Controversial Books for atypicalguy

This page shows the most "controversial" books in this library, as measured by the highest standard deviation of members' star ratings.

Standard Deviation Avaliação média Your Rating Título
1.304 2.92 If God Was a Banker de Ravi Subramanian
1.256 2.78 The 3 Mistakes of My Life : A Story about Business, Cricket, and Religion de Chetan Bhagat
1.256 3.28 Pop Babylon de Imogen Edwards-Jones
1.244 3.44 Why beautiful people have more daughters de Alan S. Miller
1.236 3.14 2 States: The Story of My Marriage de Chetan Bhagat
1.228 3.2 The Average American Male: A Novel de Chad Kultgen
1.192 2.89 Revolution 2020 de Chetan Bhagat
1.18 3.14 Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century de Sean Patrick
1.179 3.33 ttyl de Lauren Myracle
1.165 3.53 O Código Da Vinci de Dan Brown
1.157 3.27 Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter de Scott Adams
1.153 3.69 The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story de Richard Bach
1.148 3.56 Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Simple Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly de Tai Sheridan
1.135 3.56 Tell Me Your Dreams de Sidney Sheldon
1.134 3.42 The Stars Shine Down de Sidney Sheldon
1.131 2.38 One Night at the Call Center: A Novel de Chetan Bhagat
1.127 3.31 The Best Laid Plans de Sidney Sheldon
1.126 3.3 Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT, a Novel de Chetan Bhagat
1.125 3.03 Inscrutable Americans de Anurag Mathur
1.112 3.22 The Sky is Falling de Sidney Sheldon
1.109 3.36 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud de Max Ehrlich
1.107 3.47 Memories of Midnight de Sidney Sheldon
1.1 3.51 The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (Incerto) de Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1.098 3.21 Fortaleza Digital de Dan Brown
1.096 3.69 The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness de Ichiro Kishimi
1.092 3.48 The Sands of Time de Sidney Sheldon
1.092 3.73 The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life de Avinash K. Dixit
1.091 3.28 The Doomsday Conspiracy de Sidney Sheldon
1.09 3.64 Anjos e Demônios de Dan Brown
1.082 3.8 Zen e a Arte da manutenção de motocicletas de Robert M. Pirsig
1.082 3.27 A Stranger in the Mirror de Sidney Sheldon
1.072 4.05 The Art of the Good Life: 52 Surprising Shortcuts to Happiness, Wealth, and Success de Rolf Dobelli
1.062 3.26 The Seventh Secret de Irving Wallace
1.055 3.38 The Lost Symbol de Dan Brown
1.055 3.29 Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence de Daniel Goleman
1.055 3.65 How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market de Nicolas Darvas
1.054 3.75 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action de Simon Sinek
1.054 3.26 Air Babylon de Imogen Edwards-Jones
1.052 3.05 The Rule of Four de Ian Caldwell
1.045 3.11 Stay Hungry Stay Foolish de Rashmi Bansal
1.043 3.64 The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity de Amartya Sen
1.042 3.6 Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World de Christopher Steiner
1.042 3.58 Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals de Robert M. Pirsig
1.041 3.34 Deception Point de Dan Brown
1.038 3.76 Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life de Ken Robinson
1.037 3.75 The Satanic Verses de Salman Rushdie
1.037 3.18 How the Hell Did This Happen?: The US Election of 2016 de P. J. O'Rourke
1.036 3.87 The God of Small Things de Arundhati Roy
1.036 3.68 The Other Side of Midnight de Sidney Sheldon
1.035 3.21 The Word de Irving Wallace
1.034 3.64 The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life de Kevin Simler
1.034 3.86 Doctors de Erich Segal
1.032 3.12 One Indian Girl de Chetan Bhagat
1.031 3.74 If Tomorrow Comes de Sidney Sheldon
1.03 3.7 The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen de Mitali Perkins
1.029 3.68 Rage of Angels de Sidney Sheldon
1.028 3.94 The Richest Man in Babylon de George S. Clason
1.023 3.11 Selection Day de Aravind Adiga
1.018 3.55 Bloodline de Sidney Sheldon
1.017 3.68 The Art of Thinking Clearly de Rolf Dobelli
1.015 4.05 Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress de Steven Pinker
1.014 3.46 You Can Negotiate Anything de Herb Cohen
1.014 3.62 Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts de Annie Duke
1.007 3.95 Diary of a Wimpy Kid de Jeff Kinney
1.006 3.49 Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone de Satya Nadella
1.004 3.43 The Naked Face de Sidney Sheldon
1.003 3.56 Inferno de Dan Brown
1.003 3.53 Windmills of the Gods de Sidney Sheldon
1.003 3.91 Master of the Game de Sidney Sheldon
1 3.78 O mundo de Sofia de Jostein Gaarder
1 3.91 Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill de Matthieu Ricard
1 4.04 Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is de Donald C. Gause
0.998 4.11 The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health de T. Colin Campbell
