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
1.143	3.06	Bored of the Rings by Harvard Lampoon
1.049	3.05	The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
1.043	3.82	The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe by Steven Weinberg
1.015	3.76	Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1.005	3.3	Bill, the galactic hero by Harry Harrison
0.995	3.29	Secret of the Sixth Magic by Lyndon Hardy
0.993	3.54	The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison
0.981	3.57	The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
0.977	3.71	West of Eden by Harry Harrison
0.974	3.58	The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
0.973	3.61	Deathworld 1 by Harry Harrison
0.968	3.91	Requiem (Brethren Trilogy 3) by Robyn Young
0.967	3.51	Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy
0.966	3.42	Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce
0.965	3.09	Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
0.96	3.79	Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie
0.95	3.31	Deathworld 2 by Harry Harrison
0.941	3.35	Riddle of the Seven Realms by Lyndon Hardy
0.939	4.09	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
0.924	3.65	The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
0.917	4.18	Hamlet by William Shakespeare
0.915	3.67	The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
0.91	4.03	Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
0.909	3.46	The Stainless Steel Rat for President by Harry Harrison
0.909	3.35	Earth, Air, Fire and Custard by Tom Holt
0.907	3.33	The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
0.904	3.63	A Stainless Steel Rat is Born by Harry Harrison
0.904	3.98	Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint
0.893	4.14	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
0.892	4.16	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
0.89	3.52	Goodbye Mickey Mouse by Len Deighton
0.881	3.62	Brethren: An Epic Adventure of the Knights Templar by Robyn Young
0.877	3.85	Sharpe's Prey by Bernard Cornwell
0.871	3.9	Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
0.869	3.78	The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
0.866	3.62	Enigma: The Battle for the Code by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
0.865	3.76	Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
0.861	4.25	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
0.856	4.24	The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen by Nigel Slater
0.849	3.44	The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! by Harry Harrison
0.843	3.9	Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
0.837	3.88	Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
0.834	3.98	Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas
0.832	4.02	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
0.831	3.31	The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World by Harry Harrison
0.829	3.3	Deathworld 3 by Harry Harrison
0.826	3.83	Return to Eden by Harry Harrison
0.818	4.13	Smiley's People by John le Carré
0.818	4.01	The Fabric of Sin by Phil Rickman
0.807	3.58	Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
0.804	4.35	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
0.798	4.1	Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
0.797	3.73	The Portable Door by Tom Holt
0.796	4.05	Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell
0.774	4.19	The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
0.766	4.24	Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
0.758	4.53	The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.744	3.84	The Human Factor by Graham Greene
0.744	3.81	Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer
0.729	3.53	Mars Life by Ben Bova
0.714	3.64	The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design by Leonard Susskind
0.645	3.86	The African Queen by C. S. Forester

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