Controversial Books

This page shows your 100 most controversial books, as measured by the standard deviation of members star ratings. (This is also the source of the Zeitgeist category "25 Books People Can't Agree on.") To be included, a book must have been rated at least 20 times. Work titles are given.

Standard Deviation	Rating	Title
1.225	3.36	Fire and Ice by Dana Stabenow
1.205	3.11	The End of the Pier by Martha Grimes
1.199	3.22	The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard
1.186	3.77	Mariner's Compass by Earlene Fowler
1.181	2.51	Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell
1.18	4.11	The Holy Bible: King James Version (KJV) by Bible
1.179	3.46	What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George
1.179	3.14	A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry
1.179	3.13	Parallel Lines by Ridley Pearson
1.177	3.4	We Shall Not Sleep by Anne Perry
1.172	3.66	The Messenger by Jan Burke
1.167	3.61	So Sure of Death by Dana Stabenow
1.165	3.36	Claire Marvel: A Novel by John Burnham Schwartz
1.165	3.59	Hotel Paradise by Martha Grimes
1.157	2.73	Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell
1.156	3.83	Tularosa by Michael McGarrity
1.146	4	Breakup by Dana Stabenow
1.134	3.5	Generous Death by Nancy Pickard
1.132	3.52	Until Proven Guilty by J. A. Jance
1.131	2.96	The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
1.124	3.47	Nightlife by Thomas Perry
1.122	3.95	Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow
1.121	3.7	Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson
1.121	3.5	A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott
1.113	3.6	At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
1.111	3.36	Absent Friends by S. J. Rozan
1.108	2.8	At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
1.106	3.45	Cyanide Wells by Marcia Muller
1.105	3.25	Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
1.101	3.27	The Old Wine Shades by Martha Grimes
1.1	3.63	Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving
1.1	3.09	Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
1.099	3.66	Hocus by Jan Burke
1.097	3.61	Countdown by Iris Johansen
1.097	3.31	Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper
1.096	2.81	Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell
1.09	3.56	The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel
1.087	3.54	The First Victim by Ridley Pearson
1.086	3.57	The Blue Last by Martha Grimes
1.086	3.6	The Yokota Officers Club: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Sarah Bird
1.085	3.66	At Some Disputed Barricade by Anne Perry
1.084	3.58	The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales by Kate Douglas Wiggin
1.081	3.64	Shell Game by Carol O'Connell
1.078	3.87	The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
1.076	3.48	Dead Aim by Iris Johansen
1.073	3.32	Deadlock by Iris Johansen
1.071	3.82	Webster's New World Dictionary by David Bernard Guralnik
1.067	3.92	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
1.065	3.37	A Christmas Grace by Anne Perry
1.063	3.22	Belle Ruin by Martha Grimes
1.062	3.58	The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel
1.059	3.41	Beautiful Dreamer by Elizabeth Lowell
1.054	3.57	Keeping the World Away: A Novel by Margaret Forster
1.054	3.14	Predator by Patricia Cornwell
1.051	3.69	Belgrave Square by Anne Perry
1.05	3.33	A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall
1.05	3.71	A More Perfect Union by J. A. Jance
1.049	3.63	Dear Irene, by Jan Burke
1.049	3.78	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
1.047	3.08	Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
1.047	3.12	Trace by Patricia Cornwell
1.045	3.74	The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
1.045	3.54	Stalemate by Iris Johansen
1.045	3.89	Minor in Possession by J. A. Jance
1.041	3.94	Blood Money by Thomas Perry
1.04	3.49	Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
1.04	2.69	The Front by Patricia Cornwell
1.039	3.38	Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen
1.037	3.44	How to Make an American Quilt by Whitney Otto
1.036	3.55	The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
1.036	3.88	Killing Critics by Carol O'Connell
1.035	3.68	The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory
1.035	3.82	Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
1.034	3.66	Sweet Dreams, Irene by Jan Burke
1.027	3.46	A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
1.027	3.62	Remember When by Nora Roberts
1.026	3.85	Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
1.024	3.44	Time and Again (Time Was / Times Change) by Nora Roberts
1.023	3.65	Critical Conditions by Stephen White
1.022	3.48	But I Wouldn't Want to Die There by Nancy Pickard
1.02	3.9	The case for God by Karen Armstrong
1.019	3.72	The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal
1.019	3.79	A Grave Denied by Dana Stabenow
1.018	3.44	The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve
1.018	3.57	The Haj by Leon Uris
1.017	3.74	Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan
1.017	3.67	The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
1.016	3.57	Firestorm by Iris Johansen
1.013	3.74	Summer Island: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
1.013	4.05	The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
1.013	3.91	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
1.012	3.96	Gus Was a Friendly Ghost by Jane Thayer
1.01	3.95	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
1.008	3.76	Play with Fire by Dana Stabenow
1.008	3.85	Flight by Jan Burke
1.008	3.5	Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender
1.007	3.2	Biting the Moon by Martha Grimes
1.007	3.67	Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
1.007	3.65	Thousand Pieces of Gold (Bluestreak) by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
1.007	3.75	Execution Dock by Anne Perry

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