0.997 3.82 Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble de Dan Lyons
0.996 3.61 Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies de Nick Bostrom
0.99 3.84 Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics de Tim Marshall
0.99 3.55 Lying de Sam Harris
0.989 3.8 Chess Fundamentals de Jose R. Capablanca
0.989 3.74 As the Crow Flies de Jeffrey Archer
0.988 3.89 As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain
0.987 3.93 Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future de Peter Thiel
0.987 3.63 Arriscando a Própria Pele: Assimetrias Ocultas no Cotidiano de Nassim Nicholas Taleb
0.986 3.85 The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World’s Most Intolerant Religion de Robert Spencer
0.985 3.72 Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are de Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
0.98 3.48 ASURA : Tale of the Vanquished de Mr Anand Neelakantan
0.977 3.44 Born Again de Kelly Kerney
0.976 3.43 Nothing Lasts Forever de Sidney Sheldon
0.975 3.49 Morning, Noon & Night de Sidney Sheldon
0.973 3.94 Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade de Robert B. Cialdini
0.972 3.75 Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions de Edwin A. Abbott
0.971 3.93 The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking de Edward B. Burger
0.97 3.47 The Throwback de Tom Sharpe
0.966 3.96 Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy de Tim Harford
0.963 3.81 The Bonfire of the Vanities de Tom Wolfe
0.962 3.6 The Testament de John Grisham
0.962 3.73 The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life de Timothy Ferriss
0.961 3.95 Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow de Yuval Noah Harari
0.961 3.86 Tales of the City de Armistead Maupin
0.959 3.13 How to Think More about Sex de Alain De Botton
0.959 3.64 Origin de Dan Brown
0.957 3.91 There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom de Louis Sachar
0.954 3.32 The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ de Philip Pullman
0.95 3.86 Three Seconds de Anders Roslund
0.948 3.83 Dogs Don't Tell Jokes de Louis Sachar
0.948 3.42 The Art of Choosing de Sheena Iyengar
0.944 3.87 A Prisoner of Birth de Jeffrey Archer
0.942 3.88 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything de Christopher Hitchens
0.938 4.04 The 33 Strategies of War de Robert Greene
0.937 3.95 Rooftops of Tehran de Mahbod Seraji
0.936 3.49 The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher de Julian Baggini
0.935 4.23 O Pequeno Príncipe de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
0.935 3.34 Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags de Tim Marshall
0.934 3.94 Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction de Philip E. Tetlock
0.933 3.52 The Seven Minutes de Irving Wallace
0.933 3.47 Primary Colors de Joe Klein
0.933 3.38 Our Lady of Alice Bhatti de Mohammed Hanif
0.932 4.03 Os homens que não amavam as mulheres de Stieg Larsson
0.931 3.45 The Mango Season de Amulya Malladi
0.927 3.58 The Innocence of Father Brown de G.K. Chesterton
0.921 4.26 Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata de Devdutt Pattanaik
0.92 4.23 A People's History of the United States de Howard Zinn
0.916 3.74 Einstein for Beginners de Joseph Schwartz
0.916 4.02 The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo de Irving Stone
0.916 3.58 The Secret of Father Brown de G.K. Chesterton
0.912 4.27 Sea Prayer de Khaled Hosseini
0.911 3.52 Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosopy Through Jokes de Thomas Cathcart
0.907 3.85 The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking de Oliver Burkeman
0.905 3.68 The Flanders Panel de Arturo Pérez-Reverte
0.902 3.78 Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran de Shahrnush Parsipur
0.902 4.21 Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal de Christopher Moore
0.901 4 The Laws of Human Nature de Robert Greene
0.9 3.59 Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Are Next to Worthless, and You Can Do Better de Dan Gardner
0.899 3.84 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us de Daniel H. Pink
0.898 3.99 21 Lessons for the 21st Century de Yuval Noah Harari
0.896 3.81 Stumbling on Happiness de Daniel Gilbert
0.895 3.99 A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World de William J. Bernstein
0.895 3.03 The 158-Pound Marriage de John Irving
0.893 4.09 The Meditations de Marcus Aurelius
0.893 3.95 Inherit the Wind de Jerome Lawrence
0.893 3.75 Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives de Tim Harford
0.891 4.03 Sideways Stories from Wayside School de Louis Sachar
0.891 3.54 The Invisible Man de H. G. Wells
0.89 3.23 The Prize de Irving Wallace
0.884 3.74 Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned de Kenneth C. Davis
0.881 3.77 Rapture Practice de Aaron Hartzler
