Controversial Books for rlipke

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
1.334 3.46 Behold a Pale Horse de Milton William Cooper
1.318 3.14 Only Revolutions: A Novel de Mark Z. Danielewski
1.234 3.77 Dhalgren de Samuel R. Delany
1.198 3.47 Crash de J. G. Ballard
1.189 3.19 The Cornelius Quartet de Michael Moorcock
1.166 3.05 Bored of the Rings de Henry Beard
1.136 3.56 Heart of Darkness de Joseph Conrad
1.135 3.36 The Unlimited Dream Company de J. G. Ballard
1.13 3.69 The Atrocity Exhibition de J. G. Ballard
1.125 3.64 The Nightly News de Jonathan Hickman
1.118 3.51 The Shape of Things to Come de H. G. Wells
1.089 3.74 Viriconium: "The Pastel City", "A Storm of Wings", "In Viriconium", "Viriconium Nights" de M. John Harrison
1.088 3.49 The Fifty Year Sword de Mark Z. Danielewski
1.073 3.52 Guys (Cerebus, Volume 11) de Dave Sim
1.069 3.86 O Silmarillion de J. R. R. Tolkien
1.067 3.38 How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe de Charles Yu
1.066 3.31 Rick's Story (Cerebus, Volume 12) de Dave Sim
1.064 3.77 Wizardry & Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy de Michael Moorcock
1.061 3.61 An Alien Heat de Michael Moorcock
1.058 3.2 Kingdom Come de J. G. Ballard
1.055 3.83 Understanding Media de Marshall McLuhan
1.05 3.6 Out of My Later Years de Albert Einstein
1.039 3.64 Can't and Won't de Lydia Davis
1.035 3.72 Gnomon de Nick Harkaway
1.028 3.41 The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature: The Collected Writings of Neal Pollack de Neal Pollack
1.025 4.1 Other Inquisitions: 1937-1952 de Jorge Luis Borges
1.02 3.66 Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology de Jean-Paul Sartre
1.017 3.91 Tales of the Dying Earth de Jack Vance
1.016 3.83 The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man de Marshall McLuhan
1.015 3.7 Life After God de Douglas Coupland
1.013 4.09 House of Leaves de Mark Z. Danielewski
1.013 3.73 Nifft the Lean de Michael Shea
1.011 3 Understanding Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings de William Ready
1.007 4.01 O Terceiro Tira de Flann O'Brien
1.006 3.84 The Jack Vance Treasury de Jack Vance
1.005 3.39 The City in the Autumn Stars de Michael Moorcock
1.003 3.63 A Tolkien Compass de Jared Lobdell
0.997 3.1 Reads (Cerebus, Volume 9) de Dave Sim
0.995 3.79 The Dying Earth de Jack Vance
0.993 3.78 The Last Lonely Saturday de Jordan Crane
0.989 4.16 Hopscotch de Julio Cortázar
0.986 3.94 The God Delusion de Richard Dawkins
0.985 3.54 The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May de Mark Z. Danielewski
0.984 4.02 Lord of Light de Roger Zelazny
0.979 3.27 Radio On: A Listener's Diary de Sarah Vowell
0.977 3.59 Magic Kingdom For Sale—SOLD! de Terry Brooks
0.977 3.55 Melmoth (Cerebus, Volume 6) de Dave Sim
0.977 4.01 The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide de Robert Jay Lifton
0.974 3.97 The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays de Albert Camus
0.973 3.8 The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects de Marshall McLuhan
0.973 3.78 The Bridge of San Luis Rey de Thornton Wilder
0.973 3.28 Ice Trilogy de Vladimir Sorokin
0.972 3.8 The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 12) de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.971 3.93 Vurt de Jeff Noon
0.97 3.83 S. de Doug Dorst
0.969 3.23 Polaroids from the Dead de Douglas Coupland
0.969 3.57 Running Wild de J. G. Ballard
0.969 3.58 The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth de Ruth S. Noel
0.968 4.15 The Elements of Style de William Jr. Strunk
0.966 4 The Eye of the World de Robert Jordan
0.963 3.89 The Peripheral de William Gibson
0.96 3.67 O Homem Do Castelo Alto de Philip K. Dick
0.96 3.3 Legends from the End of Time de Michael Moorcock
0.96 3.64 Three Hearts and Three Lions de Poul Anderson
0.957 3.81 The War Hound and the World's Pain de Michael Moorcock
0.957 3.88 The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth de Robert Foster
0.953 3.93 A Canticle for Leibowitz de Walter M. Miller Jr.
