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
1.78	3.33	The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith
1.722	3.65	The Book of Mormon / Doctrine and Covenants / Pearl of Great Price (Triple Combination) by Joseph Smith
1.423	3.95	Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith by Joseph F. Smith
1.361	3.63	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
1.361	4.19	Lectures on Faith by Joseph Smith
1.345	3.68	A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LeGrand Richards
1.342	3.23	Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning by Thomas H. Davenport
1.255	3.99	Bible: King James Version: LDS Edition by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
1.21	3.24	Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
1.203	2.98	Business @ the Speed of Thought : Using a Digital Nervous System by Bill Gates
1.197	3.93	Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage
1.196	3.63	Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
1.195	3.83	Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
1.179	3.36	The Evelyn Wood Seven-Day Speed Reading and Learning Program by Stanley D. Frank
1.178	3.53	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.167	4.05	The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball
1.163	3.62	Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey Mackay
1.15	3.84	A Patriot's History of the United States by Larry Schweikart
1.147	3.86	Moby Dick by Herman Melville
1.146	3.94	Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
1.136	3.4	Embraced By The Light by Betty J. Eadie
1.135	3.76	Surprise Island by Gertrude Chandler Warner
1.134	3.6	Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
1.133	3.61	The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley
1.132	3.76	The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
1.13	3.61	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
1.126	3.76	Eragon by Christopher Paolini
1.12	3.16	Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray
1.12	3.68	In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon
1.117	3.93	The Big Field by Mike Lupica
1.116	3.77	Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
1.109	3.42	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1.107	3.67	The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
1.107	3.5	Mystery Ranch by Gertrude Chandler Warner
1.103	3.64	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
1.102	3.89	Travel Team by Mike Lupica
1.099	3.37	Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy
1.097	3.66	A Whack on the Side of the Head by Roger von Oech
1.095	3.79	Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Noah J. Goldstein
1.094	3.76	The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
1.092	3.64	Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear by Frank Luntz
1.092	3.4	Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
1.085	3.79	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
1.085	3.67	Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
1.083	3.59	Mirror Image by Danielle Steel
1.082	3.68	In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies by Thomas J. Peters
1.079	3.81	New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
1.076	3.68	Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons by Tim Russert
1.075	3.82	Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom by Robert T. Kiyosaki
1.07	3.8	The Yellow House Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
1.068	3.47	The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
1.067	3.54	One More River by Lynne Reid Banks
1.064	3.53	Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca
1.063	3.93	The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
1.061	3.87	The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
1.059	3.98	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
1.059	3.34	Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution by Michael Hammer
1.059	3.6	The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
1.052	3.95	Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
1.051	4.11	Three Tales of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
1.05	4.05	Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
1.05	3.5	The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
1.049	3.05	The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
1.049	3.61	The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
1.049	3.9	Beloved by Toni Morrison
1.047	3.67	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
1.045	3.92	The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
1.045	3.46	The Pigman by Paul Zindel
1.044	3.84	She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
1.044	3.56	Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
1.042	3.3	Deception Point by Dan Brown
1.036	3.55	The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
1.036	3.54	The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action by Robert S. Kaplan
1.036	3.46	The Tin Can Tree by Anne Tyler
1.032	3.56	We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
1.03	3.83	Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In [revised second edition] by Roger Fisher
1.03	3.85	The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
1.029	3.61	10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management by Hyrum W. Smith
1.028	3.57	The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard
1.026	3.73	House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
1.026	3.86	Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1.024	3.68	The Crucible by Arthur Miller
1.023	4.03	Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last by John Gottman
1.023	3.84	Kim by Rudyard Kipling
1.023	2.79	The Road Ahead by Bill Gates
1.023	3.59	The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
1.022	3.62	Antigone by Sophocles
1.021	3.89	Eldest by Christopher Paolini
1.02	3.84	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
1.019	3.81	Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
1.018	3.74	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
1.017	3.97	How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
1.017	4.02	Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau
1.016	3.65	The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
1.015	3.76	Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1.013	4.17	On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
1.013	3.91	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
1.012	3.56	Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark
1.011	3.94	The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
1.01	3.66	Now, Discover your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham

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