0.881 3.52 Dr. Death de Jonathan Kellerman
0.881 3.52 Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking de Daniel C. Dennett
0.88 4.19 The Kite Runner de Khaled Hosseini
0.877 3.93 White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India de William Dalrymple
0.875 3.84 The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data de David Spiegelhalter
0.875 3.71 Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service de Michael Bar-Zohar
0.872 3.69 The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car de Tim Harford
0.871 4.05 The Woman in White de Wilkie Collins
0.871 3.81 The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice de Christopher Hitchens
0.869 4.16 Sapiens: Uma Breve Historia da Humanidade de Yuval Noah Harari
0.869 3.79 The White Tiger de Aravind Adiga
0.867 3.74 David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants de Malcolm Gladwell
0.866 4.18 Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta de J. K. Rowling
0.866 3.65 The Fencing Master de Arturo Pérez-Reverte
0.865 3.89 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions de Dan Ariely
0.864 3.81 The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything de Ken Robinson
0.863 3.56 Untouchable de Mulk Raj Anand
0.862 3.44 Smart-aleck Kill de Raymond Chandler
0.861 4.29 Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal de J. K. Rowling
0.859 3.94 Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them de Joshua Greene
0.854 3.54 The Wisdom of Father Brown de G.K. Chesterton
0.854 4.02 The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World de Michael Pollan
0.854 3.89 The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains de Nicholas Carr
0.849 3.78 The Brain: The Story of You de David Eagleman
0.848 3.2 The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern de Keith Devlin
0.848 4.28 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix de J. K. Rowling
0.847 3.88 Only Time Will Tell de Jeffrey Archer
0.847 3.82 Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex de Mary Roach
0.846 3.92 More Tales of the City de Armistead Maupin
0.845 3.94 Thinking with Type de Ellen Lupton
0.845 3.97 The Big Sleep de Raymond Chandler
0.843 4.02 And the Mountains Echoed de Khaled Hosseini
0.843 3.84 Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything de Joshua Foer
0.843 3.87 To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others de Daniel H. Pink
0.843 3.07 Amnesty de Aravind Adiga
0.84 3.43 The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments de George Johnson
0.84 3.85 The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements de Sam Kean
0.84 3.73 When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing de Daniel H. Pink
0.84 3.73 The Incredulity of Father Brown de G.K. Chesterton
0.84 3.96 Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors de Matt Parker
0.84 3.83 Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness de Frank Brady
0.839 4.12 A Rainha do Castelo do Ar de Stieg Larsson
0.837 3.76 Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up de Tom Phillips
0.835 3.88 Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb de William Poundstone
0.833 4.04 How to Take Smart Notes de Sönke Ahrens
0.832 3.65 Last Man in Tower de Aravind Adiga
0.831 4 Lasker's Manual of Chess de Emanuel Lasker
0.83 3.33 Between the Assassinations de Aravind Adiga
0.83 3.79 Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative de Ken Robinson
0.828 3.92 Train to Pakistan de Khushwant Singh
0.824 3.89 Such a Long Journey de Rohinton Mistry
0.823 3.74 While Mortals Sleep de Kurt Vonnegut
0.823 4.12 A menina que brincava com fogo de Stieg Larsson
0.822 3.79 Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure de Tim Harford
0.821 3.67 Mindfulness for Beginners de Jon Kabat-Zinn
0.821 3.76 Rome: A History in Seven Sackings de Matthew Kneale
0.82 3.61 The Art of Meditation de Matthieu Ricard
0.819 4.22 Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst de Robert M. Sapolsky
0.816 3.51 The Sigh de Marjane Satrapi
0.815 4.05 The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us de Adam Rutherford
0.813 4.02 The Infinite Game de Simon Sinek
0.813 4.15 She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity de Carl Zimmer
0.812 3.38 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab de Fergus Hume
0.812 4.06 Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery de Henry Marsh
0.811 3.75 Eminent Victorians de Lytton Strachey
0.811 4.07 India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age de Gurcharan Das
0.809 4.42 Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte de J. K. Rowling
0.808 3.96 Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty de Muhammad Yunus
0.807 4.28 A cidade do sol de Khaled Hosseini
0.807 3.79 What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures de Malcolm Gladwell