0.95 3.72 The End of All Songs de Michael Moorcock
0.949 3.93 A Tolkien Miscellany de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.948 3.65 Songs of the Dying Earth de George R. R. Martin
0.946 3.68 The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.945 3.62 The Book of Lost Tales, Part One de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.945 3.71 Roverandom de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.945 3.54 Super-Cannes de J. G. Ballard
0.94 3.66 The Hollow Lands de Michael Moorcock
0.939 3.92 Demian de Hermann Hesse
0.937 3.77 The Moon Moth [graphic adaptation] de Jack Vance
0.935 3.8 The Book of Dreams de Jack Vance
0.934 3.8 Hard to be a god de Arkady Strugatsky
0.932 3.81 The Pnume de Jack Vance
0.932 3.83 The Lays of Beleriand de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.93 3.69 Cerebus, Volume 1 de Dave Sim
0.93 4.08 Inferno de Dante Alighieri
0.929 3.63 Behold the Man de Michael Moorcock
0.928 4.01 Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY Zine Resource de Alex Wrekk
0.928 4.04 Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth de John Garth
0.928 4.08 The Hero with a Thousand Faces de Joseph Campbell
0.927 3.74 20.000 Léguas Submarinas de Jules Verne
0.927 3.72 The Palace of Love de Jack Vance
0.926 3.79 Conversations with Kafka de Gustav Janouch
0.926 3.18 Tolkien: A Look Behind the Lord of the Rings de Lin Carter
0.925 3.73 The Armageddon Rag de George R. R. Martin
0.923 3.66 The History of the Runestaff: Box Set de Michael Moorcock
0.922 3.28 The Gray Prince de Jack Vance
0.919 3.56 The Crystal World de J. G. Ballard
0.919 3.39 Form and Void (Cerebus, Volume 14) de Dave Sim
0.919 4.22 The Master and Margarita de Mikhail Bulgakov
0.916 4.14 Invisible Cities de Italo Calvino
0.915 4.22 The History of Middle-earth, Part One de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.915 4.12 Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics--A Collection of Written Interviews de Samuel R. Delany
0.915 3.29 Looking Backward, 2000-1887 de Edward Bellamy
0.913 4.34 The Complete Elfquest Volume 1 de Wendy Pini
0.912 3.43 The Drowned World de J. G. Ballard
0.91 4.17 The Power of Myth de Joseph Campbell
0.909 3.89 The Fall de Albert Camus
0.909 3.81 The Bone Clocks de David Mitchell
0.908 3.84 Nós de Yevgeny Zamyatin
0.907 3.92 His Master's Voice de Stanisław Lem
0.907 4.07 Cosmicomics de Italo Calvino
0.906 3.67 Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier de Mark Frost
0.905 3.11 When the Sleeper Wakes de H. G. Wells
0.903 3.81 Flight to Arras de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
0.902 3.74 East of West Volume 1: The Promise de Jonathan Hickman
0.898 3.78 Mortal Engines de Stanisław Lem
0.897 3.91 Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects de Bertrand Russell
0.897 3.7 Distrust That Particular Flavor de William Gibson
0.896 4.05 The Left Hand of Darkness de Ursula K. Le Guin
0.896 3.61 Minds (Cerebus, Volume 10) de Dave Sim
0.896 3.99 The Dragon Reborn de Robert Jordan
0.896 3.95 The Plague de Albert Camus
0.894 3.85 Doctor Brodie's Report de Jorge Luis Borges
0.893 3.71 The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. de Neal Stephenson
0.893 4.01 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick de Philip K. Dick
0.893 3.95 The Futurological Congress de Stanisław Lem
0.892 4 The Great Hunt de Robert Jordan
0.891 3.98 Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays de Albert Camus
0.891 3.73 Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them de Francine Prose
0.89 3.92 Jaka's Story (Cerebus, Volume 5) de Dave Sim
0.89 4.21 The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth de Brian Sibley
