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
RatingTitle
1.783.33The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith
1.3773.54The Bondage Breaker: Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Irrational Feelings, Habitual Sins by Neil T. Anderson
1.3363.47Darwin's Black Box by Michael J. Behe
1.3343.45The Shack by William P. Young
1.2963.53Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament by Peter Enns
1.2813.22Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams by M.J. Simpson
1.2223.23An Emergent Manifesto of Hope (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) by Doug Pagitt
1.2033.61The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
1.1923.78On Being a Christian by Hans Küng
1.1693.86Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
1.1573.68Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice
1.1573.42Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
1.1513.7A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished Christian by Brian D. McLaren
1.1493.47The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus by Marvin Meyer
1.1493.75Woman in the Mists by Farley Mowat
1.1353.76Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis by William J. Webb
1.1323.76The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
1.1322.9Blinking with Fists: Poems by Billy Corgan
1.1253.85A Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat
1.1233.88Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
1.1113.85Introduction to the Old Testament, An by Raymond B. Dillard
1.113.79The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel
1.1073.93Dynamics of Faith by Paul Tillich
1.1044.02A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey by Brian D. McLaren
1.1023.46Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
1.1013.79The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team by John C. Maxwell
1.0993.48Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan
1.0983.56Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization by Stuart Isacoff
1.0983.68The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything by Brian McLaren
1.0952.73The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin
1.0943.76The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
1.0863.32The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
1.0863.86On Becoming a Leader by Warren G. Bennis
1.0854.03Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith by Richard J. Foster
1.0843.14Think!: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye by Michael R. LeGault
1.0712.98Angel Time by Anne Rice
1.0713.83The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.0683.63Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
1.0683.91Walden by Henry David Thoreau
1.0683.91Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
1.0673.41Counterfeit Revival by Hank Hanegraaff
1.0663.85The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle
1.0633.52Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis by Douglas H. Gresham
1.0614.13My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
1.063.93The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, Jr.
1.0583.86Perelandra by C. S. Lewis
1.0573.69The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John C. Maxwell
1.0543.85Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
1.0543.59Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott
1.0523.93Confessions by Saint Augustine
1.053.5Angels by Billy Graham
1.053.51Pendragon by Stephen R. Lawhead
1.0483.82The Paradise War by Stephen R. Lawhead
1.0483.12The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks
1.0453.67The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
1.0443.98Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope by Brian McLaren
1.0423.65Insomnia by Stephen King
1.0383.48The Pearl by John Steinbeck
1.0343.51JPod by Douglas Coupland
1.0333.41The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
1.0333.64The Catholic Church: A Short History by Hans Küng
1.033.71Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
1.033.85The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
1.0293.65Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
1.0293.34The Regulators by Stephen King
1.0243.68The Crucible by Arthur Miller
1.0213.59Meditations on Middle Earth by Karen Haber
1.0213.83The Endless Knot by Stephen R. Lawhead
1.0213.56Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
1.023.18Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones
1.023.95Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell
1.0183.91The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1.0183.133001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
1.0163.9The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus by Robert W. Funk
1.0164.08A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller
1.0163.1Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster
1.0153.76Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1.0153.57The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White
1.0143.57A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
1.0113.31The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J. Levitin
1.0113.92The Gunslinger by Stephen King
1.014.18A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly
1.0093.82A Christian Manifesto by Francis A. Schaeffer
1.0093.85Phantastes by George MacDonald
1.0083.8In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
1.0073.75MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi
1.0063.68Life After God by Douglas Coupland
1.0063.58Know Why You Believe by Paul E. Little
1.0064.06The Snow Walker by Farley Mowat
1.0064.24The First Epistle to the Corinthians by Gordon Fee
1.0053.39A Booke of Days: A Journal of the Crusade by Stephen J. Rivele
1.0023.84Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
1.0013.59The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
13.91City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
14.01I And Thou by Martin Buber
13.57Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
0.9983.44Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life & Times by James Finn Garner
0.9983.93The Wars by Timothy Findley
0.9973.5The Forest House by Marion Zimmer Bradley
0.9963.99Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli
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