Controversial Books for Sphbrock

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
1.329 3.50 Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher
1.243 3.16 Orcs by Stan Nicholls
1.209 3.09 Falcon Guard by Robert Thurston
1.205 3.76 The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred by Phil Cousineau
1.163 3.47 The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
1.141 3.36 Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey
1.108 2.81 Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly
1.100 3.57 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child / Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
1.079 3.85 The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
1.077 3.97 Disney’s The Jungle Book (A Little Golden Book) by Mary Carey
1.069 3.87 The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
1.068 3.74 Mage's Blood by David Hair
1.065 3.83 Perelandra by C. S. Lewis
1.057 3.68 The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass
1.053 3.89 Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
1.048 3.78 That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis
1.047 3.02 Tyrant's Test by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
1.046 3.06 Shield of Lies by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
1.044 3.75 The Knight by Gene Wolfe
1.044 3.67 Scourged by Kevin Hearne
1.038 3.06 Before the Storm by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
1.036 3.52 Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry
1.032 3.27 Dark Apprentice by Kevin J. Anderson
1.031 3.69 Godslayer by Jacqueline Carey
1.029 3.38 The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History by J. R. McNeill
1.027 3.25 Champions Of The Force by Kevin J. Anderson
1.025 3.58 Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas
1.025 3.48 The Demon Awakens vol.1 by R. A. Salvatore
1.024 3.84 Guys Write for Guys Read by Jon Scieszka
1.021 4.09 Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
1.017 3.82 Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems [Complete] by Rudyard Kipling
1.014 3.60 The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller
1.014 3.61 The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller
1.012 3.81 Beowulf by Beowulf Poet
1.012 3.28 The Film Club: A Memoir by David Gilmour
1.011 3.85 Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
1.011 3.64 Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green
1.009 3.81 Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis
1.007 3.77 Tales of Suspense by Edgar Allan Poe
1.004 3.29 Jedi Search by Kevin J. Anderson
1.003 3.17 Darkwalker on Moonshae by Douglas Niles
1.003 3.57 Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
1.003 4.10 Shadow & Claw: The First Half of The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
1.002 4.02 The Dark Elf Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore
1.001 3.74 The Thousand Orcs by R. A. Salvatore
1.000 4.01 Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
0.999 3.51 Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk
0.997 3.66 The Unincorporated Man by Dani Kollin
0.994 3.71 The Eye of the Hunter by Dennis L. McKiernan
0.991 3.72 The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
0.991 3.96 The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
0.990 3.78 The Paradise War by Stephen R. Lawhead
0.987 3.96 The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore
0.985 3.73 The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks
0.985 3.38 The Woods Out Back by R. A. Salvatore
0.982 3.82 Armor by John Steakley
0.981 3.86 The Endless Knot by Stephen R. Lawhead
0.981 3.46 Tales of the Bounty Hunters by Kevin J. Anderson
0.980 3.48 Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
0.975 3.56 Villa Incognito by Tom Robbins
0.975 3.83 1632 by Eric Flint
0.973 3.76 The Wizard by Gene Wolfe
0.972 3.74 The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
0.972 3.76 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
0.971 3.65 Hammer of God by Karen Miller
0.971 3.37 Echoes of the Fourth Magic (Volume 1) by R. A. Salvatore
0.970 3.16 The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers
0.970 3.84 Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
0.969 3.73 Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
0.961 3.60 The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
0.959 3.87 The Reluctant Mage by Karen Miller
0.957 3.70 Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
0.957 3.78 Ringworld by Larry Niven
0.956 3.48 The Prodigal Mage by Karen Miller
0.955 3.76 I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks by Gina Sheridan
0.955 3.85 Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
0.954 3.72 The Lone Drow by R. A. Salvatore
0.953 3.93 A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
0.952 3.54 The Tolkien Companion by J. E. A. Tyler
0.950 3.42 The Affinity Bridge by George Mann
0.950 3.85 Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
0.948 3.62 Conquerors' Pride by Timothy Zahn
0.948 3.85 The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
0.947 3.86 Lamentation (The Psalms of Isaak) by Ken Scholes
0.946 3.47 Wild Ducks Flying Backward by Tom Robbins
0.944 3.63 Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 by Michio Kaku
0.944 3.75 The Two Swords by R. A. Salvatore
0.943 3.80 The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore
0.943 3.92 Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis
0.942 3.99 Foundation by Isaac Asimov
0.942 3.30 Sea Dragon Heir by Storm Constantine
0.941 3.77 War of Honor by David Weber
0.941 3.86 Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole
0.940 3.79 Enchanter by Sara Douglass
0.939 3.81 The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
0.938 3.90 Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis
0.937 3.76 Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore
0.937 4.08 Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
0.936 3.95 The Stranger by Albert Camus
0.934 3.77 Devices and Desires by K. J. Parker
0.932 3.94 Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
0.927 3.52 The Company by K. J. Parker
0.927 4.03 Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
