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
1.26	3.62	Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
1.243	3.1	Niente di vero tranne gli occhi by Giorgio Faletti
1.239	3.34	Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman
1.203	3.47	I Kill by Giorgio Faletti
1.194	2.98	Critique of Criminal Reason by Michael Gregorio
1.178	3.53	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.165	3.59	Hotel Paradise by Martha Grimes
1.163	3.16	The Golem by Edward Lee
1.162	3.68	Vampire World 1: Blood Brothers by Brian Lumley
1.159	3.14	The Da Vinci Legacy by Lewis Perdue
1.157	3.14	The Stone Council by Jean-Christophe Grange
1.148	3.03	Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
1.137	3.81	City of the Dead by Brian Keene
1.136	3.26	The Darkest Part of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell
1.133	3.23	The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader
1.132	3.52	Darkness by John Saul
1.132	3.11	Once... by James Herbert
1.131	2.96	The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
1.126	3.7	Suffer the Children by John Saul
1.125	3.54	Shadows by John Saul
1.124	3.52	The Taking by Dean Koontz
1.119	3.79	Ancient Images by Ramsey Campbell
1.117	3.17	Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
1.116	4.01	Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker
1.115	3.42	Sepulchre by Kate Mosse
1.111	3.51	The Master of Rain by Tom Bradby
1.11	3.63	Rune by Christopher Fowler
1.107	3.4	The House of Lost Souls by F.G. Cottam
1.102	3.45	Daughter of God by Lewis Perdue
1.101	3.35	Lost Lake by Phillip Margolin
1.099	3.77	Walkers by Graham Masterton
1.098	3.15	The Lucifer Code by Michael Cordy
1.097	2.85	The Fire by Katherine Neville
1.093	3.4	Tick Tock by Dean Koontz
1.09	3.15	The Survivor by James Herbert
1.089	3.29	Breathless by Dean Koontz
1.087	3.47	Pardonnez nos offenses by Romain Sardou
1.086	3.32	The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
1.085	3.27	Gerald's Game by Stephen King
1.085	3.67	Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
1.084	3.83	The Rising by Brian Keene
1.083	3.47	The Exile by Allan Folsom
1.078	3.68	Phantoms by Dean Koontz
1.077	3.03	The Spear by James Herbert
1.069	3.29	Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
1.066	2.79	The Malice Box by Martin Langfield
1.066	3.62	False Memory by Dean Koontz
1.065	3.35	The Ruins by Scott Smith
1.064	3.2	The Magic Circle by Katherine Neville
1.063	3.22	Belle Ruin by Martha Grimes
1.063	3.31	Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
1.061	3.61	One Door Away From Heaven by Dean Koontz
1.058	3.77	Strangers by Dean Koontz
1.055	3.34	The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
1.054	3.94	Necroscope: Avengers by Brian Lumley
1.052	3.52	The Black Line by Jean-Christophe Grangé
1.051	3.48	Mortal Mischief by Frank Tallis
1.048	3.89	From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz
1.047	3.23	The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz
1.047	3.67	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
1.047	3.63	Lisey's Story by Stephen King
1.046	3.35	Icebound by Dean Koontz
1.046	3.4	Haunted by James Herbert
1.044	3.45	Hideaway by Dean Koontz
1.044	3.39	Imprimatur by Rita Monaldi
1.044	3.77	The Terrorists by Maj Sjöwall
1.044	3.47	The Book of Names by Jill Gregory
1.044	3.83	Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
1.043	3.17	Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz
1.042	3.65	Insomnia by Stephen King
1.042	3.78	The Eight by Katherine Neville
1.042	3.3	Deception Point by Dan Brown
1.041	3.49	The Messiah Code by Michael Cordy
1.041	3.53	Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
1.039	2.65	Atlantis by David Gibbins
1.039	3.59	The Face by Dean Koontz
1.037	3.54	The Servants of Twilight by Dean Koontz
1.034	3.42	Day of Confession by Allan Folsom
1.033	3.41	The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
1.033	3.15	The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
1.032	3.46	The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz
1.031	3.59	Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker
1.03	3.21	The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
1.029	3.34	The Regulators by Stephen King
1.029	3.1	Het Sixtijnse geheim by Philipp Vandenberg
1.028	3.64	The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom
1.028	3.57	By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz
1.027	3.26	Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
1.026	3.18	Creature by John Saul
1.019	3.77	Intensity by Dean Koontz
1.017	3.61	The Running Man by Stephen King
1.017	3.75	Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo
1.016	3.77	The Unloved by John Saul
1.014	3.34	The Empire of the Wolves by Jean-Christophe Grange
1.014	2.66	The Mosaic Crimes by Giulio Leoni
1.013	3.14	The Funhouse by Dean Koontz
1.013	3.33	Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
1.011	3.11	Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
1.011	3.92	The Gunslinger by Stephen King
1.009	3.67	Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver

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