0.89 3.7 The Lost Road and Other Writings de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.889 4.1 Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika de Arkady Strugatsky
0.889 3.3 Elric at the End of Time {collection} de Michael Moorcock
0.889 3.83 City of the Chasch de Jack Vance
0.888 3.95 Elric: Song of the Black Sword de Michael Moorcock
0.888 3.81 Contos Inacabados de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.886 4.24 The History of the Lord of the Rings de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.881 4.27 Duna de Frank Herbert
0.88 3.39 Red Alert de Peter Bryant
0.879 4.07 Retalhos de Craig Thompson
0.877 3.14 Rushing to Paradise de J. G. Ballard
0.877 4.26 Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature de Jorge Luis Borges
0.877 3.46 The Warlord of the Air de Michael Moorcock
0.876 4.02 The Elric Saga, Part II (The Vanishing Tower; The Bane of the Black Sword; Stormbringer) de Michael Moorcock
0.875 3.82 Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopædia de David Day
0.874 3.55 Hanging Out with the Dream King de Joe McCabe
0.872 3.61 Michael Moorcock's Elric: Tales of the White Wolf de Edward E. Kramer
0.871 4.12 High Society (Cerebus, Volume 2) de Dave Sim
0.871 3.81 The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice de Christopher Hitchens
0.869 4.17 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle de Haruki Murakami
0.867 4.09 A Coney Island of the Mind de Lawrence Ferlinghetti
0.867 4.27 O Hobbit de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.867 3.64 Concrete Island de J. G. Ballard
0.866 3.29 Big Planet de Jack Vance
0.865 3.38 Going Home (Cerebus, Volume 13) de Dave Sim
0.864 3.97 Hav de Jan Morris
0.864 4.11 McSweeney's Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Comics Issue de Dave Eggers
0.864 3.79 Corum: The Coming Of Chaos de Michael Moorcock
0.862 3.62 After Dark de Haruki Murakami
0.862 3.72 Swords and Deviltry de Fritz Leiber
0.862 4.15 Os diários de Sylvia Plath: 1950 -1962 de Sylvia Plath
0.862 4 The Dune Encyclopedia de Willis E. McNelly
0.861 3.71 The Star King de Jack Vance
0.861 4.29 Harry Potter e a Pedra Filosofal de J. K. Rowling
0.861 4.1 Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays de Joan Didion
0.86 3.39 Einstein: The Life and Times de Ronald W. Clark
0.86 3.54 Throy de Jack Vance
0.86 3.57 Wizard at Large de Terry Brooks
0.86 3.5 Space Opera de Jack Vance
0.859 3.82 South of the Border, West of the Sun de Haruki Murakami
0.858 3.94 Sauron Defeated de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.858 3.7 The Shaping of Middle-Earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.858 4.25 The Annotated Chronicles de Margaret Weis
0.856 4.2 Church & State I (Cerebus, Volume 3) de Dave Sim
0.856 3.96 A Universal History of Infamy de Jorge Luis Borges
0.856 3.89 The Sandman Companion de Hy Bender
0.854 3.98 The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary de Peter Gilliver
0.854 4.37 A Sociedade do Anel de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.854 4.14 Just Kids de Patti Smith
0.853 3.76 The Space Merchants de Frederik Pohl
0.852 3.83 Mind MGMT Volume 1: The Manager de Matt Kindt
0.852 4.07 O Oceano no Fim do Caminho de Neil Gaiman
0.851 4.18 Cartas a um Jovem Poeta de Rainer Maria Rilke
0.851 3.23 This Shape We're In de Jonathan Lethem
0.851 3.99 O Livro dos Seres Imaginários de Jorge Luis Borges
0.85 3.59 The Dragon in the Sword de Michael Moorcock
0.848 4.1 The White Album de Joan Didion
0.846 3.74 The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel de Mark Frost
0.845 3.55 The Quest for Tanelorn de Michael Moorcock
0.845 3.94 The Atlas of Pern - A Complete Guide to Anne McCaffrey's Wonderful World of Dragons and Dragonriders de Karen Wynn Fonstad
