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
RatingTitle
1.1043.51Player's Handbook (2nd Edition) by David "Zeb" Cook
1.0983.33Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook (4th Edition) by Rob Heinsoo
1.094.18Expedition : Being an account in words and artwork of the A.D. 2358 voyage to Darwin IV by Wayne D. Barlowe
1.0883.63Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot
1.0793.3Five Fists Of Science by Matt Fraction
1.0783.73The Egyptian Jukebox: A Conundrum by Nick Bantock
1.0673.53Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way by Bruce Campbell
1.0633.74The Descent by Jeff Long
1.063.78BLAME!, Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
1.0483.72The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
1.0313.59Trinity Blood, Volume 1 by Kiyo Kyujyo
1.0313.88Woodsong by Gary Paulsen
1.0223.85The Folklore of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
1.0183.29The Difference Engine by William Gibson
1.0173.89So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
1.0173.67The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
1.0124.04Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
1.0113.96The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.0093.84The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
0.9993.86The Black Island by Hergé
0.9973.7Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett
0.9923.52The Moon Lady (Aladdin Picture Books) by Amy Tan
0.994.02The Secret of the Unicorn by Hergé
0.9893.74Marvel Premiere Classics, Volume 3: Wolverine by Chris Claremont
0.9883.74From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
0.9873.8The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
0.9863.98Neuromancer by William Gibson
0.9814.14Wormwood Volume 1 by Ben Templesmith
0.9784The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole
0.9783.63Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
0.9773.52Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
0.9763.89Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
0.9753.78Vampire: The Masquerade: A Storytelling Game of Personal Horror (3rd Edition) by Justin Achilli
0.9693.85The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
0.9694.08The Hound and the Falcon: The Isle of Glass, The Golden Horn, and The Hounds of God by Judith Tarr
0.9693.78The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford
0.9683.92Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
0.9663.76Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.9653.67Superman/Batman: Public Enemies by Jeph Loeb
0.9623.63Priest, Volume 1 by Min-woo Hyung
0.9623.86A Sending of Dragons by Jane Yolen
0.9614.07Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
0.9593.79The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
0.9564.04The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
0.9533.67Beowulf by Gareth Hinds
0.954.22Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
0.954.12My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
0.953.88The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster
0.9474.05The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
0.9464.12A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
0.9463.95Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
0.9443.81Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
0.9433.82I See By My Outfit by Peter S. Beagle
0.9424.02My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
0.9424.18The Waste Land and Other Poems by T. S. Eliot
0.9423.86Flight 714 by Hergé
0.943.97The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas by Edward Gorey
0.9394.05The Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton
0.9394.13The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
0.9374.34The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell
0.9364.09The Calculus Affair by Hergé
0.9354.11Tintin in Tibet by Hergé
0.9353.89The Shooting Star by Hergé
0.9353.63The Sandman: Book of Dreams by Neil Gaiman
0.9353.94Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I (3.5) by Jonathan Tweet
0.9353.65Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
0.9343.75The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams
0.9334.13The Crow by James O'Barr
0.9323.75Danse Macabre by Stephen King
0.9324.28Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
0.9313.76The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
0.9314.01Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
0.933.88The Discovery of Dragons by Graeme Base
0.9294Heart's Blood by Jane Yolen
0.9293.53Eric by Terry Pratchett
0.9283.73Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
0.9273.79Cart and Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones
0.9263.98A String in the Harp by Nancy Bond
0.9244.13Care and Feeding of Sprites by Holly Black
0.9214.09Martin the Warrior by Brian Jacques
0.9213.95The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
0.923.92The Crab with the Golden Claws by Hergé
0.924.04Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds by Bernd Heinrich
0.923.79Night Shift by Stephen King
0.9194.05The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall
0.9183.84The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
0.9174.09Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
0.9174.27Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
0.9173.79Mort Big Comic by Terry Pratchett
0.9133.89Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth by Inger Edelfeldt
0.9124.01A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle
0.9113.65Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith
0.9084.01Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
0.9083.76The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
0.9063.9720,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment by Francois Boucher
0.9063.78The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
0.9053.94A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
0.9044.07The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
0.9044.16Usagi Yojimbo, Book 1: The Ronin by Stan Sakai
0.9044.23Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson
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