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
1.181	4.24	Love Is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals (Love is in the Earth) by Melody
1.128	3.4	MAS*H Goes to Maine by Richard Hooker
1.113	3.75	Love by Leo F. Buscaglia
1.107	3.67	The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
1.099	3.71	On the Road by Jack Kerouac
1.038	3.51	Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
1.021	3.6	The Ride of Our Lives by Mike Leonard
0.992	3.58	Journals by Kurt Cobain
0.988	3.45	Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work by Richard Carlson
0.984	4.03	Pulp Fiction: A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
0.952	4.09	It by Stephen King
0.945	3.54	Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert
0.933	3.77	Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin
0.925	4	Herbs (Dorling Kindersley Handbook) by Lesley Bremness
0.924	3.68	Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
0.904	3.35	Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore
0.894	3.91	Cash by Johnny Cash
0.894	3.86	MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker
0.884	3.63	Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain by Max Wallace
0.883	3.62	Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
0.877	4.23	The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
0.873	3.61	On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel by Tony Cohan
0.844	3.82	Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross
0.841	4.3	The Stand by Stephen King
0.817	4.36	How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
0.802	4.13	Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley
0.795	3.36	Empty Promises by Ann Rule
0.749	3.89	Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula by Barry Gifford
0.6	3.84	The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll by Rolling Stone Magazine

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