Controversial Books for Sforzando

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
1.211 2.72 Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor
1.15 3.75 Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
1.142 3.68 Eragon by Christopher Paolini
1.134 3.56 The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
1.128 3.78 The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1.1 3.63 The Goddess Guide by Gisele Scanlon
1.08 3.88 Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
1.069 3.61 The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1.061 3.8 Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
1.05 3.82 Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
1.043 3.88 The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
1.024 3.82 Eldest by Christopher Paolini
1.016 3.77 The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
1.013 3.41 Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks
1.011 3.82 Seaward by Susan Cooper
1.005 3.58 Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
0.989 3.75 Avalon High by Meg Cabot
0.987 4 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
0.987 3.67 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
0.972 3.87 Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
0.968 3.71 The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
0.961 3.72 The Glass Word by Kai Meyer
0.959 4.1 The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
0.957 3.86 The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
0.949 3.63 Princess in Love by Meg Cabot
0.949 3.75 Silas Marner by George Eliot
0.948 4.06 King Lear by William Shakespeare
0.942 4.07 Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
0.942 4.05 Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
0.94 3.87 Firesong by William Nicholson
0.94 4.12 The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
0.938 3.92 The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis
0.934 3.77 The Water Mirror by Kai Meyer
0.933 3.78 Deafening by Frances Itani
0.932 3.71 The Stone Light by Kai Meyer
0.928 4.1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
0.928 3.74 Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
0.927 3.84 Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
0.922 3.88 The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
0.917 3.91 The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
0.911 4.03 The Art Book by Phaidon Press
0.91 3.86 Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
0.907 3.72 The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
0.906 4.03 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
0.905 4.1 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
0.903 4.26 Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
0.902 4.21 Watership Down by Richard Adams
0.901 3.72 The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
0.901 4.02 The Call of the Wild / White Fang by Jack London
0.897 3.83 Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
0.896 3.9 Translations by Brian Friel
0.893 4.05 The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
0.893 3.92 The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
0.889 3.8 Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
0.889 3.87 The Shining Company by Rosemary Sutcliff
0.885 3.73 The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
0.884 3.97 A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
0.883 4.02 The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson
0.881 3.66 King of the Middle March by Kevin Crossley-Holland
0.876 3.96 Slaves of the Mastery by William Nicholson
0.87 4.4 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
0.869 4.06 The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
0.866 4.18 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
0.866 4.03 Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
0.865 3.93 The Year Of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
0.865 3.65 The Minister's Daughter by Julie Hearn
0.864 3.85 The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
0.861 4.29 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
0.859 4.13 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
0.859 3.6 The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy
0.858 3.98 The Debacle by Émile Zola
0.857 3.93 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
0.855 4.31 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
0.853 4.23 1984 by George Orwell
0.85 4.12 L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
0.85 4 A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
0.848 4.28 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
0.845 3.58 The Seeing Stone - Arthur Trilogy, Book One by Kevin Crossley-Holland
0.844 3.51 Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy
0.843 3.97 A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
0.839 4.35 A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
0.835 3.75 Stravaganza: City of Secrets by Mary Hoffman
0.835 3.46 At The Crossing Places (Arthur Trilogy, 2) by Kevin Crossley-Holland
0.833 3.92 Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
0.832 3.95 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
0.831 4.1 Selected Poems, 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
0.829 3.6 I Was a Rat by Philip Pullman
0.821 4.13 The Grey King by Susan Cooper
0.818 3.66 The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman
0.814 3.96 Predator's Gold by Philip Reeve
0.813 3.92 The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
0.811 3.8 Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
0.81 4.21 A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve
0.809 4.42 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
0.807 4.03 Stravaganza: City of Stars by Mary Hoffman
0.797 3.91 Stop the Train by Geraldine McCaughrean
0.795 4.09 The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
0.793 4.36 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
0.79 3.91 Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve
0.784 4.36 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
0.774 3.76 Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
0.772 3.97 A Pack of Lies by Geraldine McCaughrean
0.769 4.4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
0.767 4.04 Stravaganza: City of Flowers by Mary Hoffman
0.764 3.95 Parvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis
0.763 4.24 Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
0.746 4.31 A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
0.725 4.44 The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
0.703 4.31 A Storm of Swords Part 1: Steel and Snow by George R. R. Martin
0.698 4.41 A Storm of Swords Part 2: Blood and Gold by George R. R. Martin