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
1.469	3.91	The Raven Warrior: The Tales of Guinevere by Alice Borchardt
1.438	3.17	Lara by Bertrice Small
1.348	3.37	Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days by Tim LaHaye
1.333	3.26	A Dangerous Love by Bertrice Small
1.286	3.32	The Book of Shadows by James Reese
1.282	4	Skye O'Malley by Bertrice Small
1.265	3.64	Heart of a Warrior by Johanna Lindsey
1.251	3.46	Glorious Appearing: The End of Days by Tim LaHaye
1.249	3.68	The Dragon Queen by Alice Borchardt
1.249	3.54	Red River by Lalita Tademy
1.21	3.31	Brave the Wild Wind by Johanna Lindsey
1.205	3.27	Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
1.204	3.8	Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
1.199	3.21	The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure
1.199	3.88	The Wild Swans by Peg Kerr
1.199	3.85	Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers
1.197	3.15	A pirate's love by Johanna Lindsey
1.197	3.74	The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts
1.195	3.83	Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
1.19	3.29	Fascinated (Mastering Lady Lucinda / Risking It All / The Pleasure Game / A Man and a Woman) by Bertrice Small
1.189	3.48	The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout
1.187	3.42	Night of the Wolf by Alice Borchardt
1.185	3.51	Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages by Tim LaHaye
1.178	3.53	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.174	3.58	The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
1.171	3.76	Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey
1.168	3.69	Mortal Coils by Eric Nylund
1.168	3.1	Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
1.165	3.92	The Ring by Danielle Steel
1.165	3.52	Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
1.161	3.73	By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter
1.161	3.43	Beauty's Punishment by A. N. Roquelaure
1.158	3.47	Captive Bride by Johanna Lindsey
1.156	3.5	Tribulation Force: The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind by Tim LaHaye
1.155	4.02	Shanna by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
1.153	3.53	The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones
1.153	3.33	Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge
1.152	3.65	Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
1.151	3.36	Beauty's Release by A. N. Roquelaure
1.149	3.47	The Remnant: On The Brink Of Armageddon by Tim LaHaye
1.149	3.47	Fallen Hearts by V.C. Andrews
1.145	3.4	Darkborn by Alison Sinclair
1.144	3.3	Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells
1.142	3.31	The Colour of Her Panties by Piers Anthony
1.14	3.63	The Jester by James Patterson
1.14	3.55	Come Love a Stranger by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
1.139	3.54	Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides by Tim F. LaHaye
1.138	3.56	Heaven by V.C. Andrews
1.138	3.36	Hannibal by Thomas Harris
1.133	3.52	The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
1.132	3.52	Darkness by John Saul
1.13	3.23	If There Be Thorns by V.C. Andrews
1.129	3.45	The Firm (Penguin Readers, Level 5) by John Grisham
1.128	3.67	The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice
1.127	3.5	Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist by Tim LaHaye
1.127	3.45	The Lake House by James Patterson
1.126	3.76	Eragon by Christopher Paolini
1.126	3.7	Suffer the Children by John Saul
1.125	3.54	Shadows by John Saul
1.122	3.51	Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
1.121	3.56	Dark Angel by V.C. Andrews
1.119	3.54	The Mark: The Beast Rules the World by Tim LaHaye
1.116	3.52	Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist by Tim LaHaye
1.113	3.99	Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
1.109	3.56	Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
1.109	3.51	The Wolf King by Alice Borchardt
1.108	3.54	Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
1.108	3.57	Rosamund by Bertrice Small
1.107	3.67	The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
1.106	3.58	The Princess and the Bear by Mette Ivie Harrison
1.103	3.64	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
1.102	3.79	Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
1.098	3.44	Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews
1.098	3.37	Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews
1.098	3.44	Blood Canticle by Anne Rice
1.097	3.74	Message from Nam by Danielle Steel
1.096	3.28	The Plantagenet Prelude by Jean Plaidy
1.094	3.76	The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
1.093	3.4	Tick Tock by Dean Koontz
1.093	4.1	Ships of Merior by Janny Wurts
1.092	3.42	Merrick by Anne Rice
1.091	3.41	Magic Time by Marc Zicree
1.09	4.01	A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
1.089	3.44	Gates of Paradise by V.C. Andrews
1.088	3.4	The Present by Johanna Lindsey
1.088	3.39	Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson
1.085	3.54	The Rising: Antichrist Is Born by Tim LaHaye
1.085	3.67	Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
1.084	3.52	The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession by Tim LaHaye
1.082	3.62	Bloodring by Faith Hunter
1.081	3.87	The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1.08	3.32	Dawn by V.C. Andrews
1.079	3.68	My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews
1.079	3.81	New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
1.077	3.81	Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens
1.072	3.54	Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne by Tim LaHaye
1.071	3.61	Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
1.071	3.5	London Bridges by James Patterson
1.071	3.83	The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.069	4.01	Tam Lin by Pamela Dean

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