0.926 4.03 Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan
0.925 3.85 Malice by John Gwynne
0.924 3.88 The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.924 3.88 In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders
0.923 3.89 At All Costs by David Weber
0.923 3.50 A Study in Brimstone by G. S. Denning
0.921 4.12 A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
0.920 3.61 Sinner by Sara Douglass
0.920 3.79 The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick
0.917 3.86 A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich
0.916 4.18 Hyperion by Dan Simmons
0.915 3.99 Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
0.915 3.59 The Light of Burning Shadows: Book Two of the Iron Elves by Chris Evans
0.915 4.00 Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
0.913 3.95 The Silver Hand by Stephen R. Lawhead
0.913 3.79 The Halfling's Gem by R. A. Salvatore
0.913 3.90 The Cleric Quintet Collector's Edition by R. A. Salvatore
0.912 4.20 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
0.911 3.97 The Terror by Dan Simmons
0.911 3.52 Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosopy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart
0.909 3.86 The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
0.909 3.57 Gods and Legions by Michael Curtis Ford
0.909 4.01 The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
0.909 3.98 Abarat by Clive Barker
0.908 3.16 Urshurak by Jerry Nichols
0.906 3.82 Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
0.905 4.11 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
0.905 4.09 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
0.901 3.71 Into the Fire (Mithgar) by Dennis L. McKiernan
0.901 3.72 The Postman by David Brin
0.900 3.57 The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven
0.897 4.12 To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
0.896 4.05 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
0.896 3.88 A History of Private Life, Volume 1: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium by Paul Veyne
0.895 3.93 Hounded by Kevin Hearne
0.895 3.75 Starman by Sara Douglass
0.891 4.02 William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
0.890 3.61 Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut
0.888 3.95 Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
0.880 3.98 Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
0.879 4.20 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
0.879 4.01 Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
0.878 3.90 Hammered by Kevin Hearne
0.878 4.20 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
0.878 4.05 The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
0.878 3.63 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
0.876 3.73 Strength and Honor by R. M. Meluch
0.875 4.09 Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
0.873 3.96 Bellwether by Connie Willis
0.873 3.78 Nibelungenlied by Anonymous
0.873 4.13 Uprooted by Naomi Novik
0.871 3.77 Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
0.869 4.19 The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
0.868 3.92 Ashes of Victory by David Weber
0.868 4.02 Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
0.867 3.99 Endymion by Dan Simmons
0.866 4.15 Sabriel by Garth Nix
0.866 4.02 The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
0.866 4.18 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
0.865 3.89 Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
0.864 3.91 The Hunter's Blades Trilogy Collector's Edition (Forgotten Realms) by R. A. Salvatore
0.864 4.10 Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
0.863 4.05 The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
0.861 4.29 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
0.861 3.45 Stealing Light by Gary Gibson
0.858 3.95 In Enemy Hands by David Weber
0.857 3.68 Dreadnaught by Jack Campbell
0.857 4.12 Valour by John Gwynne
0.857 4.04 The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
0.855 3.61 White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
0.855 4.03 Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories by John Flanagan
0.855 4.22 Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
0.854 4.09 The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
0.854 4.06 Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks
0.854 4.02 The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
0.854 4.37 The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.853 3.85 Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku
0.852 4.12 The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
0.852 4.36 The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
0.851 3.82 Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
0.850 4.20 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
0.849 3.92 Paths of Darkness by R. A. Salvatore
0.848 3.90 A History of Private Life, Volume 4: From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War by Michelle Perrot
0.848 4.28 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
0.847 3.50 Man-Kzin Wars by Larry Niven
0.846 4.12 Legacy of the Drow by R. A. Salvatore
0.845 4.08 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
0.843 3.90 The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
0.842 4.16 V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
0.840 4.15 Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook
0.840 4.00 Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
0.838 3.69 Robotech: The Macross Saga: Battlecry (Robotech 3-In-1) by Jack McKinney
0.837 4.14 Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
0.836 3.95 Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth by Simon R. Green
0.836 4.09 Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
0.835 3.86 Invincible by Jack Campbell
0.834 4.28 The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
0.833 3.95 This Alien Shore by C. S. Friedman
0.833 3.66 Pride of Carthage: A Novel of Hannibal by David Anthony Durham
0.832 3.96 Echoes of Honor by David Weber
0.831 4.15 Death's End by Cixin Liu
0.829 4.06 Old Man's War by John Scalzi
0.828 4.16 The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan
0.828 4.21 Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey
