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
1.139	3.72	Please Stop Laughing At Me...: One Woman's Inspirational Story by Jodee Blanco
1.13	3.4	The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
1.094	3.44	The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer
1.082	3.66	As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer
1.081	3.65	Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
1.067	3.92	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
1.063	3.31	Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
1.061	3.78	Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
1.058	3.49	Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer
1.055	3.11	The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
1.054	3.46	Honor Among Thieves by Jeffrey Archer
1.047	3.68	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
1.045	3.44	How to Buy a Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson
1.044	3.35	A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
1.043	3.45	To Cut a Long Story Short by Jeffrey Archer
1.033	3.76	Speak of the Devil by Jenna Black
1.03	3.8	Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
1.023	3.86	Harry Potter Schoolbooks Box Set by J. K. Rowling
1.021	3.76	The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
1.016	3.65	Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
1.014	3.37	The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer
1.013	3.68	Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer
1.009	3.47	The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
1.009	3.79	Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson
1.007	3.41	The Wrong Mother: A Novel by Sophie Hannah
1.007	3.57	The Devil Inside by Jenna Black
1.005	3.85	Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
1.002	3.19	Shall We Tell the President? {New Edition} by Jeffrey Archer
1.001	3.73	Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
0.995	3.47	The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
0.994	3.8	Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
0.985	4.04	The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
0.982	3.49	Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
0.98	3.54	Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
0.978	3.79	Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
0.971	3.49	Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
0.971	3.8	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
0.969	3.95	Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
0.966	3.37	First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer
0.964	3.44	You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs
0.959	3.85	Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
0.958	3.71	The Devil You Know by Jenna Black
0.955	3.63	Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
0.954	3.47	Witches' Bane by Susan Wittig Albert
0.952	3.76	The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
0.944	3.5	The Burning Times by Jeanne Kalogridis
0.944	3.41	Staying Dead by Laura Anne Gilman
0.939	3.98	Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
0.938	3.67	The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
0.935	3.44	A Matter of Honor by Jeffrey Archer
0.932	3.76	Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs
0.932	3.99	The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
0.927	3.68	Bring It On by Laura Anne Gilman
0.927	3.72	A Chalice of Wind by Cate Tiernan
0.926	3.82	Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
0.922	4.12	The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
0.921	3.71	The Devil's Due by Jenna Black
0.915	3.66	Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
0.912	4.25	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
0.908	3.94	A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans
0.906	3.69	The Myth of You & Me by Leah Stewart
0.903	3.76	The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
0.901	3.7	Curse the Dark by Laura Anne Gilman
0.899	4.02	The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
0.897	3.49	The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
0.896	3.8	Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
0.895	3.88	Under the Dome by Stephen King
0.892	3.88	The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
0.891	3.91	Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
0.89	3.49	The Tale of Halcyon Crane: A Novel by Wendy Webb
0.887	4.15	Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
0.885	4.25	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
0.882	3.89	Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
0.881	3.98	Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
0.881	4.14	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
0.879	3.84	The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
0.879	4.22	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
0.877	3.68	The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
0.874	4.09	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
0.873	3.94	The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
0.872	3.83	Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
0.87	4.03	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
0.869	3.68	Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
0.865	3.84	The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs
0.865	4.01	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
0.865	4.14	Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
0.861	4.25	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
0.86	4.02	Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
0.859	3.79	Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
0.858	3.89	Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
0.858	4.16	The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan
0.855	3.84	A Feather of Stone by Cate Tiernan
0.851	3.89	A Circle of Ashes by Cate Tiernan
0.851	3.97	The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
0.85	4.16	The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
0.849	3.48	50 Ways to Hex Your Lover by Linda Wisdom
0.847	3.97	Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
0.846	4.04	The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
0.846	3.77	A Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks
0.842	4.05	The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

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