Controversial Books for communityfriend

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
1.290 3.46 The Story of You by Julie Myerson
1.224 3.32 Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski
1.118 3.18 Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
1.066 3.68 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
1.060 3.74 A Song for Nero by Thomas Holt
1.041 3.37 The Darwin Awards 4: Intelligent Design by Wendy Northcutt
1.028 3.78 The Swarm by Frank Schätzing
1.011 3.61 The Divide by Nicholas Evans
1.005 3.85 The Walking Dead by Gerald Seymour
1.003 3.45 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
0.997 3.25 Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
0.993 3.75 The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
0.990 3.63 Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ by Rik Mayall
0.988 3.64 Brother Grimm by Craig Russell
0.987 3.75 The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox
0.983 3.34 This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy
0.982 3.61 Velocity by Dean Koontz
0.981 3.58 Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
0.979 3.58 Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler
0.968 3.75 Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
0.958 3.54 Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler
0.957 4.35 Domesday Book: A Complete Translation by G. H. Martin
0.956 3.97 Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
0.952 3.85 Requiem by Robyn Young
0.950 3.66 Sahara by Clive Cussler
0.948 3.60 Brethren by Robyn Young
0.947 3.36 The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
0.945 4.09 We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
0.944 3.77 The Island by Victoria Hislop
0.942 3.74 Crusade by Robyn Young
0.941 2.88 The Gospel According to Chris Moyles: The Story of a Man and His Mouth by Chris Moyles
0.941 4.02 Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
0.939 3.26 Little Face by Sophie Hannah
0.938 3.66 The First Casualty by Ben Elton
0.938 3.35 The Mission Song by John le Carré
0.935 3.62 Over by Margaret Forster
0.932 4.03 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
0.920 3.07 The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde
0.920 3.39 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
0.915 3.56 Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
0.914 3.42 Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell
0.910 2.43 The Other Woman's Shoes by Adele Parks
0.910 3.89 The Girls by Lori Lansens
0.906 3.82 Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox
0.902 3.63 Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
0.901 3.17 Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope
0.898 3.77 Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
0.893 3.64 Winter in Madrid by C. J. Sansom
0.889 3.66 May Contain Nuts by John O'Farrell
0.888 3.46 Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
0.886 3.28 Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
0.880 3.45 Fat by Rob Grant
0.880 4.19 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
0.878 3.75 Dead Simple by Peter James
0.875 4.21 Persuasion by Jane Austen
0.875 3.48 Gents by Warwick Collins
0.871 3.85 Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
0.871 3.97 Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
0.869 3.50 Robert Ludlum's The Lazarus Vendetta by Patrick Larkin
0.868 4.01 Plainsong by Kent Haruf
0.867 3.53 The King of Swords by Nick Stone
0.867 3.66 Enigma by Robert Harris
0.865 4.00 The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden
0.860 3.70 Not Dead Enough by Peter James
0.858 3.65 City of Fire by Robert Ellis
0.856 3.72 The Innocent by Harlan Coben
0.856 3.65 Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve
0.855 3.77 The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
0.855 3.88 The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
0.855 4.06 Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton
0.853 3.83 Paradise House by Erica James
0.853 3.72 Company of Liars by Karen Maitland
0.849 3.86 The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver
0.849 3.77 The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
0.847 3.80 The Secret River by Kate Grenville
0.846 3.71 The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd
0.842 3.95 On the Edge: My Story (text only) by Richard Hammond
0.835 3.74 The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
0.834 4.01 Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
0.831 4.17 A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
0.829 3.92 The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
0.826 3.72 Looking Good Dead by Peter James
0.825 3.68 Ratcatcher by James McGee
0.820 3.87 The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
0.818 4.00 A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
0.816 4.14 Thud! by Terry Pratchett
0.812 3.80 All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre
0.812 3.78 Not That Sort of Girl by Mary Wesley
0.810 3.83 Tripwire by Lee Child
0.807 4.28 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
0.807 4.10 Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden
0.805 4.03 One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre
0.803 3.91 The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
0.803 4.10 Kingdom of Shadows by Barbara Erskine
0.797 4.04 Making Money by Terry Pratchett
0.793 3.91 The Hard Way by Lee Child
0.783 4.06 Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden
0.782 3.77 Restless by William Boyd
0.782 3.73 Back Spin by Harlan Coben
0.768 3.68 Angel's Rest by Charles Davis
0.763 4.15 Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
0.759 4.39 Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
0.746 4.14 Sovereign by C. J. Sansom
0.741 3.93 Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre