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
1.21	3.46	Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
1.195	3.83	Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
1.176	3.42	Say Cheese and Die - Again! by R. L. Stine
1.146	3.94	Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
1.133	3.28	The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight by R. L. Stine
1.058	3.38	The Baby-Sitter by R. L. Stine
1.052	3.95	Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
1.031	3.28	Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen
1.007	3.73	Wolf Wing: The Claidi Journals IV (The Claidi Journals) by Tanith Lee
0.993	3.81	Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned (Chicken Soup for the Soul) by Jack Canfield
0.99	3.57	Wolf Queen: The Claidi Journals III (The Claidi Journals Book 3) by Tanith Lee
0.988	3.88	Naruto, Volume 1: The Tests of the Ninja by Masashi Kishimoto
0.984	3.59	Wish, Vol. 1 by CLAMP
0.98	3.88	Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul: Celebrating Pets as Family with Stories About Cats, Dogs and Other Critters by Jack Canfield
0.975	3.53	Monster by Christopher Pike
0.972	3.59	Undiscoverd Gyrl by Allison Burnett
0.966	3.65	Wolf Star by Tanith Lee
0.936	3.84	Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
0.91	3.92	Wish, Vol. 4 by CLAMP
0.908	4.03	Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul: Stories About Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends (Chicken Soup for the Soul) by Jack Canfield
0.904	3.72	Wish, Vol. 2 by CLAMP
0.889	3.62	The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
0.877	3.85	Wish, Vol. 3 by CLAMP
0.859	3.87	My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
0.853	4.05	Loveless, Volume 1 by Yun Kouga
0.844	4.12	Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
0.84	3.78	Sucks to Be Me by Kimberly Pauley
0.835	4.38	The fellowship of the ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.832	3.99	NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley
0.825	4.38	The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.806	3.89	Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
0.794	4.08	Hold Still by Nina LaCour
0.787	4.14	Fire by Kristin Cashore
0.774	4.19	The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
0.771	3.79	Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
0.769	4.13	Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
0.748	4.27	Loveless, Volume 2 by Yun Kouga
0.725	3.84	After by Amy Efaw
0.719	3.95	W Juliet, Vol. 1 by Emura
0.677	4.27	Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
0.661	4.04	The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

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