Controversial Books for Ailinel

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
1.278 3.35 Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning by Thomas H. Davenport
1.182 3.36 The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind
1.162 3.21 Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz
1.145 3.59 Mordred, Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg
1.142 3.68 Eragon by Christopher Paolini
1.14 3.17 Vigil by Robert Masello
1.131 3.87 Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
1.127 4.08 Moby-Dick (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) by Herman Melville
1.126 3.33 Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert
1.125 3.24 Bestiary by Robert Masello
1.124 3.82 Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind
1.113 3.16 Willful Child by Steven Erikson
1.1 3.34 House Atreides by Brian Herbert
1.09 3.36 Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert
1.087 3.4 The Battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert
1.085 3.44 Besieged: The Outcast Chronicles by Rowena Cory Daniells
1.084 3.48 Hidden Empire by Kevin J. Anderson
1.079 3.85 The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
1.078 4.05 Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
1.076 3.41 Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert
1.076 3.44 The Magicians by Lev Grossman
1.069 3.86 The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.066 3.68 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
1.062 3.35 Dune: House Corrino by Brian Herbert
1.059 3.26 In the courts of the sun by Brian D'Amato
1.057 3.56 Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga by Greg Bear
1.052 3.2 Hellhole by Brian Herbert
1.047 3 City at the End of Time by Greg Bear
1.044 2.97 Death's Daughter by Amber Benson
1.039 3.69 Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
1.039 3.39 The Machine Crusade by Brian Herbert
1.024 3.82 Eldest by Christopher Paolini
1.024 3.97 Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss
1.018 3.91 Neuromancer by William Gibson
1.013 3.54 The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life by Steve Leveen
1.012 3.81 Fortress in the Eye of Time by C. J. Cherryh
1.011 3.85 Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
1.007 4.1 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
1.005 3.4 The Road to Dune by Brian Herbert
1.005 3.85 Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
1.002 3.6 Halo: The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell
0.998 3.99 Paradise Lost by John Milton
0.998 3.55 Starship: Flagship by Mike Resnick
0.997 3.7 Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind
0.997 3.98 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
0.993 3.48 Way of the Wolf by E. E. Knight
0.992 3.25 The Ninth Circle by Alex Bell
0.99 4.01 Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis by Graham T. Allison
0.989 4.06 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
0.986 3.63 Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert
0.984 3.86 The Faerie Queene, Book One by Edmund Spenser
0.975 4.04 Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
0.974 3.31 The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard
0.971 3.32 Cloak of Deception by James Luceno
0.968 3.89 Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten
0.965 3.01 The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived by Dan Karlan
0.965 3.33 The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow
0.961 3.77 Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert by Brian Herbert
0.959 3.88 The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce
0.959 3.86 Paper Towns by John Green
0.958 3.82 The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce
0.958 3.95 Taggerung by Brian Jacques
0.956 4.17 The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
0.956 4.1 The Waste Land (Norton Critical Editions) by T. S. Eliot
0.955 3.66 Ragnarok: The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt
0.953 3.88 Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
0.953 4.11 Sophie's Choice by William Styron
0.949 3.99 The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
0.949 3.85 Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
0.949 3.75 Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
0.948 3.72 By the Mountain Bound by Elizabeth Bear
0.947 3.74 Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund
0.947 3.9 Fool by Christopher Moore
0.946 3.54 Halo: Primordium by Greg Bear
0.945 3.56 A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
0.944 3.64 Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 by Michio Kaku
0.943 3.55 Acacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham
0.941 4.18 Heir to the Shadows by Anne Bishop
0.936 4.11 The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
0.935 3.48 The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary by James Morwood
0.935 3.92 H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden
0.933 4 School's Out Forever by James Patterson
0.933 4.15 Basic Writings of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche
0.932 3.46 Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert
0.93 3.53 Spook Country by William Gibson
0.929 4.02 The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
0.928 3.74 Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
0.927 3.68 WebMage by Kelly McCullough
0.924 3.87 The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.924 3.71 Starship: Pirate by Mike Resnick
0.922 3.94 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