0.844 4 Sanctuary de Robert Asprin
0.843 4.03 The War of the Jewels: The Later Silmarillion, Part Two de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.841 3.89 Smith of Wootton Major / Farmer Giles of Ham de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.841 3.73 The Killing Machine de Jack Vance
0.839 3.83 The Elephant Vanishes: Stories de Haruki Murakami
0.839 3.99 Roadside Picnic de Arkady Strugatsky
0.839 3.96 The Dirdir de Jack Vance
0.838 3.89 Servants of the Wankh de Jack Vance
0.838 4.17 The Atlas of Middle-Earth de Karen Wynn Fonstad
0.838 3.83 The Return of the Shadow de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.837 3.29 The Day of Creation de J. G. Ballard
0.836 3.93 The Tolkien Reader de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.834 4.28 The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark de Carl Sagan
0.833 4.05 Finder Library: Volume 1 de Carla Speed McNeil
0.833 4.06 Blow-up and Other Stories de Julio Cortázar
0.832 4 Coraline de Neil Gaiman
0.832 3.71 The Other Side of the Sky de Arthur C. Clarke
0.831 4.24 MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus de Art Spiegelman
0.831 3.74 The Pharmacist's Mate de Amy Fusselman
0.828 3.56 The Asutra de Jack Vance
0.828 3.72 The Eternal Champion de Michael Moorcock
0.828 3.91 Corum: The Prince With the Silver Hand de Michael Moorcock
0.826 3.83 Novel with Cocaine de M. Agejev
0.826 4.02 Utopia Avenue de David Mitchell
0.823 3.73 Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands de Michael Chabon
0.823 3.77 Slade House de David Mitchell
0.82 3.92 The Treason of Isengard de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.819 3.95 Dance Dance Dance de Haruki Murakami
0.818 3.65 Flight (Cerebus, Volume 7) de Dave Sim
0.818 3.38 The Champion of Garathorm de Michael Moorcock
0.816 4.07 Morgoth's Ring: The Later Silmarillion, Part One de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.815 3.91 The War of the Ring de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.811 4.13 Hiroshima (Expanded edition) de John Hersey
0.81 3.98 Memoirs 1925-1950 de George F. Kennan
0.809 4.11 The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology de Tom Shippey
0.807 3.73 Microworlds de Stanisław Lem
0.807 3.57 Maske: Thaery de Jack Vance
0.806 4.4 As Duas Torres de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.806 3.56 Supreme: Blue Rose de Warren Ellis
0.806 3.94 Dark Reflections de Samuel R. Delany
0.805 3.74 Level 7 de Mordecai Roshwald
0.804 3.49 The Land Leviathan de Michael Moorcock
0.804 4.32 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 1 de Hayao Miyazaki
0.802 4.37 Beastie Boys Book de Michael Diamond
0.8 3.82 The Complete Jack the Ripper de Donald Rumbelow
0.797 3.91 City of Glass: Douglas Coupland's Vancouver de Douglas Coupland
0.796 3.42 Lurulu de Jack Vance
0.796 4.01 Tolkien: A Biography de Humphrey Carpenter
0.795 4.28 Cages de Dave McKean
0.793 3.98 Black Swan Green de David Mitchell
0.793 3.87 Swords in the Mist de Fritz Leiber
0.793 3.89 Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories de Lydia Davis
0.793 3.91 Swords Against Death de Fritz Leiber
0.788 4.13 Angry Candy de Harlan Ellison
0.785 3.66 The Clouds Above de Jordan Crane
0.784 3.55 Count Brass de Michael Moorcock
0.784 3.51 The Drought de J. G. Ballard
0.783 3.82 Strangehaven, Volume 1: Arcadia de Gary Spencer Millidge
0.783 3.75 The People's Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien de TheOneRing.Net
0.782 3.85 Postscript to The Name of the Rose de Umberto Eco
0.78 4.53 O Senhor dos Anéis de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.776 4.16 The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.774 4.11 Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship de Colin Duriez
