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
1.395	2.94	Fortune of Fear by L. Ron Hubbard
1.394	3.19	The Grays by Whitley Strieber
1.384	2.91	Villainy Victorious by L. Ron Hubbard
1.367	2.92	The Invaders Plan by L. Ron Hubbard
1.334	2.92	An Alien Affair by L. Ron Hubbard
1.327	3.36	Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
1.308	2.87	The Legacy by Stephen W. Frey
1.294	2.57	The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson
1.282	3.59	Tell Me Your Dreams by Sidney Sheldon
1.279	3.25	Dreadnought! by Diane Carey
1.275	2.82	The Doomed Planet by L. Ron Hubbard
1.266	2.95	Disaster by L. Ron Hubbard
1.248	3.45	Yesterday's Spy by Len Deighton
1.234	3.5	Poison by Ed McBain
1.227	3.06	Season of the Machete by James Patterson
1.224	3.48	Bloodthirst by J. M. Dillard
1.223	3.03	Wicked Game by Lisa Jackson
1.204	3.29	Day of the Dead by J. A. Jance
1.204	3.32	Broken Wings by V.C. Andrews
1.198	3.18	The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
1.197	3.15	Hawkes Harbor by S. E. Hinton
1.193	3.68	The Eye of the Tiger by Wilbur Smith
1.189	3.12	Storming Heaven by Dale Brown
1.186	3.77	Mariner's Compass by Earlene Fowler
1.184	3.1	Jack The Ripper - Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell
1.181	3.17	Abduction by Robin Cook
1.181	2.51	Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell
1.179	3.13	Parallel Lines by Ridley Pearson
1.177	3.31	Battlestations! by Diane Carey
1.166	2.87	Santa Cruise by Mary Higgins Clark
1.162	3.62	Trace Evidence by Lisa Black
1.157	2.73	Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell
1.154	3.75	I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole
1.154	3.79	Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan
1.146	3.94	Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
1.145	3.42	The Halo Effect by M. J. Rose
1.142	3.23	Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart
1.142	3.16	The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
1.14	3.63	The Jester by James Patterson
1.133	3.52	The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
1.132	3.52	Until Proven Guilty by J. A. Jance
1.127	3.43	Unhinged by Sarah Graves
1.125	3.32	A Night Without Armor : Poems by Jewel
1.123	3.55	Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
1.122	3.43	Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson
1.12	3.53	Area 51 by Bob Mayer
1.119	3.47	The Quickie by James Patterson
1.119	3.18	A Season in Hell by Jack Higgins
1.118	2.99	Spock, Messiah! by Theodore R. Cogswell
1.118	3.4	State of Fear by Michael Crichton
1.116	3.18	The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy
1.113	3.6	At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
1.108	2.8	At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
1.106	3.42	Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark
1.105	3.25	Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
1.103	3.44	Into the Storm by Tom Clancy
1.102	3.68	Final Warning by James Patterson
1.101	3.59	Where There's Smoke by Sandra Brown
1.1	3.09	Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
1.099	3.35	Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear by Ed McBain
1.099	3.35	Attack of the Clones by R.A. Salvatore
1.097	3.17	Trevayne by Robert Ludlum
1.097	3.36	Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
1.096	3.11	Star Trek: The Motion Picture [novelization] by Gene Roddenberry
1.096	2.81	Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell
1.096	2.85	Politika by Tom Clancy
1.096	3.47	The Edge by Catherine Coulter
1.094	3.42	The Blue Zone: A Novel by Andrew Gross
1.09	3.77	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home by Vonda N. McIntyre
1.09	3.57	The Fate of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshak
1.088	3.48	Best Kept Secrets by Sandra Brown
1.087	3.66	Failure to Appear by J. A. Jance
1.087	3.39	The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre
1.086	3.31	The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
1.086	3.52	Blood Sins by Kay Hooper
1.086	3.52	Night of Thunder by Stephen Hunter
1.085	3.36	Acts of Malice by Perri O'Shaughnessy
1.085	3.09	Contamination by John Vornholt
1.084	2.8	Mutiny on the Enterprise by Robert E. Vardeman
1.083	3.43	The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon
1.082	3.7	Without Due Process by J. A. Jance
1.082	3.4	The Last Don by Mario Puzo
1.081	3.64	Shell Game by Carol O'Connell
1.079	3.38	The Judge by Steve Martini
1.079	3.31	Swimsuit by James Patterson
1.079	3.81	New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
1.079	3.46	The Tin Man by Dale Brown
1.076	3.48	Dead Aim by Iris Johansen
1.072	3.49	Night Probe by Clive Cussler
1.071	3.61	Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
1.071	3.5	London Bridges by James Patterson
1.071	3.48	Silent Treatment by Michael Palmer
1.07	3.26	Rain by V.C. Andrews
1.07	3.07	Double Homicide by Jonathan Kellerman
1.069	3.29	Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
1.068	3.5	Two-Dollar Bill by Stuart Woods
1.068	3.38	The Cove by Catherine Coulter
1.067	3.65	The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice
1.067	3.15	Champions of the Force by Kevin J. Anderson
1.062	3.29	The Midnight Club by James Patterson

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