Controversial Books for jazzlit

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
1.151 3.72 On the Day You Were Born de Debra Frasier
1.142 3.68 Eragon de Christopher Paolini
1.116 3.66 The Fire-Eaters de David Almond
1.108 3.76 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party de M. T. Anderson
1.05 3.78 The Sound of Paper de Julia Cameron
1.047 3.5 Desert Crossing de Elise Broach
1.043 4.09 The Years with Ross de James Thurber
1.031 3.99 The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity de Julia Cameron
1.03 3.83 Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America de Jim Murphy
1.03 3.85 O grande Gatsby de F. Scott Fitzgerald
1.024 3.82 Eldest de Christopher Paolini
1.011 3.78 Feed de M. T. Anderson
1.007 3.43 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873 de Marion Dane Bauer
1.007 3.66 The Tiger Rising de Kate DiCamillo
1.004 3.81 The End de David LaRochelle
0.999 3.68 Men of Iron de Howard Pyle
0.997 3.8 A Great and Terrible Beauty de Libba Bray
0.996 3.85 Red Moon and Black Mountain de Joy Chant
0.989 3.78 Whales on Stilts! de M. T. Anderson
0.987 3.79 Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker de David Remnick
0.987 4 The Amber Spyglass de Philip Pullman
0.985 3.66 Chasing Vermeer de Blue Balliett
0.979 3.72 The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature de Margaret Drabble
0.979 3.53 London Calling de Edward Bloor
0.975 4.04 A Wrinkle in Time de Madeleine L'Engle
0.973 3.66 Absolutely, Positively Not... de David LaRochelle
0.973 4.15 Each Peach Pear Plum de Janet Ahlberg
0.967 3.8 The Canning Season de Polly Horvath
0.962 3.56 Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker de David Remnick
0.961 4.09 Fold Me a Poem de Kristine O'Connell George
0.959 4.1 The Dark Is Rising de Susan Cooper
0.959 3.49 Stowaway de Karen Hesse
0.958 4.04 Mama, Do You Love Me? de Barbara M Joosse
0.957 3.69 Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas de Elaine Pagels
0.951 3.84 Grey Mane of Morning de Joy Chant
0.95 4.13 A Year Down Yonder de Richard Peck
0.949 3.88 The Wanderer de Sharon Creech
0.944 4.1 Mercy Watson Fights Crime de Kate DiCamillo
0.942 4.11 No, David! de David Shannon
0.942 4.07 A Bussola De Ouro de Philip Pullman
0.94 3.95 A House Like a Lotus de Madeleine L'Engle
0.94 3.94 The Meanest Doll in the World de Ann M. Martin
0.94 3.67 The Higher Power of Lucky de Susan Patron
0.937 3.95 Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride de Kate DiCamillo
0.936 3.34 Ex-Libris de Ross King
0.936 3.69 Crispin: The Cross of Lead de Avi
0.935 3.65 Just Like That de Marsha Qualey
0.933 3.59 Princess in the Spotlight de Meg Cabot
0.933 3.88 The Silver Stallion : A Comedy of Redemption de James Branch Cabell
0.93 4.13 Girls think of everything : stories of ingenious inventions by women de Catherine Thimmesh
0.929 3.72 A Step From Heaven de An Na
0.924 4.07 The Westing Game de Ellen Raskin
0.919 4.09 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread de Kate DiCamillo
0.917 3.48 Camilla de Madeleine L'Engle
0.917 3.77 Kira-Kira de Cynthia Kadohata
0.916 3.73 Godless de Pete Hautman
0.915 4.03 Harpist in the Wind de Patricia A. McKillip
0.913 3.58 Stealing the Elf-King's Roses de Diane Duane
0.912 3.74 An Acceptable Time de Madeleine L'Engle
0.912 3.79 A Live Coal in the Sea de Madeleine L'Engle
0.91 3.77 Kevin Henkes Olive's Ocean (Book… by Sarah Ellis de Kevin Henkes
0.909 3.88 Five Children and It de E. Nesbit
0.909 3.79 Hoot de Carl Hiaasen
0.904 4.03 Sahara Special de Esme Raji Codell
0.903 3.86 Out of the Ocean de Debra Frasier
0.903 3.46 Crewel World de Monica Ferris
0.903 3.7 Otto of the Silver Hand de Howard Pyle
0.901 4.19 Love That Dog de Sharon Creech
0.901 3.98 Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World de Katherine Hannigan
0.898 4.09 A Degree of Mastery: A Journey through Book Arts Apprenticeship de Annie Tremmel Wilcox