0.771 4.34 The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective de Harlan Ellison
0.768 3.65 The Glass Bees de Ernst Jünger
0.768 4.47 O Retorno do Rei de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.767 4.43 Labyrinths de Jorge Luis Borges
0.763 3.62 Showboat World de Jack Vance
0.763 4.48 The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion de Wayne G. Hammond
0.762 3.98 The Face de Jack Vance
0.76 3.85 Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick de Lawrence Sutin
0.758 3.97 The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth de Paul Hoffman
0.756 4.33 Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World de Verlyn Flieger
0.756 4.12 A Queda de Gondolin de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.754 4.57 The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
0.753 4.4 VALIS and Later Novels de Philip K. Dick
0.753 3.5 Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy de Douglas A. Anderson
0.75 4.47 A Personal Anthology de Jorge Luis Borges
0.749 3.33 Ports of Call de Jack Vance
0.747 3.77 The Changeling de Joy Williams
0.746 3.54 Women (Cerebus, Volume 8) de Dave Sim
0.745 3.88 Illness as Metaphor de Susan Sontag
0.744 3.45 Galactic Effectuator de Jack Vance
0.742 4.18 Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" de Corey Olsen
0.738 4.06 Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers de Daniel Ellsberg
0.736 4.19 J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century de Tom Shippey
0.735 4.36 The Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien de Wayne G. Hammond
0.728 3.88 East of West Volume 2: We Are All One de Jonathan Hickman
0.726 3.96 Specters of Marx: The State of the Debt, The Work of Mourning & the New International de Jacques Derrida
0.717 4.41 Selected Non-Fictions de Jorge Luis Borges
0.713 3.81 The Blue World de Jack Vance
0.709 4.37 Mister Miracle de Tom King
0.702 3.92 Swords' Masters (Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of Lankhmar; Swords and Ice Magic) de Fritz Leiber
0.701 4.27 J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator de Wayne G. Hammond
0.7 4.28 The Paris Review Interviews I de The Paris Review
0.698 3.7 Injection, Volume 1 de Warren Ellis
0.696 4.02 The way the future was de Frederik Pohl
0.679 4.18 Disturbing the Universe de Freeman Dyson
0.674 3.75 Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution de Sara Marcus
0.67 4.61 Collected Fictions de Jorge Luis Borges
0.667 4.06 Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures, from Chess to Role-Playing Games de Jon Peterson
0.666 4.34 The Book of Images de Rainer Maria Rilke
0.665 4.21 Uncollected Poems: Bilingual Edition de Rainer Maria Rilke
0.661 4.21 On Fairy-Stories de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.656 4.35 The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft (Annotated Books) de H. P. Lovecraft
0.655 4.26 Church & State II (Cerebus, Volume 4) de Dave Sim
0.648 4.63 The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels de Arthur Conan Doyle
0.648 4.63 The Annotated Hobbit de J. R. R. Tolkien
0.634 3.44 Sailing to Utopia de Michael Moorcock
0.624 4.02 J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth de Bradley J. Birzer
0.618 3.83 Viriconium Nights de M. John Harrison
0.615 3.64 The Last Castle [short fiction] de Jack Vance
0.609 4.37 The History of the Hobbit: One-Volume Edition de John D. Rateliff
0.603 4.35 Intelligent Life in the Universe de I. S. Shklovskii
0.531 4.54 Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History de Michael Witwer
0.531 4.4 J.G. Ballard de V. Vale