Controversial Books for xeophin

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
1.206 4.01 Ulysses by James Joyce
1.165 3.53 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
1.16 3.81 Moby Dick by Herman Melville
1.142 3.68 Eragon by Christopher Paolini
1.103 3.59 Gantz, Volume 1 by Hiroya Oku
1.098 3.21 Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
1.094 3.62 I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter
1.087 3.7 NOiSE by Tsutomu Nihei
1.087 3.34 Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1.066 3.42 Ice by Vladimir Sorokin
1.052 3.9 Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
1.052 3.81 Myst: The Book of Ti'ana by Rand Miller
1.049 3.87 Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
1.046 3.78 Gantz, Volume 3 by Hiroya Oku
1.045 3.94 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
1.043 3.88 The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
1.039 3.63 The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Rosemary Sutcliff
1.034 3.64 Childhood by Nathalie Sarraute
1.026 3.56 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
1.022 4.11 The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea
1.018 3.92 A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
1.018 3.7 Faust, Part Two by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1.018 3.91 Neuromancer by William Gibson
1.012 3.81 Beowulf by Beowulf Poet
1.009 3.6 Philoctetes (translation) by Sophokles
1.006 3.89 City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
1.003 3.54 Baudolino by Umberto Eco
1 3.78 Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
1 3.81 Gantz, Volume 5 by Hiroya Oku
0.999 3.87 The Three Sisters by Anton Tschechow
0.998 3.67 The Light Beyond the Forest: The Quest for the Holy Grail by Rosemary Sutcliff
0.995 3.79 Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller
0.994 3.91 Gantz, Volume 4 by Hiroya Oku
0.988 3.71 Antigone by Sophocles
0.987 4 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
0.984 3.76 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
0.98 4.21 BLAME!, Vol. 8 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.978 3.92 Valis by Philip K. Dick
0.976 3.69 Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
0.976 3.99 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
0.97 3.89 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
0.967 3.57 Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
0.966 4 The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
0.965 4.12 BLAME!, Vol. 2 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.964 3.38 Blasted by Sarah Kane
0.964 3.85 Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach
0.963 3.98 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
0.962 3.91 Faust, Part One by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
0.96 3.99 Richard III by William Shakespeare
0.96 3.53 The Imaginary Invalid by Molière
0.958 3.93 The Tempest by William Shakespeare
0.958 3.8 Bacchae by Euripides
0.957 3.86 The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
0.956 3.89 At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
0.954 3.8 Candide by Voltaire
0.952 4.05 Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS by Dan Cederholm
0.952 3.73 Tartuffe by Molière
0.952 3.94 Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
0.949 3.85 Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
0.947 3.97 Mary Poppins Comes Back by P. L. Travers
0.946 3.82 The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings
0.946 4.05 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
0.946 3.99 Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams
0.946 3.78 Myst: The Book of D'ni by Rand Miller
0.944 3.74 Guardians of the West by David Eddings
0.943 3.97 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
0.942 4.07 Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
0.941 4.1 BLAME!, Vol. 3 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.94 3.97 Othello by William Shakespeare
0.94 3.78 Sorceress of Darshiva by David Eddings
0.939 3.77 King of the Murgos by David Eddings
0.938 3.95 A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt
0.938 3.92 The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis
0.935 3.94 Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams
0.934 3.98 A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.933 3.81 Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
0.932 3.96 The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
0.932 3.85 Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
0.931 3.93 River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams
0.931 3.8 Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
0.928 4.1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
0.928 3.74 Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
0.925 4.2 Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
0.925 3.8 BLAME!, Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.922 3.94 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
0.922 3.88 The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
0.92 3.78 Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings
0.919 4.16 Hamlet by William Shakespeare
0.919 3.89 Enchanters' End Game by David Eddings
0.919 4 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
0.919 3.7 Butterball by Guy de Maupassant
0.919 4.22 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
0.918 3.54 Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten by Christian Kracht
0.916 4.14 The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
0.91 4.01 Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
0.91 3.86 Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
0.91 4.11 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
0.908 4.1 BLAME!, Vol. 7 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.906 4.03 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
0.906 3.9 The Seagull by Anton Tschechow
0.905 4.09 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
0.904 4.02 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
0.9 3.86 Magician's Gambit by David Eddings
0.899 3.83 Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott
0.897 4 Ubik by Philip K. Dick
0.896 3.61 Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
0.896 3.99 The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
0.895 3.88 Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings
0.895 4.14 Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Katie Salen
0.894 3.96 Dracula by Bram Stoker
0.894 3.69 Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
0.893 3.86 Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings
0.893 4.05 The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
0.892 4 The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
0.891 3.66 After the First Death by Robert Cormier
0.891 4.11 Metamorphoses [in translation] by Ovid
0.89 4.2 The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
0.887 4.17 Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman
0.886 4.05 The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
0.88 4.25 The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
0.878 3.91 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
0.877 4.16 The Illustrated Brief History of Time, Updated and Expanded Edition by Stephen William Hawking
0.873 4.26 The Importance of Being Earnest / Lady Windermere's Fan / A Woman of No Importance / An Ideal Husband / Salomé by Oscar Wilde
0.872 4.11 Mary Poppins in the Park by P. L. Travers
0.869 4.17 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
0.868 3.94 Youth Without God by Ödön von Horváth
0.868 3.8 The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson
0.867 3.86 Sky.Doll, tome 1 : La Ville jaune by Alessandro Barbucci
0.866 4.18 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
0.865 3.55 Traveller Without Luggage / Thieves' Carnival by Jean Anouilh
0.863 3.74 Art by Yasmina Reza
0.861 4.29 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
0.857 4.08 The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
0.857 3.94 Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco
0.856 4.25 Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
0.856 3.99 Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design by Eric A. Meyer
0.855 4.17 Death Note, Volume 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba
0.855 3.93 Berlin Blues by Sven Regener
0.854 3.95 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
0.853 3.79 The Road to Camlann: The Death of King Arthur by Rosemary Sutcliff
0.853 4.05 Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P. L. Travers
0.848 4.34 Gödel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
0.848 4.28 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
0.847 3.89 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 4: Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
0.847 3.98 I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
0.847 3.84 Gantz, Volume 2 by Hiroya Oku
0.844 3.61 Rule 34 by Charles Stross
0.836 3.56 Out of the Dark by Patrick Modiano
0.832 4.16 Monster, Volume 1: Herr Doktor Tenma by Naoki Urasawa
0.832 3.88 Atlas of World History, Volume 2: From the French Revolution to the Present by Hermann Kinder
0.831 3.8 Caspar Hauser by Jakob Wassermann
0.83 3.99 The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende
0.829 4.2 The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
0.828 4.22 The Satanic Mill by Otfried Preußler
0.822 4.25 The Mirror in the Mirror by Michael Ende
0.822 4.1 The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
0.821 4.19 Monster, Volume 2: Surprise Party by Naoki Urasawa
0.82 4.3 Monster, Volume 11: Blind Spot by Naoki Urasawa
0.819 4.37 All About the Bullerby Children by Astrid Lindgren
0.819 3.95 Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
0.818 4.4 The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer
0.813 4.12 The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web by Dave Shea
0.812 3.97 Practical Ethics by Peter Singer
0.811 4.26 BLAME!, Vol. 9 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.81 4.08 Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander
0.809 4.42 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
0.805 4.3 Momo by Michael Ende
0.804 4.32 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
0.802 4.14 Death Note, Volume 5: Whiteout by Tsugumi Ohba
0.802 3.9 About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper
0.801 4.16 The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre by Peter Brook
0.796 3.68 BLAME! Master Edition, 6 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.793 4.36 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
0.792 4.17 Death Note, Volume 4: Love by Tsugumi Ohba
0.791 4.21 Death Note, Volume 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba
0.79 3.58 BLAME! Master Edition, 5 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.784 4.36 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
0.78 4.15 Monster, Volume 3: 511 Kinderheim by Naoki Urasawa
0.78 4.53 The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.776 4.33 The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
0.774 4.13 Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook by Dan Cederholm
0.773 3.79 Prague Tales by Jan Neruda
0.769 4.4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
0.768 4.43 The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
0.762 4.37 Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
0.759 4.38 Monster, Volume 12: The Rose Mansion by Naoki Urasawa
0.754 3.52 Miles Gloriosus by Titus Maccius Plautus
0.75 4.26 Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton
0.75 4.29 Monster, Volume 8: My Nameless Hero by Naoki Urasawa
0.74 4.26 Death Note, Volume 3: Hard Run by Tsugumi Ohba
0.739 3.97 Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture by Johan Huizinga
0.738 4.27 Emil in the Soup Tureen / Emil's Pranks / Emil's Clever Pig by Astrid Lindgren
0.736 3.69 Programming PHP by Rasmus Lerdorf
0.734 4.18 Monster, Volume 4: Ayse's Friend by Naoki Urasawa
0.733 4.22 Monster, Volume 6: The Secret Woods by Naoki Urasawa
0.727 4.41 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 2 by Hayao Miyazaki
0.718 4.17 BLAME!, Vol. 10 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.717 3.99 In Matto's Realm by Friedrich Glauser
0.716 4.28 Monster, Volume 16: Welcome Home by Naoki Urasawa
0.713 4.29 Monster, Volume 7: Richard by Naoki Urasawa
0.709 4.29 Monster, Volume 5: After the Carnival by Naoki Urasawa
0.703 4.6 The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.697 4.14 BLAME!, Vol. 4 by Tsutomu Nihei
0.692 4.53 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 7 by Hayao Miyazaki
0.674 4.45 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 3 by Hayao Miyazaki
0.657 4.39 Monster, Volume 15: The Door to Memories by Naoki Urasawa
0.656 4.44 Monster, Volume 13: The Escape by Naoki Urasawa
0.648 4.46 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 5 by Hayao Miyazaki
0.648 4.55 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 6 by Hayao Miyazaki
0.619 4.51 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 4 by Hayao Miyazaki
0.618 4.46 Monster, Volume 14: That Night by Naoki Urasawa