Controversial Books for nextwave

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
1.178 3.55 The Ingenuity Gap: Facing the Economic, Environmental, and Other Challenges of an Increasingly Complex and Unpredictable Future by Thomas Homer-Dixon
0.975 3.89 Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
0.962 4.05 The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins
0.951 3.69 Pavane by Keith Roberts
0.924 4.2 Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows
0.922 3.94 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
0.916 3.48 Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce
0.878 3.82 McMafia: Crime without Frontiers by Misha Glenny
0.852 3.85 The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization by Thomas Homer-Dixon
0.844 3.93 When the Rivers Run Dry: Water-The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century by Fred Pearce
0.829 3.82 The Death of Grass by John Christopher
0.815 4 Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update by Donella H. Meadows
0.815 3.86 Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage
0.812 3.54 The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography by Matt Rendell
0.81 3.85 The Tin Men by Michael Frayn
0.797 4.3 The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross
0.797 4.04 Making Money by Terry Pratchett
0.781 4.18 Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick by Jenny Uglow
0.767 3.97 The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
0.762 3.9 The Quarry by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
0.68 3.83 The Lunar Men: Five Friends whose Curiosity Changed the World by Jenny Uglow
0.669 4.56 Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim
0.643 3.88 Low by Hugo Wilcken
0.388 4.89 The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neckwear, Headwear and Accessories for Men and Women, c1540-1660 by Janet Arnold