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
1.332	3.68	The Dark Age by Traci Harding
1.327	3.36	Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
1.242	3.31	Thirteen by Tonya Pines
1.235	3.58	Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
1.232	3.7	Masters of Reality : The Gathering by Traci Harding
1.21	3.24	Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
1.189	3.12	Storming Heaven by Dale Brown
1.187	3.4	A Certain Chemistry by Mil Millington
1.178	3.53	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.174	3.58	The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
1.17	3.78	An Echo in Time: Atlantis by Traci Harding
1.165	3.05	Moon Music by Faye Kellerman
1.161	3.44	The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings
1.148	4.02	I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Theo LeSieg
1.147	3.86	Moby Dick by Herman Melville
1.145	3.64	Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
1.143	3.25	Sunfall by C. J. Cherryh
1.123	3.37	Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
1.121	3.57	Phaze Doubt by Piers Anthony
1.112	3.4	Macroscope by Piers Anthony
1.107	3.67	The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
1.104	3.4	Guardians of the Lost by Margaret Weis
1.102	2.96	Trouble by Jesse Kellerman
1.1	3.1	Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
1.089	3.5	Myrren's Gift by Fiona Mcintosh
1.086	3.31	The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
1.085	3.43	Outrageous Fortune by Tim Scott
1.084	3.75	Souls In The Great Machine by Sean McMullen
1.084	3.48	Robot Adept by Piers Anthony
1.083	3.44	Sky Masters by Dale Brown
1.083	3.69	Night Without End by Alistair MacLean
1.079	3.46	The Tin Man by Dale Brown
1.074	3	The Deep End by Joy Fielding
1.074	3.29	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
1.073	3.71	The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
1.072	3.45	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by William Kotzwinkle
1.071	3.37	Unicorn Point by Piers Anthony
1.07	3.42	Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) by Andy Oram
1.063	3.51	A Twist in the Tale by Jeffrey Archer
1.061	4.32	The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
1.059	3.44	Shade of the Tree by Piers Anthony
1.058	3.49	Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer
1.054	3.85	Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
1.051	3.49	Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss
1.048	3.72	The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
1.045	3.38	C++: How to Program by Harvey M. Deitel
1.045	3.57	When the Wind Blows by James Patterson
1.035	3.93	Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
1.034	3.78	Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist
1.034	3.66	Split Infinity by Piers Anthony
1.034	3.53	Dragon by Clive Cussler
1.033	3.33	Out of Phaze by Piers Anthony
1.032	3.46	The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz
1.032	3.32	Billy by Pamela Stephenson
1.029	3.65	Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
1.029	3.98	Richard III by William Shakespeare
1.027	3.06	Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway by Clifford Stoll
1.027	3.77	The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
1.027	2.78	The Elder Gods by David Eddings
1.026	3.78	The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass
1.025	3.63	The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
1.024	3.49	Betrayal by Fiona Mcintosh
1.023	3.81	The F-Word by Jesse Sheidlower
1.023	3.68	The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life? by Paul Davies
1.023	2.79	The Road Ahead by Bill Gates
1.023	3.54	Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas
1.02	3.88	Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly
1.017	3.97	How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
1.017	3.23	The Dark Crusader by Alistair MacLean
1.015	3.55	The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
1.014	4.04	Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
1.014	3.54	On the Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1.014	3.79	Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
1.013	3.46	The Butcher's Theater by Jonathan Kellerman
1.011	3.35	Digital Photographer's Handbook by Tom Ang
1.011	3.66	Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope
1.009	4.3	Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
1.009	4.17	Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer
1.009	3.76	The Magic of Recluce by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
1.009	3.79	Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
1.008	3.57	Blue Adept by Piers Anthony
1.008	3.45	Rose Madder by Stephen King
1.008	3.62	Cat & Mouse by James Patterson
1.007	3.96	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
1.006	3.29	The Web by Jonathan Kellerman
1.006	2.76	The Complete Roderick by John Sladek
1.005	3.77	Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy
1.004	3.28	The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell
1.004	3.74	The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy by Simon Blackburn
1.003	3.89	The Tokaido Road: A Novel of Feudal Japan by Lucia St. Clair Robson
1.003	3.74	The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman
1.003	3.79	The Lays of Beleriand by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.002	3.75	Dewey by Vicki Myron
1.002	3.35	Golem in the Gears by Piers Anthony
1.001	3.32	Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn by Piers Anthony
0.999	3.69	Something From The Nightside by Simon R. Green
0.998	3.45	Ogre, Ogre by Piers Anthony
0.997	3.42	A Case of Conscience by James Blish
0.996	3.63	Makers by Cory Doctorow

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