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
1.234	3.09	Superstitious by R. L. Stine
1.195	4.06	Black and Blue Magic by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1.127	2.84	Darksaber by Kevin Anderson
1.078	3.68	Phantoms by Dean Koontz
1.066	3.96	Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad by Jim Edgar
1.058	3.77	Strangers by Dean Koontz
1.047	3.23	The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz
1.046	3.35	Icebound by Dean Koontz
1.044	3.83	Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
1.037	3.53	The Servants of Twilight by Dean Koontz
1.032	3.46	The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz
0.998	4.03	Watchers by Dean Koontz
0.996	3.83	House of Stairs by William Sleator
0.993	3.83	Superfudge by Judy Blume
0.986	3.56	Strange Highways by Dean Koontz
0.985	3.34	Cold Fire by Dean Koontz
0.98	3.46	The Lost World by Michael Crichton
0.975	3.41	Darkfall by Dean Koontz
0.972	3.89	Seize the Night by Dean Koontz
0.959	3.49	Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz
0.956	3.91	Lightning by Dean Koontz
0.954	3.6	Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume
0.952	4.09	It by Stephen King
0.95	3.51	Garfield Bigger Than Life by Jim Davis
0.943	3.61	The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
0.936	3.58	Dreaming In Code by Scott Rosenberg
0.935	3.74	The Dead Zone by Stephen King
0.931	4.01	Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
0.93	3.53	Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution by Glyn Moody
0.925	3.56	The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz
0.924	3.77	Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel by Scott Adams
0.922	4.1	The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
0.916	3.69	Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
0.911	3.84	Stuart Little by E. B. White
0.91	3.59	Rocks and Minerals (Peterson First Guides) by Frederick H. Pough
0.908	3.76	Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
0.905	3.98	The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides by Aeschylus
0.901	3.61	I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher
0.898	4.11	When True Night Falls by C. S. Friedman
0.894	3.67	Lust Killer: Updated Edition (Signet True Crime) by Ann Rule
0.89	3.69	Expiration Date by Tim Powers
0.888	4.2	Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
0.886	4.04	The Great Waldo Search by Martin Handford
0.88	3.3	The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
0.869	4.19	Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling
0.845	4.36	The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition by Stephen King
0.836	4.33	The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
0.818	3.38	The Vision by Dean Koontz
0.807	3.92	Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher
0.803	3.81	Fugitive from the Cubicle Police by Scott Adams
0.8	4.01	Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford
0.798	4.23	Where's Wally Now? by Martin Handford
0.762	3.87	The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists No. 2 by Irving Wallace
0.725	3.81	The Best American Science Writing 2007 by Gina Kolata

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