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
1.414	3.34	Don Carlos by Friedrich von Schiller
1.399	3.11	Perfect for the Beach [Anthology] by Lori Foster
1.288	3.73	Illuminatus! Part I: The Eye in the Pyramid by Robert Shea
1.285	3.38	User Friendly by Spider Robinson
1.278	3.23	Nerd in Shining Armor by Vicki Lewis Thompson
1.254	3.93	Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works by Kelly Goto
1.235	3.25	Virtual History by Niall Ferguson
1.215	3.38	Catnap by Carole Nelson Douglas
1.211	3.68	The Tulip by Anna Pavord
1.201	3.24	A Very Merry Christmas [Anthology] by Lori Foster
1.197	3.46	Life of a Good-for-Nothing by Joseph von Eichendorff
1.19	3.23	Survivors by Jean Lorrah
1.189	3.33	Hot Shot by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
1.184	3.44	Blackmailed by Annmarie McKenna
1.182	3.13	Toxic Bachelors by Danielle Steel
1.169	3.19	Independence Day by Dean Devlin
1.148	3.34	I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
1.144	4	The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch
1.143	3.71	The Mercenary by Jerry Pournelle
1.142	3.16	The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.139	3.29	The Private Life of the Cat Who... by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.139	3.08	The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.132	3.47	The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower by C. Northcote Parkinson
1.128	3.42	Skylark Duquesne by E. E. "Doc" Smith
1.125	3.86	Drei Männer im Schnee by Erich Kästner
1.122	3.14	Encounter at Farpoint by David Gerrold
1.118	3.75	Never Too Much by Lori Foster
1.116	4.07	Ulysses by James Joyce
1.114	3.5	Child of Fortune by Norman Spinrad
1.108	3.52	The Intruders by Stephen Coonts
1.106	4.03	The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Kenneth H. Blanchard
1.103	3.32	When Good Things Happen to Bad Boys [Anthology] by Lori Foster
1.103	3.44	Into the Storm by Tom Clancy
1.101	3.38	A Girl's Guide to Vampires by Katie MacAlister
1.099	3.41	The Cat Who Smelled a Rat by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.097	3.29	Grunts! by Mary Gentle
1.096	3.29	Thirtynothing by Lisa Jewell
1.093	3.53	Titan by Stephen Baxter
1.092	3.29	Masks by John Vornholt
1.09	3.77	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home by Vonda N. McIntyre
1.089	3.28	Gladiator-at-law by Frederik Pohl
1.086	3.41	The Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley
1.084	3.33	Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke
1.083	3.87	Just a Hint-Clint by Lori Foster
1.08	3.41	The Kitchen Witch by Annette Blair
1.078	3.64	Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows
1.078	3.48	Tank: The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine by Patrick Wright
1.077	3.48	Just a Taste by Deirdre Martin
1.076	3.67	The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
1.076	4.07	Landscape and Memory by Simon Schama
1.071	3.33	Glory Lane by Alan Dean Foster
1.071	3.58	When Bruce Met Cyn... by Lori Foster
1.069	3.03	The Eyes of the Beholders by A. C. Crispin
1.068	3.46	The Cat Who Lived High by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.067	3.1	Alchemy and Academe by Anne McCaffrey
1.067	3.92	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
1.066	3.7	Jamie by Lori Foster
1.064	3.53	Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca
1.064	3.36	Fallen Angels by Larry Niven
1.063	3.32	Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie
1.06	3.46	The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy
1.057	3.9	Say No to Joe? by Lori Foster
1.056	3.48	The Flying Sorcerers by David Gerrold
1.054	3.92	Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
1.053	3.32	Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein
1.052	3.44	The Cat Who Went into the Closet by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.052	3.41	Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. by Ulrich Plenzdorf
1.051	3.91	On Art and Life by John Ruskin
1.051	3.28	The Cat Who Went Up the Creek by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.051	3.9	Illuminatus! Part III: Leviathan by Robert Shea
1.049	3.33	The Cat Who Blew the Whistle by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.049	3.28	The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.047	3.31	Masters of the Vortex by E. E. "Doc" Smith
1.042	3.63	The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett
1.042	3.53	The Scot, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Annette Blair
1.042	3.33	Java in a Nutshell by David Flanagan
1.041	3.5	My Favorite Witch by Annette Blair
1.041	3.52	Galactic Patrol by E. E. "Doc" Smith
1.04	3.35	Treaty at Doona by Anne McCaffrey
1.04	3.8	The Cat Who . . . Omnibus by Lillian Jackson Braun
1.039	3.74	The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1.039	3.85	Stardance by Spider Robinson
1.036	3.46	Pacific Vortex! by Clive Cussler
1.034	3.06	Exiles by Howard Weinstein
1.033	3.94	Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
1.033	3.21	The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes [collaborative story] by Jennifer Crusie
1.033	3.52	Cordina's Royal Family (Affaire Royale / Command Performance / The Playboy Prince) by Nora Roberts
1.032	3.44	Return of the Jedi by James Kahn
1.032	3.87	Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
1.032	3.57	Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1.031	3.77	The Lady by Anne McCaffrey
1.03	3.29	A World of Difference by Harry Turtledove
1.03	3.56	Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey
1.03	3.72	Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese
1.03	3.84	The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 by Paul Johnson
1.029	3.44	Fine Things by Danielle Steel
1.028	3.59	Give War a Chance by P. J. O'Rourke
1.028	3.76	The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848 by Niall Ferguson
1.027	3.83	Midshipman's Hope by David Feintuch
1.027	3.55	The Ship Who Won by Anne McCaffrey

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