0.897 4.11 Walk Two Moons de Sharon Creech
0.896 4.08 Bud, Not Buddy de Christopher Paul Curtis
0.895 4.16 The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight de Gerald Morris
0.894 4.11 The Squire's Tale de Gerald Morris
0.893 3.85 Mairelon the Magician de Patricia C. Wrede
0.893 4.05 A Faca Sutil de Philip Pullman
0.889 3.81 Over Sea, Under Stone de Susan Cooper
0.889 3.22 Keepsake Crimes de Laura Childs
0.888 3.63 Sixpence House de Paul Collins
0.887 4.19 Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable de E. Cobham Brewer
0.884 4.01 The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts de Richard Peck
0.883 4.15 The Lioness and Her Knight de Gerald Morris
0.883 3.55 Gunpowder Green de Laura Childs
0.882 4 The Cricket in Times Square de George Selden
0.881 3.34 Bound For Murder de Laura Childs
0.88 3.85 John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth de Elizabeth Partridge
0.879 3.69 Good Things for Organizing de Martha Stewart Living Magazine
0.874 3.97 The Thief de Megan Whalen Turner
0.873 3.84 Cécile: Gates of Gold de Mary Casanova
0.873 4.14 On Writing Well de William Zinsser
0.871 3.77 Seeker de William Nicholson
0.87 4.15 Because of Winn-Dixie de Kate DiCamillo
0.869 3.73 Flush de Carl Hiaasen
0.866 4.18 Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta de J. K. Rowling
0.866 4.03 Silver on the Tree de Susan Cooper
0.865 4.06 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld de Patricia A. McKillip
0.865 3.99 The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm de Nancy Farmer
0.865 3.82 A College of Magics de Caroline Stevermer
0.864 4.22 Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon de Catherine Thimmesh
0.863 3.95 Mercy Watson to the Rescue de Kate DiCamillo
0.863 4.13 A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books de Nicholas A. Basbanes
0.861 4.29 Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal de J. K. Rowling
0.861 3.64 Lowji discovers America de Candace Fleming
0.859 4.13 The Secret Garden de Frances Hodgson Burnett
0.859 4.08 At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf de Bennett Cerf
0.859 3.83 Here at The New Yorker de Brendan Gill
0.859 3.78 The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen de M. T. Anderson
0.858 3.58 Shades of Earl Grey de Laura Childs
0.854 4.37 A Sociedade do Anel de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.853 4.11 The House of the Scorpion de Nancy Farmer
0.853 4 The Book of Three de Lloyd Alexander
0.848 4.06 Sorcery and Cecelia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot de Patricia C. Wrede
0.848 4.28 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix de J. K. Rowling
0.847 3.97 The Court of the Stone Children de Eleanor Cameron
0.845 3.95 Shakespeare's Secret de Elise Broach
0.844 3.53 Framed in Lace de Monica Ferris
0.84 4.2 The Queen of Attolia de Megan Whalen Turner
0.839 4.13 The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy de Jeanne Birdsall
0.839 4.19 Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader de Anne Fadiman
0.836 4.09 America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction de Jon Stewart
0.835 4.1 Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture de Nicholas A. Basbanes
0.834 3.92 Crackback de John Coy
0.834 4.32 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane de Kate DiCamillo
0.833 3.92 Greenwitch de Susan Cooper
0.831 3.99 Ramona and Her Mother de Beverly Cleary
0.831 4.12 East de Edith Pattou
0.831 4.05 Princess Academy de Shannon Hale
0.831 3.73 Dragons in the Waters de Madeleine L'Engle
0.828 3.62 The Boggart and the Monster de Susan Cooper
0.826 3.84 King of Shadows de Susan Cooper
0.824 3.91 Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence de Marion Dane Bauer
0.824 3.53 Dictionary of Cliches de James Rogers
