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
1.265	3.29	Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan
1.195	3.83	Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
1.161	3.89	Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sachar
1.146	3.94	Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
1.126	3.76	Eragon by Christopher Paolini
1.115	3.82	Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. (ROUGHCUT) by Maria Shriver
1.115	4.13	Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
1.11	3.63	Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine
1.08	3.61	April Morning by Howard Fast
1.079	3.81	New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
1.068	3.83	Dear Dumb Diary, Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jim Benton
1.067	3.62	A Separate Peace by John Knowles
1.052	3.95	Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
1.049	3.61	The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
1.021	3.89	Eldest by Christopher Paolini
1.014	3.43	City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
1.01	4.01	The Host by Stephenie Meyer
1.006	4	Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
0.994	3.97	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
0.994	3.8	Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
0.986	3.83	Paint The Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
0.983	3.8	Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
0.979	3.79	The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
0.972	4.07	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
0.967	4.01	A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
0.967	3.73	Bras & Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski
0.966	3.87	The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson
0.957	4.12	Uglies Boxed Set (Uglies / Pretties / Specials) by Scott Westerfeld
0.954	3.74	Cécile: Gates of Gold by Mary Casanova
0.951	3.95	Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
0.95	3.83	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
0.95	3.69	Extras by Scott Westerfeld
0.943	3.85	How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
0.94	4.09	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
0.939	3.4	Iggie's House by Judy Blume
0.936	3.73	Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume
0.935	3.9	I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
0.926	3.68	Notes from a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko
0.926	3.92	Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
0.922	3.74	The Law of Dreams: A Novel by Peter Behrens
0.921	3.96	Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
0.918	3.8	The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
0.907	4.29	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
0.903	3.77	Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
0.901	3.63	The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger
0.892	3.84	I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
0.887	3.65	Gilgamesh: A Novel by Joan London
0.885	4.25	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
0.881	3.65	Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.88	4.04	Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
0.866	4.15	Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
0.858	4.17	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
0.858	4.27	The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
0.851	4.17	Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
0.847	4.06	Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
0.845	4.05	If I Stay by Gayle Forman
0.845	4.02	Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
0.836	3.71	Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
0.835	4.25	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
0.832	4.31	His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
0.826	4.42	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
0.819	4.17	Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
0.81	4.1	Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
0.789	4.26	Anne of Green Gables / Anne of Avonlea / Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
0.785	3.75	There's a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula Danziger
0.777	4.15	Spells & Sleeping Bags by Sarah Mlynowski
0.771	3.96	Frogs & French Kisses by Sarah Mlynowski
0.749	4.17	When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
0.686	4.29	The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories For Sleepless Nights by Roald Dahl
0.677	4.27	Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
0.647	4.42	The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
0.577	4.39	Ender's Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card

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