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
1.286	3.75	We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin
0.979	3.93	Abandon the Old in Tokyo by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
0.956	3.66	In the shadow of no towers by Art Spiegelman
0.946	3.77	Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda by J.P. Stassen
0.937	3.93	Notes for a War Story by Gianni Pacinotti
0.937	4.14	Blankets by Craig Thompson
0.93	4.13	The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
0.903	4.22	The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue (A Contract With God, A Life Force, Dropsie Avenue) by Will Eisner
0.894	3.98	Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope by Emmanuel Guibert
0.891	3.74	Ghost World: the Special Edition by Daniel Clowes
0.883	4.02	Epileptic by David B.
0.874	4.21	Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
0.86	3.6	Introducing Logic by Dan Cryan
0.856	4.26	The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders by Emmanuel Guibert
0.855	4.02	Berlin: City of Stones by Jason Lutes
0.852	4.07	The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot
0.837	3.79	Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China by Guy Delisle
0.832	3.86	Carnet De Voyage by Craig Thompson
0.831	3.67	Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
0.821	3.96	To Afghanistan and Back by Ted Rall
0.82	3.67	Chicken With Plums by Marjane Satrapi
0.82	4.04	The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
0.817	3.63	The Quitter by Harvey Pekar
0.816	3.88	Best of American Splendor by Harvey Pekar
0.814	4.17	Barefoot Gen Volume One: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa
0.814	4.03	Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle
0.806	3.79	City of Glass: The Graphic Novel by Paul Auster
0.802	3.73	I Never Liked You: The New Definitive Edition by Chester Brown
0.802	4.39	The Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware
0.798	4.22	Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
0.791	3.57	The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames
0.774	4.19	Persepolis I : The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
0.772	4.17	Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs
0.767	4.07	Laika by Nick Abadzis
0.74	4.2	Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
0.736	4.15	Flood! A Novel In Pictures by Eric Drooker
0.718	4.5	The Arrival by Shaun Tan
0.7	3.82	Notes from a Defeatist by Joe Sacco
0.699	4.19	Will Eisner's New York: Life in the Big City by Will Eisner
0.684	4.21	Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
0.684	4.08	Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle
0.681	4.05	Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo Kouno
0.672	4.24	Le Combat ordinaire, Tome 3 : Ce qui est précieux by Manu Larcenet
0.642	4.54	Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
0.637	3.82	A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld
0.625	3.84	War's End: Profiles From Bosnia 1995-1996 by Joe Sacco
0.615	4.12	Berlin: City of Smoke by Jason Lutes
0.594	4.32	Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt by Joe Matt
0.569	4.24	With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child, Volume 1 by Keiko Tobe

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