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
1.1953.66The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
1.1893.48Come Back, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
1.1813.76Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
1.1753.39Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde
1.1753.92Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) by Dav Pilkey
1.1753.64One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes
1.1523.53Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
1.1454.07Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
1.1373.56Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne
1.1093.42Deep Trouble by R. L. Stine
1.0993.89Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
1.0963.87Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
1.0853.89Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
1.0653.79Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
1.0524.03Mercy Watson Fights Crime by Kate DiCamillo
1.0453.89The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
1.0443.93Ivy & Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go by Annie Barrows
1.043.98The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
1.0353.78Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen
1.033.18Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. Macguire) by Frances O'Roark Dowell
1.0284But Excuse Me That Is My Book by Lauren Child
1.0263.86Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1.023.99Morris the Moose Goes to School by Bernard Wiseman
1.023.66Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
1.0164.09Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
1.0134.1When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books) by Cynthia Rylant
1.0123.88Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
1.0093.81Curious George by H. A. Rey
1.0073.55Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood
0.9973.59How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
0.9953.99Pigsty by Mark Teague
0.9933.83Superfudge by Judy Blume
0.9884.12Cheater Pants by Barbara Park
0.9833.8"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth by Eric Carle
0.9824.14My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Christine King Farris
0.9773.57Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
0.9743.99Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
0.9723.38Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure by Doreen Cronin
0.9714.03If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff
0.9713.95Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
0.973.89Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
0.974.06Hairy, Scary, Ordinary by Brian P. Cleary
0.9693.72Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Book) by Bill Martin, Jr.
0.9693.9Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic by Emily Jenkins
0.9673.95Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert
0.9663.91There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
0.9664.16Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months by Maurice Sendak
0.9653.94Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
0.964.02Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
0.9593.71Bunnicula Strikes Again! by James Howe
0.9564Junie B. Jones Is (almost) a Flower Girl (Junie B. Jones, No. 13) by Barbara Park
0.9533.93Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
0.9524.34Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
0.953.64Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E. L. Konigsburg
0.9494.21Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
0.9494.05Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
0.9423.97Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
0.9423.91Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
0.944.18Jamberry by Bruce Degen
0.944.16Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
0.9393.84Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
0.9373.76Amelia Bedelia and the Baby by Peggy Parish
0.9363.85And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
0.9344.14The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
0.9333.93Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
0.9334.15Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
0.9324.28Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
0.9324.08Babe & Me by Dan Gutman
0.9314.03Little Bear's Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik
0.9314.01Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
0.934.06Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
0.9294.25Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
0.9294.03Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
0.9264.07Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
0.9244.04Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It! (Junie B. Jones, No. 24) by Barbara Park
0.9233.99Charlie Cook's Favorite Book by Julia Donaldson
0.9224.1The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
0.924.02Chasing the Falconers by Gordon Korman
0.9194.12The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
0.9143.68Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
0.9144.04A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
0.9144.16Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
0.9133.85Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
0.9134.16Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg
0.9093.78Hurricane by David Wiesner
0.9083.89My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
0.9083.95Magyk by Angie Sage
0.9083.94Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
0.9084.16One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi
0.9084.07A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
0.9084.18A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
0.9083.76Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg
0.9064.05Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
0.9064.23Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'connor
0.9034.27King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
0.9024.04Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban
0.8984.16Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
0.8964.13Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook (Junie B. Jones, No. 9) by Barbara Park
0.8954.1Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate DiCamillo
0.8943.95Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
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