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 Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth Descartes, René 1596 1650 3000 3000 6000 9000 11000 18000 23024
    (57)
    81.4 1.54 38.0 -5.7 34.3
    Details Ethica. English Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632 1677 3000 4000 6000 9000 13000 17000 87693
    (219)
    16.0 1.56 12.4 59.1 9.0
    Details The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in Engels, Friedrich Kelley, Florence 1820 (1859) 1895 (1932) 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 114426
    (286)
    27.4 1.62 17.1 42.3 14.2
    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 Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Ellis, Havelock 1859 1939 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 162979
    (407)
    21.7 1.68 15.6 42.9 12.7
    Details The Forsyte Saga - Complete Galsworthy, John 1867 1933 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 313254
    (783)
    14.3 1.43 9.1 71.7 6.8
    Details The Chessmen of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 2000 4000 7000 9000 10000 16000 87139
    (217)
    17.6 1.44 10.7 67.4 8.2
    Details The Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen 1871 1900 3000 5000 8000 9000 12000 16000 45599
    (113)
    12.7 1.46 9.0 70.6 6.6
    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 Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a Histor Upham, Charles Wentworth 1802 1875 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 294773
    (736)
    22.0 1.56 14.4 52.6 11.4
    Details The Economic Consequences of the Peace Keynes, John Maynard 1883 1946 3000 3000 6000 9000 10000 16000 67762
    (169)
    26.4 1.67 17.9 38.9 14.4
    Details Merlin A Poem Robinson, Edwin Arlington 1869 1935 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 21993
    (54)
    29.6 1.35 14.5 62.2 11.9
    Details Carolina Lee Bell, Lilian 1867 1929 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 18000 73197
    (182)
    14.4 1.46 9.6 68.7 7.3
    Details A Short History of H.M.S. Victory Wharton, William James Lloyd 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 15824
    (39)
    28.9 1.52 16.8 49.3 13.6
    Details Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers Winks, William Edward 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 99421
    (248)
    20.5 1.55 13.5 54.9 10.7
    Details Irene Iddesleigh Ros, Amanda Mc 1860 1939 3000 5000 8000 9000 11000 15000 33703
    (84)
    30.3 1.56 17.4 44.2 14.6
    Details The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written b Díaz del Castillo, Bernal Lockhart, John Ingram 1492 1585 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 19000 183124
    (457)
    29.7 1.55 17.7 45.8 14.2
    Details The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 134572
    (336)
    18.1 1.49 11.4 62.8 9.0
    Details Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 42069
    (105)
    16.3 1.4 9.8 71.5 7.3
    Details Triplanetary Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer) 1890 1965 3000 5000 7000 9000 12000 20000 56328
    (140)
    17.4 1.56 12.1 57.2 9.6
    Details Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin 1706 1790 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 19000 73971
    (184)
    27.2 1.54 16.1 49.0 13.2
    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 Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience Matthews, Ike 1857 1913 2000 3000 7000 9000 12000 16000 14490
    (36)
    26.6 1.37 13.1 63.8 11.0
    Details Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evi Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von Huggard, E. M. 1646 1716 3000 4000 7000 9000 13000 20000 184166
    (460)
    24.4 1.56 15.6 50.1 12.3
    Details Anarchism and Other Essays Goldman, Emma 1869 1940 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 16000 67167
    (167)
    21.2 1.64 15.1 46.2 12.1
    Details The Possessed (The Devils) Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Garnett, Constance 1821 (1861) 1881 (1946) 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 252520
    (631)
    15.5 1.5 10.9 64.3 8.1
    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 Stories from Hans Andersen Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805 1875 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 16000 36988
    (92)
    18.2 1.34 9.4 75.1 7.3
    Details The Wendigo Blackwood, Algernon 1869 1951 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 18159
    (45)
    21.0 1.49 12.9 59.1 10.2
    Details Biblical Geography and History Kent, Charles Foster 1867 1925 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 22000 99638
    (249)
    22.8 1.62 15.4 46.3 12.5
    Details Short Stories Dostoievski, Fiodor 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 16000 79953
    (199)
    15.4 1.48 10.3 66.3 7.8
    Details The Art of Public Speaking Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg) 1867 1946 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 154880
    (387)
    17.2 1.54 12.1 59.1 9.3
    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 A Damsel in Distress Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 76064
    (190)
    11.6 1.46 8.3 71.8 6.1
    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 What's Wrong with the World Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 59904
    (149)
    22.5 1.55 14.2 52.8 11.5
    Details Cautionary Tales for Children Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 2620
    (6)
    16.4 1.5 11.4 63.2 8.5
    Details The Souls of Black Folk Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868 1963 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 17000 68801
    (172)
    25.9 1.53 14.9 51.3 12.5
    Details The Madman Gibran, Khalil 1883 1931 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 7034
    (17)
    17.5 1.36 9.1 74.3 7.2
    Details The Pencil of Nature Talbot, William Henry Fox 1800 1877 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 14000 9368
    (23)
    19.4 1.6 13.8 52.0 10.8
    Details The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Mackey, Albert Gallatin 1807 1881 3000 4000 7000 9000 10000 15000 70062
    (175)
    26.1 1.65 17.7 40.8 14.1
    Details Alexander the Great Makers of History Abbott, Jacob 1803 1879 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 52859
    (132)
    23.5 1.6 15.8 48.0 12.4
    Details Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany Fox, Edward Lyell 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 85448
    (213)
    18.8 1.48 11.4 62.7 9.2
    Details Anthony Trent, Master Criminal Martyn, Wyndham 1875 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 80574
    (201)
    12.7 1.48 9.3 69.0 6.8
    Details The Gardener Tagore, Rabindranath 1861 1941 2000 4000 7000 9000 10000 16000 13795
    (34)
    14.2 1.28 7.1 83.9 5.1
    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 A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while i Defoe, Daniel 1661 1731 2000 3000 6000 9000 13000 15000 93796
    (234)
    46.5 1.43 22.5 38.7 19.4
    Details Defenders of Democracy Anonymous 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 17000 12711
    (31)
    5.7 1.71 9.4 56.4 6.8
    Details Sport Royal and other stories Hope, Anthony 1863 1933 2000 4000 7000 9000 13000 21000 27491
    (68)
    10.4 1.48 8.3 70.8 6.0
    Details The Mill on the Floss Eliot, George 1819 1880 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 204609
    (511)
    22.6 1.44 12.4 62.3 10.2

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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.