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
1.178	3.53	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.165	3.52	Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
1.14	3.52	Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler
1.098	3.44	Blood Canticle by Anne Rice
1.092	3.42	Merrick by Anne Rice
1.085	3.67	Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
1.071	3.83	The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.067	3.65	The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice
1.062	3.27	Vittorio the Vampire by Anne Rice
1.062	3.35	Lost City by Clive Cussler
1.06	3.67	Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice
1.052	3.47	Iceberg by Clive Cussler
1.051	3.5	Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
1.042	3.81	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
1.042	3.64	Blood and Gold by Anne Rice
1.041	3.61	The Sleeping Beauty Novels by A. N. Roquelaure
1.036	3.46	Pacific Vortex! by Clive Cussler
1.034	3.4	Pandora by Anne Rice
1.034	3.53	Dragon by Clive Cussler
1.033	3.56	The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
1.028	3.65	Sahara by Clive Cussler
1.023	3.84	Kim by Rudyard Kipling
1.022	3.43	Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler
1.015	3.48	Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice
1.014	3.47	Taltos by Anne Rice
1.011	3.55	Shock Wave (Dirk Pitt Adventure) by Clive Cussler
0.998	3.92	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
0.997	3.39	Sacred Stone by Clive Cussler
0.995	3.89	The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
0.992	3.55	Lasher by Anne Rice
0.985	3.68	The Navigator by Clive Cussler
0.985	3.48	Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler
0.982	3.94	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
0.982	3.72	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
0.98	3.85	The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
0.977	3.48	Around the Moon by Jules Verne
0.977	4.01	The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
0.975	3.59	Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler
0.972	3.98	Othello by William Shakespeare
0.97	3.68	Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler
0.969	4.1	Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
0.967	4.02	A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
0.967	3.72	The Talisman by Walter Scott
0.966	3.2	Congo by Michael Crichton
0.961	3.54	Black Wind by Clive Cussler
0.953	3.84	Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
0.952	3.66	The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
0.951	3.64	Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler
0.95	3.83	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
0.94	3.46	Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler
0.94	4.09	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
0.939	4.09	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
0.938	3.76	Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
0.937	3.48	From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
0.937	3.52	The Mediterranean Caper by Clive Cussler
0.932	3.67	Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
0.931	3.76	Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
0.929	3.59	Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
0.924	3.78	Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
0.923	4.09	The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis
0.922	3.72	A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
0.919	3.51	A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
0.917	4.18	Hamlet by William Shakespeare
0.916	3.85	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
0.909	3.79	Captain Pantoja and the Special Service by Mario Vargas Llosa
0.909	3.92	Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
0.908	4.07	Man on Fire by A. J. Quinnell
0.907	3.64	The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
0.896	3.88	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
0.896	3.81	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
0.895	3.72	Nemesis by Agatha Christie
0.895	3.9	The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
0.893	3.95	The Malloreon, Volume Two by David Eddings
0.89	4.04	Beau Geste by P. C. Wren
0.887	3.97	The Malloreon, Volume One by David Eddings
0.886	3.89	Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
0.885	3.84	A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
0.882	4.05	Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
0.878	4	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
0.872	3.78	The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
0.871	4.09	Emma by Jane Austen
0.869	4.18	The Belgariad, Volume Two by David Eddings
0.868	4.26	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.864	3.68	The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale by Robert Louis Stevenson
0.851	4.16	The Belgariad, Volume One by David Eddings
0.851	3.5	Fire Ice by Clive Cussler
0.833	3.49	Polar Shift by Clive Cussler
0.827	4.2	The Complete Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire,The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief (Books 1-4) by Anne Rice
0.82	4.46	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
0.782	3.87	A Dangerous Mourning by Anne Perry
0.758	4.53	The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.748	3.83	Defend and Betray by Anne Perry
0.719	4.06	Miss Marple : The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie

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