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
RatingTitle
1.1473.47Area 51: The Reply by Bob Mayer
1.123.53Area 51 by Bob Mayer
1.0974.05Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly by Gail Carson Levine
1.0953.41Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
1.0733.14Almost Transparent Blue by Ryū Murakami
1.0673.26Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara
1.0663.15Autofiction by Hitomi Kanehara
1.0563.75Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang
1.0553.56The Snow Empress by Laura Joh Rowland
1.0213.4Audition by Ryū Murakami
1.0193.61Red Chrysanthemum by Laura Joh Rowland
1.0153.76Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1.0083.36Real World by Natsuo Kirino
1.0083.48In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
0.9993.69Something From The Nightside by Simon R. Green
0.9974.12Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life by Tony Dungy
0.9953.89The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
0.9733.47The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo
0.9714.16The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
0.9643.7120,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
0.963.8Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature by Loren Coleman
0.9593.91Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
0.9533.9Coin Locker Babies by Ryū Murakami
0.953.53Sixty-Nine by Ryū Murakami
0.9413.84Salamandastron by Brian Jacques
0.9353.86Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
0.9343.82The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson
0.9323.93The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.9253.87The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.9223.72A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
0.9213.6A Corpse in the Koryo by James Church
0.9163.69Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
0.913.94Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
0.9063.81Cause of Death: A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensic Medicine by Keith D. Wilson
0.9043.43A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell
0.9024.02The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
0.8994.02Redwall by Brian Jacques
0.8983.5Bundori by Laura Joh Rowland
0.8963.81Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
0.8954.04Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
0.8934.02Animal Farm by George Orwell
0.8913.92The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes
0.8883.61Piercing by Ryū Murakami
0.8853.93Out by Natsuo Kirino
0.8833.7The Whitechapel Conspiracy by Anne Perry
0.8793.65The Concubine's Tattoo by Laura Joh Rowland
0.8784.01Mossflower by Brian Jacques
0.8783.64Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld by Junichi Saga
0.8774.09We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore
0.8743.78Shinjū by Laura Joh Rowland
0.8713.83Storm Front by Jim Butcher
0.8684.26The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.8663.9The Mouse & the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
0.8593.38Strangers by Taichi Yamada
0.8583.75A Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
0.8563.6The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria by Laura Joh Rowland
0.853.62The Perfumed Sleeve by Laura Joh Rowland
0.8453.46Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
0.8444.35About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior by David H. Hackworth
0.8434.24The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
0.8413.86Conspiracies by F. Paul Wilson
0.8364.271984 by George Orwell
0.8333.1The Long Man (Sci Fi Essential Books) by Steve Englehart
0.8313.66Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
0.834.11The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
0.8293.81Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee
0.8234.19One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
0.8213.59The Assassin's Touch by Laura Joh Rowland
0.8184.09The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
0.8163.64The Key by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
0.8144.03Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle
0.8143.79Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
0.8044.39The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
0.8034.19Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
0.8013.7The Way of the Traitor by Laura Joh Rowland
0.8013.75Black Lotus by Laura Joh Rowland
0.7993.59All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe
0.7983.92Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
0.7933.88The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
0.7843.73Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason
0.7784.42East of Eden by John Steinbeck
0.7783.52The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson
0.7763.78The Dragon King's Palace by Laura Joh Rowland
0.7693.67The Samurai's Wife by Laura Joh Rowland
0.7674.28Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty by Bradley K. Martin
0.7664.04Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
0.7653.85The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Chol-hwan Kang
0.7614.21Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne
0.7584.54The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.7583.84Nemesis by Jo Nesbo
0.7483.9The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
0.7313.86Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon
0.7314.18Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
0.7313.87The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo
0.713.93The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
0.7073.9The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee
0.72.97Homeworld by Harry Harrison
0.6944.3Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You (Power Japanese Series) (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Jay Rubin
0.6933.94The Sins of the Wolf by Anne Perry
0.6813.42Infernal Devices by K. W. Jeter
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