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
1.178	3.53	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.117	3.17	Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
1.085	3.67	Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
1.057	3.8	The Swarm by Frank Schätzing
1.042	3.78	The Eight by Katherine Neville
1.042	3.31	Deception Point by Dan Brown
1.03	3.85	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen Donaldson
1.02	4	The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition by R.A. Salvatore
1.014	3.56	A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
1	3.91	City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
0.995	3.91	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
0.993	3.44	Prey by Michael Crichton
0.989	3.83	Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
0.987	3.62	Iron Council by China Miéville
0.981	3.76	Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
0.979	4	The Discovery of Slowness by Sten Nadolny
0.976	3.82	Das Jesus Video by Andreas Eschbach
0.974	3.97	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
0.97	3.8	The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
0.967	3.11	Crazy by Benjamin Lebert
0.967	3.92	The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
0.959	4.06	The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
0.954	3.93	River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams
0.949	4.13	The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
0.943	3.95	Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams
0.942	3.89	The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
0.935	3.46	A long way down by Nick Hornby
0.932	4.21	The Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett
0.931	3.76	The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
0.929	3.53	Eric by Terry Pratchett
0.921	3.95	The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
0.918	3.95	Ilium by Dan Simmons
0.917	4.08	Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
0.917	4	The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
0.913	3.94	Homeland by R.A. Salvatore
0.908	3.76	The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
0.906	3.77	The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
0.905	3.89	Exile by R.A. Salvatore
0.905	3.98	The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
0.904	3.89	Sojourn by R.A. Salvatore
0.903	3.3	The King of Torts by John Grisham
0.903	3.82	The War Of The Flowers by Tad Williams
0.902	3.72	Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
0.9	3.56	Pompeii by Robert Harris
0.9	3.79	Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
0.896	3.81	Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopædia by David Day
0.896	4.05	Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
0.893	3.9	Eine Billion Dollar by Andreas Eschbach
0.889	4.07	Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
0.887	4.08	The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
0.887	4.17	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
0.886	4.1	American Gods by Neil Gaiman
0.882	4.14	Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
0.874	4.11	The Earthsea Quartet: A Wizard of Earthsea / The Tombs of Atuan / The Farthest Shore / Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.874	4.07	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
0.873	3.44	Windhaven by George R. R. Martin
0.872	3.54	The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
0.87	3.88	A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
0.868	3.89	Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
0.868	3.97	Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
0.868	4.06	Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
0.868	4.26	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.864	4.07	To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 by Tad Williams
0.864	4.15	Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
0.861	3.9	The Hedge Knight by George R. R. Martin
0.861	4.25	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
0.858	4.13	The Endymion Omnibus [2-in-1] by Dan Simmons
0.857	4	To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 by Tad Williams
0.854	3.79	The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
0.854	3.7	Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
0.851	4.17	Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb
0.848	4.09	Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
0.845	4.02	A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
0.844	4.01	The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker
0.843	4.31	Dune by Frank Herbert
0.843	4.05	Excession by Iain M. Banks
0.84	4.18	Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
0.838	4.19	Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell
0.837	4.09	Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green
0.837	4.03	The Warrior Prophet by R. Scott Bakker
0.835	4	Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
0.832	4.37	The Hyperion Omnibus [2-in-1] by Dan Simmons
0.831	4.24	Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
0.827	4.06	The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
0.826	4.03	Mort by Terry Pratchett
0.825	4	Letters Back to Ancient China by Herbert Rosendorfer
0.825	4.14	The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
0.824	4.11	Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
0.823	4.29	Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
0.817	4.15	The Scar by China Miéville
0.815	4.19	Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
0.811	4.16	Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell
0.804	3.9	Die dunkle Seite des Mondes by Martin Suter
0.804	4.35	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
0.802	3.6	The State of the Art by Iain M. Banks
0.802	3.59	King Rat by China Miéville
0.801	4.22	Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
0.801	4.39	The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
0.801	4.11	Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
0.799	4.41	A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

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