Controversial Books for Joey-Ostos

This page shows the most "controversial" books in this library, as measured by the highest standard deviation of members' star ratings.

Standard Deviation Average Rating Your Rating Title
1.296 3.26 Hogg by Samuel R. Delany
1.257 3.29 I Don't Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges
1.228 4.08 Light on Pranayama: The Yogic Art of Breathing by B. K. S. Iyengar
1.123 3.93 Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
1.111 3.96 Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel by Thomas Keating
1.077 4.06 Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization by Derrick Jensen
1.074 3.78 All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
1.069 3.86 The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.05 3.46 9-11 by Noam Chomsky
1.047 4.25 A language older than words by Derrick Jensen
1.045 3.67 As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial by Derrick Jensen
1.023 4.03 The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry by Rupert Sheldrake
1.022 4.02 Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York by Samuel R. Delany
1.021 3.44 The Coming Insurrection by The Invisible Committee
1.008 3.64 Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong
1.004 3.85 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
1.002 3.74 After Dachau by Daniel Quinn
0.997 4.1 The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
0.99 4 Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare by James H. Cone
0.985 3.97 The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey Miller
0.984 3.67 Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community by Heather Coburn Flores
0.98 4.03 Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld
0.978 3.71 A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day
0.977 3.49 Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara
0.976 4.11 American Gods Volume 1: Shadows (Graphic Novel) by Neil Gaiman
0.97 4.07 In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations by Jerry Mander
0.966 3.99 God Is Disappointed in You by Mark Russell
0.965 4.09 Be Here Now by Ram Dass
0.964 4 My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
0.948 4.11 The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
0.947 3.72 Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
0.94 4.32 The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World by David Abram
0.938 4.09 In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen
0.934 4.04 The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost by Jean Liedloff
0.932 4.02 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
0.926 3.88 Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by Bart D. Ehrman
0.924 3.87 The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.923 3.68 The Wu-Tang Manual: Enter the 36 Chambers, Volume One by RZA
0.922 4.14 An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
0.922 4.15 Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky by Noam Chomsky
0.92 4.2 Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon
0.912 3.93 Neil Gaiman's Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman
0.903 3.97 Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It by Gary Taubes
0.9 3.83 Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman
0.891 4.03 Silence by Shūsaku Endō
0.891 3.81 Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman
0.89 4.19 Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
0.887 4.24 Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease by Gary Taubes
0.883 4.06 The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages (Crossroad Spiritual Legacy Series) by Joan Chittister
0.882 4.15 The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation by Thich Nhat Hanh
0.881 4.23 Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
0.88 4.28 Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano
0.878 4.16 Memory of Fire, Volume 1: Genesis by Eduardo Galeano
0.877 3.93 Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food by MD Catherine Shanahan
0.876 3.91 The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman
0.876 3.89 The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (Process Self-reliance Series) by Kelly Coyne
0.875 4.11 My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
0.874 4.01 Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki
0.874 3.93 The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam by Fatima Mernissi
0.873 3.57 Black Orchid: The Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman
0.869 4.24 Walking On Water: Reading, Writing And Revolution by Derrick Jensen
0.867 4.11 The Story of B by Daniel Quinn
0.866 3.91 The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
0.865 3.97 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot by Esther Gokhale
0.86 4.16 Everyday Zen: Love & Work by Charlotte Joko Beck
0.852 3.89 Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
0.85 3.93 Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong
0.841 4.21 Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
0.838 4.17 The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad
0.836 4.1 American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard
0.835 4.17 Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz
0.827 4.27 The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
0.826 3.98 Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman
0.826 4.08 How Can I Help? Stories and Reflection on Service by Ram Dass
0.823 4.29 Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté
0.82 4.01 Different Seasons by Stephen King
0.815 3.67 High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society by Carl Hart
0.81 4.04 Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
0.802 4.22 The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
0.799 4.41 The Gift by Hafiz
0.798 3.93 Where White Men Fear to Tread by Russell Means
0.797 4.21 The Walking Dead: Compendium One by Robert Kirkman
0.796 4.32 The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
0.791 4.23 The Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
0.783 4.03 Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
0.783 4.26 The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman
0.78 4.53 The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.776 4.1 Beren and Lúthien by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.772 4.4 The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen
0.767 4.33 The Sandman: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman
0.764 4.29 The Last Unicorn: Graphic Novel by Peter S. Beagle
0.763 4.35 The Sandman: Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman
0.759 4.36 The Sandman: Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman
0.751 3.94 Anarchy and Christianity by Jacques Ellul
0.75 4.12 Technological Slavery: The Collected Writings of Theodore J. Kaczynski, a.k.a. "The Unabomber" by Theodore J. Kaczynski
0.742 4.07 When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress by Gabor Maté
0.741 4.32 The Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
0.736 4.35 The Walking Dead: Compendium Two by Robert Kirkman
0.728 4.2 Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache by Keith H. Basso
0.716 4.2 Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World by Lawrence Goldstone
0.71 4.34 In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
0.696 4.45 The Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
0.696 4.45 The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone
0.695 4.14 I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
0.689 4.47 The Sandman: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman
0.687 4.46 The Sandman: The Wake by Neil Gaiman
0.684 3.93 Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire by Noam Chomsky
0.676 4.52 The Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman
0.656 4.45 The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner
0.629 4.5 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price