0.921 3.96 All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
0.921 4.06 The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
0.919 4.16 Hamlet by William Shakespeare
0.919 3.29 Quantico by Greg Bear
0.918 4.07 American Gods {original} by Neil Gaiman
0.918 3.95 Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn
0.917 3.7 The Confession by John Grisham
0.916 3.73 The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke
0.915 4.21 The History of Middle-earth, Part One by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.913 3.77 Storm Front by Jim Butcher
0.913 3.77 Halo: Silentium by Greg Bear
0.912 4.24 Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop
0.91 3.94 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
0.91 3.86 Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund
0.908 3.88 Duma Key by Stephen King
0.907 4.02 Beyond Band of Brothers by Dick Winters
0.907 4 The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton
0.907 4.09 The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
0.906 3.75 A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
0.906 3.98 A Gathering of Gargoyles by Meredith Ann Pierce
0.905 3.66 Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno
0.9 3.86 Magician's Gambit by David Eddings
0.9 3.56 The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M Harris
0.9 3.69 The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
0.9 4.21 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
0.899 3.56 The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer
0.898 4.02 Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
0.896 4.05 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.896 4.14 The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.895 3.38 The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert
0.895 4.17 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
0.893 3.86 Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings
0.892 3.89 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
0.89 4.01 The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
0.89 3.9 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund
0.89 3.52 Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno
0.888 2.7 The Soddit: Or, Let's Cash in Again by A.R.R.R. Roberts
0.888 4.08 Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
0.888 3.82 Unfinished Tales Of Numenor And Middle-Earth by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.887 3.56 Starship: Mutiny by Mike Resnick
0.886 3.95 The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
0.884 3.86 The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
0.882 3.76 The Romanov Cross: A Novel by Robert Masello
0.881 4.27 Dune by Frank Herbert
0.878 4.01 Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
0.877 4.13 Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop
0.876 3.92 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
0.876 3.81 Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
0.875 3.5 Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past by Paul Cartledge
0.875 3.89 Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton
0.874 3.97 The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
0.873 3.51 Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills
0.873 4.13 Uprooted by Naomi Novik
0.871 3.77 Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
0.871 3.52 Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.87 4.4 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
0.869 4.29 The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition by Stephen King
0.867 4.27 The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.867 3.74 Dauntless by Jack Campbell
0.865 3.45 Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.865 3.65 Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt
0.864 4.05 Damascus Nights by Rafik Schami
0.863 4.02 Dynasty of Evil by Drew Karpyshyn
0.863 4.13 The Belgariad, Volume One by David Eddings
0.862 4 The Dune Encyclopedia by Willis E. McNelly
0.86 3.84 Zero History by William Gibson
0.86 3.52 The King's Bastard by Rowena Cory Daniells
0.857 3.68 Dreadnaught by Jack Campbell
0.856 4.25 Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
0.855 3.92 Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
0.855 3.88 The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
0.855 3.71 Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert
0.854 3.96 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
0.854 4.09 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
0.853 4.05 The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton
0.852 3.89 Rule of Two by Drew Karpyshyn
0.852 4.37 The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
0.852 4.08 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
0.852 4.36 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
0.851 3.93 A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
0.85 4.02 Stardust by Neil Gaiman
0.85 3.86 Darth Plagueis by James Luceno
0.85 3.72 Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
0.849 3.16 The Confederation Handbook by Peter F. Hamilton
0.849 3.85 Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
0.848 4.3 The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
0.848 4.14 The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson
0.846 4.02 The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.846 4.09 Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
0.845 4.31 Watchmen by Alan Moore
0.845 4.16 The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough
0.841 3.45 Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno
0.841 3.66 The Racketeer by John Grisham
0.84 3.5 The God Engines by John Scalzi
0.839 3.96 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
0.838 3.61 The Triumph of Caesar by Steven Saylor
0.838 3.35 Sympathy for the Devil by Tim Pratt
0.838 3.65 Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World by Anne Jamison
0.837 3.84 Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
0.835 3.92 Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
0.835 3.86 Invincible by Jack Campbell
0.835 4.1 Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
0.834 4.13 The Monsters and the Critics: And Other Essays. J.R.R. Tolkien by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.832 4 Coraline by Neil Gaiman
0.832 4.09 Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
0.832 4.02 Street Magic by Tamora Pierce
0.832 4.32 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
0.829 3.99 Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
0.828 3.94 Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
0.826 3.49 Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.826 3.78 The Trouble with Tribbles by David Gerrold
0.825 4.26 The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
0.825 4.33 The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
0.824 3.76 The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
0.823 4.36 The Complete Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft
0.822 3.95 The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.82 3.95 Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
0.819 3.67 Hellhole: Awakening by Brian Herbert
0.818 4.28 The Martian by Andy Weir
0.816 3.74 Courageous by Jack Campbell
0.814 4.14 Tales from the Perilous Realm by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.814 3.85 Victorious by Jack Campbell
0.813 3.82 Relentless by Jack Campbell
0.813 4.31 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
0.811 4.22 Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
0.811 4.13 The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
0.81 4.04 Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
0.81 3.51 Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter
0.809 3.78 A Second Chance at Eden by Peter F. Hamilton
0.807 4.07 Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
0.805 3.84 The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
0.802 4.02 Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones
0.8 4.18 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
0.8 3.97 Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
0.8 4.25 Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris by Emily Sands
0.799 3.98 Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, Together with Sellic Spell by Beowulf Poet
0.799 4.19 Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
0.796 3.75 Fearless by Jack Campbell
0.796 4.01 Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
0.794 3.92 Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
0.794 3.63 Tarnished Knight by Jack Campbell
0.786 4.21 Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough
0.781 3.58 The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios by Eric Rasmussen
0.78 3.94 Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
0.776 3.81 Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
0.774 3.81 The Fall of Arthur by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.772 3.64 Starship: Rebel by Mike Resnick
0.771 4.45 The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
0.769 4.1 As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
0.763 4.24 Caesar : Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy
0.763 3.78 Valiant by Jack Campbell
0.758 3.73 Rogues by George R. R. Martin
0.758 4.12 Death Masks by Jim Butcher
0.756 4.33 Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World by Verlyn Flieger
0.752 4.26 Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
0.75 4.02 The Canterbury Tales (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer
0.749 4.13 Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
0.749 4.31 Cold Days by Jim Butcher
0.749 4.4 With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge
0.748 4.15 Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
0.746 4.17 The Art of Neil Gaiman by Hayley Campbell
0.746 4.31 A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
0.745 4.22 White Night by Jim Butcher
0.743 4.42 A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
0.742 3.66 Perilous Shield by Jack Campbell
0.742 4.33 Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
0.742 4.14 Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" by Corey Olsen
0.736 3.82 Codex Born by Jim C. Hines
0.735 3.73 Imperfect Sword by Jack Campbell
0.732 4.15 Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
0.724 4.27 Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
0.72 4.39 Changes by Jim Butcher
0.72 3.91 Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe by Martin J. Rees
0.719 4.28 American Gods / Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
0.718 3.84 Rumpole at Christmas by John Mortimer
0.715 4.26 Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
0.713 3.9 Unbound by Jim C. Hines
0.706 3.79 Guardian by Jack Campbell
0.705 3.92 The Human Division by John Scalzi
0.704 3.75 A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias
0.7 4.3 Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
0.686 4.02 The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman
0.679 3.95 On China by Henry Kissinger
0.677 3.64 Starship: Mercenary by Mike Resnick
0.599 4.04 Julius Caesar by Philip Freeman