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
1.058	3.86	Perelandra by C. S. Lewis
1.029	3.8	That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis
0.975	3.86	Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
0.949	3.68	The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity Reason and Romanticism by C. S. Lewis
0.934	4.09	The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition (Oxford Paperbacks) by C. S. Lewis
0.918	3.8	The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer
0.916	4.08	The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
0.893	4.3	Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
0.878	3.91	The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis
0.831	4.25	The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis
0.799	3.96	Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought by David Hackett Fischer
0.778	4.32	Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
0.763	3.96	Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas (America: a Cultural History) by David Hackett Fischer
0.665	4.38	Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer
0.643	4.48	Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer
0.546	4.42	Champlain's dream by David Hackett Fischer

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