0.807 3.77 The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home de Dan Ariely
0.806 3.67 A Case of Exploding Mangoes de Mohammed Hanif
0.803 3.79 Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To de Dean Burnett
0.802 3.6 Dave Barry's Money Secrets : Like, Why is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar? de Dave Barry
0.801 4.19 Debt: The First 5,000 Years de David Graeber
0.799 3.48 1089 and All That - A Journey into Mathematics de David Acheson
0.798 4.11 The Queen's Gambit de Walter Tevis
0.795 3.4 The Moneychangers de Arthur Hailey
0.795 3.83 The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self de Anil Ananthaswamy
0.795 3.79 Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages de Guy Deutscher
0.793 3.52 Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America de Martin J. Smith
0.793 4.36 Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe de J. K. Rowling
0.791 3.7 Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World de Sam Sommers
0.786 4.27 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian de Sherman Alexie
0.786 4.11 Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India de William Dalrymple
0.784 4.36 Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo de J. K. Rowling
0.776 4.21 A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons de Robert M. Sapolsky
0.776 3.84 The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves de Dan Ariely
0.775 3.64 Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter de Dr. Dan Ariely
0.773 4.01 The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 de William Dalrymple
0.771 3.79 Fear: Trump in the White House de Bob Woodward
0.769 4.03 What Is Life?: The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell de Erwin Schrödinger
0.769 4.4 Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban de J. K. Rowling
0.768 3.97 The High Window de Raymond Chandler
0.768 3.98 Shame de Jasvinder Sanghera
0.767 4.06 Farewell, My Lovely de Raymond Chandler
0.767 4.03 The Lady in the Lake de Raymond Chandler
0.763 4.32 Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think de Hans Rosling
0.763 3.79 Sita's Ramayana de Samhita Arni
0.76 3.88 Mike and Psmith de P. G. Wodehouse
0.76 3.64 And Yet...: Essays de Christopher Hitchens
0.758 4.18 Right Ho, Jeeves de P. G. Wodehouse
0.757 3.83 Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life de Avinash K. Dixit
0.754 3.52 Fear of Physics: A Guide for the Perplexed de Lawrence M. Krauss
0.752 4.01 The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease de Daniel Lieberman
0.752 3.93 The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads de Tim Wu
0.747 4.3 The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer de Siddhartha Mukherjee
0.738 3.2 The Accidental Apprentice de Vikas Swarup
0.737 4.25 At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea de Carl Zimmer
0.736 3.81 Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace de Leonard Mlodinow
0.734 3.96 The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity de Steven Strogatz
0.732 4.12 This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor de Adam Kay
0.731 3.82 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows de Balli Kaur Jaswal
0.726 4.07 Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes--But Some Do de Matthew Syed
0.724 4.11 Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong de Eric Barker
0.719 3.81 Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything de Lydia Kang
0.712 4.3 India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy de Ramachandra Guha
0.712 4.27 The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection {15 books} de L. Frank Baum
0.705 3.18 I don't know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance (Except When You Shouldn’t) de Leah Hager Cohen
0.703 3.95 Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals de Robert M. Sapolsky
0.697 4.59 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare de William Shakespeare
0.695 3.66 The White Feather de P. G. Wodehouse
0.691 4.14 The Body: A Guide for Occupants de Bill Bryson
0.69 4.02 Good Economics for Hard Times de Abhijit V. Banerjee
0.687 3.73 Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon de Henry Marsh
0.681 4.17 The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy de Irving Chernev
0.68 4.4 The Complete Works of O. Henry de O. Henry
0.679 3.95 Em and the Big Hoom de Jerry Pinto
0.674 4.09 Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe de Steven Strogatz
0.666 3.26 The Pedant's Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong de Andrea Barham
0.653 4.18 No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering de Thich Nhat Hanh
0.634 4.54 Harrison's principles of internal medicine de Anthony S. Fauci
0.602 3.81 The Making of a Surgeon de William A. Nolen
0.592 4.3 Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health de H. Gilbert Welch