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
RatingTitle
1.3473.1The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce H. Wilkinson
1.334.12Praying God's Word: Breaking Free From Spiritual Strongholds by Beth Moore
1.1913.73The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger
1.1474.13Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child by Alice Miller
1.1454.16Believing God by Beth Moore
1.1343.91The Yada Yada Prayer Group (The Yada Yada Prayer Group, Book 1) by Neta Jackson
1.1263.76Eragon by Christopher Paolini
1.0723.94Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive by John Eldredge
1.0553.11The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
1.0543.81Dearest Dorothy, Are We There Yet? by Charlene Baumbich
1.0443.81Wishcraft : How to Get What You Really Want by Barbara Sher
1.0363.89Living Out Loud by Keri Smith
1.0263.91Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John Eldredge
1.0253.75Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person by Hugh Prather
1.0223.79Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate
1.0164.08A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller
1.0063.54How to Make a Journal of Your Life by Daniel Price
13.94Writing the Natural Way by Gabriele Lusser Rico
0.9993.77Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't by Michael J. Losier
0.9994.32Breaking Free: Making Liberty in Christ a Reality in Life by Beth Moore
0.9964.03Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey
0.9953.49So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson
0.9883.86Mountains of Spices by Hannah Hurnard
0.9873.92Murder Makes Waves by Anne George
0.9773.88What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays
0.9673.33Death at Whitechapel by Robin Paige
0.9653.85How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael J. Gelb
0.9643.82Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God by Brennan Manning
0.9623.94Life of Pi by Yann Martel
0.9624.15Boundaries: When to Say YES, When to Say NO, To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud
0.9584.04The drama of the gifted child by Alice Miller
0.9583.54Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
0.9553.99The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
0.9543.47Witches' Bane by Susan Wittig Albert
0.9513.5Sisterchicks in Sombreros by Robin Jones Gunn
0.9464.12A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
0.9463.34Death at Rottingdean by Robin Paige
0.9454.02Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall
0.9453.89The Pocket Muse by Monica Wood
0.9433.91The Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron
0.9423.92The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
0.9313.98All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
0.9264.04Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan G. Wooldridge
0.9253.92Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande
0.9243.88The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God by Brent Curtis
0.9213.75Visual Chronicles: The No-Fear Guide to Creating Art Journals, Creative Manifestos and Altered Books by Linda Woods
0.9193.52Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood by Marsha Sinetar
0.9183.83The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
0.9143.84Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George
0.9094.03Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
0.9074.23The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
0.9053.94A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
0.9034.04The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
0.9013.61I 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
0.8994.02The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
0.8984.16Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
0.8973.94Murder on a Bad Hair Day by Anne George
0.8934.3Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
0.894.19Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You by Clare Walker Leslie
0.8894.1If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
0.8884.13Hinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
0.8884.02Murder Carries a Torch by Anne George
0.8853.72The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
0.8853.68This Beautiful Mess: Practicing the Presence of the Kingdom of God by Rick Mckinley
0.8843.79Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle
0.8813.89Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern
0.884A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
0.883.9Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey
0.884.17On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
0.8783.82The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal by Desmond Morris
0.8774.2Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
0.8764Murder Boogies with Elvis by Anne George
0.8743.97The Irrational Season by Madeleine L'Engle
0.8693.98Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale
0.8684.19How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by Francis A. Schaeffer
0.8644.16A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle
0.863.77The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential by Tony Buzan
0.8594.04Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
0.8584.28The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
0.8534.19A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
0.8483.81The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
0.8483.86Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross
0.8474.2The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
0.8454.06The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
0.8443.93Murder Shoots the Bull by Anne George
0.8443.96Prayer by Philip Yancey
0.8433.66Write It Down Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It by Henriette Anne Klauser
0.8423.98The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
0.8414.04The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald
0.844.1The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down by Neta Jackson
0.843.92The Bible Jesus Read by Philip Yancey
0.8393.69Love Lies Bleeding by Susan Wittig Albert
0.8363.82The Power of a Praying Woman by Stormie Omartian
0.8354.11Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas… by Stephen Ambrose
0.8294.33Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
0.8273.86The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron
0.8273.9Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O'Conner
0.8263.99Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
0.824.16The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
0.8193.65Rosemary Remembered by Susan Wittig Albert
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