Comments on: Mitch Albom Writes at a 3rd Grade Reading Level, Stephen King at an 8th — The Reading Levels of Your Favorite Authors

By: Michael Hartford · Twending Tweets, 7/20 – 7/27

Michael Hartford · Twending Tweets, 7/20 – 7/27 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:22:06 +0000

[...] Mitch Albom Writes at a 3rd Grade Reading Level, Stephen King at an 8th — The Reading Levels of Yo… at One Minute Book Reviews: also, Nora Ephron, 12th grade; Danielle Steel, just below 5th. My collection comes in at a 7th grade level, though individual stories surely vary. [...]

By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:23:45 +0000

Thanks, Dave. Mitch has a new book coming out this fall, so we’ll see if he’s moved up!

By: David H. Schleicher

David H. Schleicher — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:24:51 +0000

Wow, this is great…very informative…and it could be lots of fun, too, seeing how your favorite authors measure up. Thanks, Janice! I’m a bit nervous to run it on my own writing, though…yet it might give me some much needed humility!

By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:33:33 +0000

Thanks, Sarah. In the original post, I had the levels of my novels, too, which is a grade or two higher. But in forum on a site that linked to O-MBR, someone seemed to think I was bragging about being higher than Mitch (when, in fact, I was also admitting to being lower than Nora Ephron and Jane Austen). So I deleted that part.

Glad you took the comment in the spirit in which it was intended.

By: sarahsk

sarahsk — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:31:43 +0000

I love that you included the reading level of the review itself.