0.828 3.58 The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch
0.827 3.85 Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell
0.827 4.27 The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
0.825 3.63 The Sagittarius Command by R. M. Meluch
0.825 3.88 Hell To Pay by Simon R. Green
0.824 3.90 Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green
0.823 4.13 The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
0.820 4.14 A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
0.820 3.99 Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
0.818 3.91 Hex and the City by Simon R. Green
0.818 4.28 The Martian by Andy Weir
0.817 4.26 The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
0.815 4.00 Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
0.815 4.28 The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
0.814 4.01 The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
0.814 4.14 Halt's Peril by John Flanagan
0.812 3.41 The Dragon's Dagger (The Spearwielder's Tale) by R. A. Salvatore
0.812 3.96 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
0.810 4.06 Antiphon by Ken Scholes
0.810 4.21 A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve
0.808 3.99 Sharpe's Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell
0.806 4.40 The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.806 4.07 Kushiel's Scion by Jacqueline Carey
0.806 4.14 You're Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day
0.805 3.84 The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
0.804 4.15 The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
0.802 3.90 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
0.801 4.23 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
0.800 3.63 Man-Kzin Wars III by Larry Niven
0.800 3.71 Man-Kzin Wars VI by Larry Niven
0.800 4.03 Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
0.800 4.00 Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
0.799 4.01 Hunted by Kevin Hearne
0.797 3.77 The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
0.796 3.96 Shattered by Kevin Hearne
0.794 3.94 Seasons of War by Daniel Abraham
0.794 3.66 The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain
0.793 4.36 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
0.793 3.91 Agents Of Light And Darkness by Simon R. Green
0.792 4.04 The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
0.792 4.28 Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
0.792 4.00 Staked by Kevin Hearne
0.791 4.17 The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
0.791 4.01 Hexed by Kevin Hearne
0.790 4.18 Epiphany of the Long Sun: Caldé of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
0.790 4.06 Not Flesh nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
0.790 3.83 The Werewolf of Bamberg by Oliver Pötzsch
0.789 3.99 Canticle by Ken Scholes
0.789 3.90 Evil for Evil by K. J. Parker
0.788 4.19 The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan
0.788 3.68 Wolf Star by R. M. Meluch
0.786 4.30 Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey
0.785 3.92 The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington
0.784 4.36 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
0.783 4.16 The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan
0.782 3.41 Dragonslayer's Return by R. A. Salvatore
0.782 3.91 Sharpe's Escape by Bernard Cornwell
0.780 4.02 Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
0.780 4.10 The Icebound Land by John Flanagan
0.779 3.46 Old Twentieth by Joe Haldeman
0.779 4.01 Sharpe's Rifles by Bernard Cornwell
0.775 3.90 Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
0.775 4.07 Tricked by Kevin Hearne
0.770 3.94 Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell
0.769 4.40 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
0.768 4.47 The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
0.767 4.19 City of Thieves by David Benioff
0.766 4.21 Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan
0.764 4.01 The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe by James Chambers
0.763 3.43 Empire of Light by Gary Gibson
0.762 4.13 The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan
0.761 3.87 The Escapement by K. J. Parker
0.760 3.60 The Poisoned Pilgrim by Oliver Pötzsch
0.759 3.86 Sharpe's Prey by Bernard Cornwell
0.758 3.85 Sharpe's Fury by Bernard Cornwell
0.756 4.18 The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
0.754 4.05 Sharpe's Regiment by Bernard Cornwell
0.754 3.87 The Beggar King by Oliver Pötzsch
0.753 4.19 Erak's Ransom by John Flanagan
0.748 4.02 Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell
0.743 3.95 Sharpe's Havoc by Bernard Cornwell
0.742 4.02 Sharpe's Siege by Bernard Cornwell
0.740 3.82 The Road to Rome by Ben Kane
0.735 4.01 Sharpe's Fortress by Bernard Cornwell
0.734 3.95 The Widow's House by Daniel Abraham
0.734 4.08 Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
0.733 4.49 Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton
0.733 4.16 Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
0.733 4.20 Serenity: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon
0.731 4.38 Lost and Found: Three by Shaun Tan (Lost and Found Omnibus) by Shaun Tan
0.722 4.22 Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson
0.720 3.83 A Call to Arms by David Weber
0.707 4.16 Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan
0.702 3.89 The King's Blood by Daniel Abraham
0.695 4.07 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin
0.694 3.99 The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff
0.689 4.21 Library Mascot Cage Match: An Unshelved Collection (Unshelved) by Bill Barnes
0.684 3.87 Leviathan by Jack Campbell
0.684 3.98 The Silver Eagle by Ben Kane
0.683 3.85 A Call to Duty by David Weber
0.680 4.05 The Mental Floss History of the United States: The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America by Erik Sass
0.676 3.80 The Rats and the Ruling Sea by Robert V. S. Redick
0.673 4.15 Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey
0.654 3.92 The Tyrant's Law by Daniel Abraham
0.648 4.60 Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
0.613 4.56 Humans of New York : Stories by Brandon Stanton
0.488 3.87 Shadow and Betrayal by Daniel Abraham