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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 Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other People Mallery, Garrick 1831 1894 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 115635
    (289)
    19.9 1.6 14.1 51.4 11.0
    Details Life of Edward the Black Prince Creighton, Louise 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 58151
    (145)
    18.0 1.48 11.8 63.4 8.9
    Details Who Goes There! Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 3000 5000 7000 9000 12000 19000 72754
    (181)
    12.0 1.47 8.7 70.2 6.4
    Details Love and Freindship [sic] Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 32937
    (82)
    26.6 1.53 16.0 50.0 12.9
    Details The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man Patañjali 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 20000 30099
    (75)
    20.8 1.55 14.2 54.3 10.9
    Details Tales of Terror and Mystery Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 74652
    (186)
    18.2 1.47 11.3 64.2 8.8
    Details Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and prep Rose, Joshua 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 63754
    (159)
    17.0 1.53 11.8 60.1 9.1
    Details Workhouse Characters and other sketches of the life of the poor. Nevinson, Margaret Wynne 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 36252
    (90)
    23.5 1.41 12.2 63.7 10.2
    Details A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 18000 29348
    (73)
    12.3 1.45 8.4 71.7 6.3
    Details The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 24000 54516
    (136)
    12.9 1.43 8.6 72.6 6.3
    Details The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 93327
    (233)
    18.8 1.47 11.6 63.5 9.1
    Details The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 123834
    (309)
    15.0 1.44 9.5 69.5 7.3
    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 Fighting Byng A Novel of Mystery, Intrigue and Adventure Stone, A. 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 20000 56530
    (141)
    15.7 1.45 9.7 68.7 7.6
    Details Adventurings in the Psychical Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington) 1874 1959 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 56849
    (142)
    21.3 1.6 14.5 49.8 11.6
    Details Mark Twain's Speeches Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 92337
    (230)
    19.2 1.47 11.6 63.2 9.2
    Details Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 11 to 15 Twain, Mark 1835 1911 1000 2000 6000 9000 12000 19000 11622
    (29)
    15.8 1.29 7.4 81.3 5.8
    Details Pygmalion Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 33146
    (82)
    10.4 1.48 8.2 71.5 5.9
    Details Flappers and Philosophers Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) 1896 1940 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 59737
    (149)
    13.4 1.48 9.2 67.8 7.1
    Details Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 169364
    (423)
    18.2 1.33 9.2 76.0 7.2
    Details Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Various 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 84493
    (211)
    12.1 1.5 9.1 67.6 6.8
    Details The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 52382
    (130)
    19.1 1.41 11.0 67.9 8.5
    Details The Morning Glory Club Kyle, George A. 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 14000 47254
    (118)
    13.3 1.47 9.2 68.8 7.0
    Details Notes from the Underground Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821 1881 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 43766
    (109)
    18.1 1.48 11.3 63.5 8.9
    Details The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Brontë, Anne 1820 1849 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 166923
    (417)
    23.0 1.47 13.2 59.0 10.8
    Details The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 7000 9000 12000 16000 11304
    (28)
    14.1 1.46 9.7 68.8 7.2
    Details All Things Considered Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 59337
    (148)
    21.3 1.54 13.6 54.7 10.9
    Details A Room with a View Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) 1879 1970 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 65560
    (163)
    11.3 1.45 8.3 72.5 5.9
    Details Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete Young, Filson 1876 1938 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 21000 161166
    (402)
    35.3 1.5 19.2 44.2 15.9
    Details The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Jacobs, Joseph 1854 1916 3000 4000 6000 9000 12000 22000 46249
    (115)
    15.9 1.63 13.1 52.9 9.8
    Details Chef d'oeuvre inconnu. English Balzac, Honoré de 1799 1850 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 10624
    (26)
    17.3 1.44 10.4 67.3 8.2
    Details A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 15000 29106
    (72)
    14.6 1.39 8.6 74.1 6.5
    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 Following the Equator Twain, Mark 1835 1911 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 19000 184337
    (460)
    20.0 1.5 12.4 60.0 9.9
    Details The Tale of Peter Rabbit Potter, Beatrix 1866 1943 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 14000 994
    (2)
    16.3 1.54 11.0 60.2 8.9
    Details De Profundis Wilde, Oscar 1854 1900 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 18000 17584
    (43)
    23.7 1.41 13.1 63.2 10.3
    Details The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 Herodotus Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell) 480BC (1852) 420BC (1915) 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 19000 159214
    (398)
    38.2 1.44 19.5 45.9 16.4
    Details Warlord of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 19000 56940
    (142)
    26.0 1.45 13.9 57.5 11.7
    Details The Best American Humorous Short Stories 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 21000 101352
    (253)
    17.6 1.5 11.4 62.4 8.9
    Details Walden Thoreau, Henry David 1817 1862 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 20000 114891
    (287)
    27.9 1.46 15.0 55.4 12.5
    Details Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory No Sophocles Murray, Gilbert 495BC (1866) 406BC (1957) 3000 5000 8000 10000 15000 23000 17732
    (44)
    9.6 1.35 6.9 82.5 4.1
    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 Romance of Lust A classic Victorian erotic novel Anonymous 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 17000 187931
    (469)
    24.6 1.47 14.0 57.4 11.4
    Details On the origin of species Darwin, Charles 1809 1882 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 21000 205539
    (513)
    35.3 1.67 21.2 29.5 17.9
    Details Private Sex Advice to Women For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married Armitage, R. B. 3000 4000 8000 10000 12000 17000 68583
    (171)
    27.3 1.68 18.3 37.4 14.8
    Details Peter Pan Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 47245
    (118)
    14.8 1.36 8.3 76.5 6.3
    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 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 A Princess of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 67354
    (168)
    28.6 1.5 15.5 51.3 13.2
    Details Around the World in 80 Days Verne, Jules 1828 1905 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 20000 62632
    (156)
    17.0 1.53 11.9 60.3 9.1

    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.