0.821 4.13 The Grey King de Susan Cooper
0.821 4.16 Airborn de Kenneth Oppel
0.818 3.96 Al Capone Does My Shirts de Gennifer Choldenko
0.818 3.93 Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World de Lawrence Goldstone
0.816 3.94 Harbrace College Handbook de John C. Hodges
0.812 3.85 Dreamsnake de Vonda N. McIntyre
0.809 4.07 Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy de Gary D. Schmidt
0.808 4.24 Skybreaker de Kenneth Oppel
0.805 3.98 Magician's Ward de Patricia C. Wrede
0.805 4.22 The High King de Lloyd Alexander
0.804 4.06 Parsifal's Page de Gerald Morris
0.801 3.55 Witches' Bane de Susan Wittig Albert
0.801 4.29 The Invention of Hugo Cabret de Brian Selznick
0.797 3.88 The River Between Us de Richard Peck
0.797 3.96 Jango de William Nicholson
0.797 3.97 Parnassus on Wheels de Christopher Morley
0.796 4 Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide! de Candace Fleming
0.796 3.8 Bloodroot de Susan Wittig Albert
0.793 4.36 Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe de J. K. Rowling
0.791 3.59 Thyme of Death de Susan Wittig Albert
0.791 4.14 Becoming Naomi León de Pam Muñoz Ryan
0.791 4.17 Here is New York de E. B. White
0.784 4.36 Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo de J. K. Rowling
0.781 3.59 Certain Women de Madeleine L'Engle
0.781 4.11 Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley de Sally M. Walker
0.773 4.36 The Chicago Manual of Style de University of Chicago Press Staff
0.773 3.71 Mistletoe Man de Susan Wittig Albert
0.773 4.3 ABC for Book Collectors de John Carter
0.77 4.07 Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life de Candace Fleming
0.769 4.4 Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban de J. K. Rowling
0.766 4.5 Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster de Debra Frasier
0.759 4.23 The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady de Gerald Morris
0.758 4.07 Runt de Marion Dane Bauer
0.755 4.16 The Riddle de Alison Croggon
0.754 4.41 A Wreath for Emmett Till de Marilyn Nelson
0.754 4.07 Free Baseball de Sue Corbett
0.753 3.69 Gypsy Rizka de Lloyd Alexander
0.751 4.32 Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art de Scott McCloud
0.75 3.88 100 Best Books for Children de Anita Silvey
0.747 3.7 Hangman's Root de Susan Wittig Albert
0.742 3.59 Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future de Jason Epstein
0.741 3.5 Mr. Chickee's Funny Money de Christopher Paul Curtis
0.737 4.25 Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction de David Macaulay
0.737 4.43 The King of Attolia de Megan Whalen Turner
0.735 3.51 A Stitch in Time de Monica Ferris
0.719 4.26 Handel, Who Knew What He Liked de M. T. Anderson
0.716 4.35 This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie (Golden Kite Awards) de Elizabeth Partridge
0.712 4.24 Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems de Joyce Sidman
0.708 4.39 Up in the Old Hotel de Joseph Mitchell
0.706 4.01 Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction de Brian Wilson Aldiss
0.706 3.74 Two Old Potatoes and Me de John Coy
0.696 4.31 The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf de Gerald Morris
0.663 4.57 Boxes for Katje de Candace Fleming
0.651 4.27 This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness de Joyce Sidman
0.651 4.32 Max Perkins: Editor of Genius de A. Scott Berg
0.642 4.36 Genius in Disguise: Harold Ross of the New Yorker de Thomas Kunkel
0.624 4.21 The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy de Leonard S. Marcus
0.622 4.53 Hobberdy Dick de Katharine Mary Briggs
0.586 4.47 Elegant Stitches: An Illustrated Stitch Guide and Source Book of Inspiration de Judith Montano
0.581 4.68 Garner's Modern American Usage de Bryan A. Garner
0.532 4.52 The Race to Save the Lord God Bird de Phillip M. Hoose
0.51 3.76 Straw Into Gold de Gary D. Schmidt