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
1.414	3.34	Don Carlos by Friedrich von Schiller
1.207	3.71	Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science by Werner Heisenberg
1.197	3.46	Life of a Good-for-Nothing by Joseph von Eichendorff
1.193	3.24	Intrigue and love by Friedrich von Schiller
1.178	3.53	The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.147	3.38	Python Pocket Reference by Mark Lutz
1.129	3.53	The Imaginary Invalid by Molière
1.123	3.25	The Dark Side of the Sun by Terry Pratchett
1.122	3.35	JavaScript Pocket Reference by David Flanagan
1.091	3.69	God's Debris: A Thought Experiment by Scott Adams
1.089	3.86	On Aggression by Konrad Lorenz
1.085	3.67	Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
1.078	3.64	Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows
1.071	3.83	The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.066	3.72	Rails Recipes by Chad Fowler
1.065	3.65	Who Am I? – And If So, How Many?: A Philosophical Journey by Richard David Precht
1.057	3.87	Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
1.054	3.69	Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1.047	4	How Real Is Real? by Paul Watzlawick
1.046	4.05	The Planiverse by A. K. Dewdney
1.045	3.92	The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
1.042	3.89	Evolution of Physics by Albert Einstein
1.037	3.58	The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertolt Brecht
1.032	3.57	Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1.03	3.71	Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
1.03	3.41	Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller
1.025	3.19	The Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven
1.019	3.97	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
1.014	3.82	Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne
1.013	4.17	On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
1.003	3.15	Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
1.003	3.76	The Fire Raisers by Max Frisch
1.001	3.59	The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
0.997	3.28	Strata by Terry Pratchett
0.993	3.84	The First Discworld Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
0.986	3.65	Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card
0.985	3.19	Kleider machen Leute by Gottfried Keller
0.984	3.77	The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky
0.982	3.94	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
0.982	3.84	The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
0.981	3.22	Escape from Hell by Larry Niven
0.98	3.54	Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
0.98	3.95	Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
0.976	3.4	A Tourist Guide to Lancre: A Discworld Mapp by Terry Pratchett
0.974	3.97	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
0.97	3.62	Code of the Lifemaker by James P. Hogan
0.965	3.89	The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
0.964	3.7	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
0.963	3.75	The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations by Dietrich Dörner
0.962	3.72	Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
0.962	3.65	The Discworld Mapp by Terry Pratchett
0.961	3.18	Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
0.959	3.8	Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
0.959	3.7	The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams
0.956	3.76	The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett
0.956	3.82	Nanny Ogg's Cookbook by Terry Pratchett
0.955	3.63	Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
0.955	3.69	The Streets of Ankh-Morpork: Being a concise and possibly even accurate Mapp of the Great City of the Discworld by Terry Pratchett
0.953	3.94	The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
0.952	4.06	The Character of Physical Law by Richard Feynman
0.951	3.83	Strange Stories, Amazing Facts by Editors of Reader's Digest
0.951	3.27	And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
0.948	3.76	The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
0.948	3.78	Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov
0.947	3.94	The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis
0.945	3.73	Inferno by Larry Niven
0.943	3.97	The Last Command by Timothy Zahn
0.94	3.52	Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity by Jakob Nielsen
0.94	3.76	Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
0.939	3.98	Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
0.939	3.44	Die acht Todsünden der zivilisierten Menschheit by Konrad Lorenz
0.939	4.06	The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
0.938	3.84	The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
0.938	3.91	Winnetou I by Karl May
0.937	3.48	From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
0.937	3.66	The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
0.936	3.77	The Science of Discworld II: The Globe by Terry Pratchett
0.934	3.35	Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven
0.934	3.91	The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
0.932	3.66	Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
0.932	4.11	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
0.932	3.75	Lying on the Couch: A Novel by Irvin D. Yalom
0.931	3.91	Faust, Part One by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
0.93	3.81	Protector by Larry Niven
0.929	3.53	Eric by Terry Pratchett
0.929	3.7	Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece by Gustav Schwab
0.923	3.71	Footfall by Larry Niven
0.922	3.91	Asterix and the Golden Sickle by René Goscinny
0.922	3.71	A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
0.922	3.47	Juggler of Worlds by Larry Niven
0.919	3.83	Ringworld by Larry Niven
0.919	3.95	Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
0.917	3.89	Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
0.917	3.91	Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
0.916	3.85	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
0.916	3.54	N or M? by Agatha Christie
0.915	3.88	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
0.915	3.74	Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card
0.914	3.68	First Meetings by Orson Scott Card
0.911	3.6	Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

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