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Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 130 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.87 — 968,174 ratings — published 1955
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 57 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,564,809 ratings — published 2003
And Tango Makes Three (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.36 — 14,286 ratings — published 2005
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,012 ratings — published 1988
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,972,138 ratings — published 1951
Forbidden (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 76,694 ratings — published 2010
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,662,052 ratings — published 1948
The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.66 — 68 ratings — published 2020
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.00 — 785,523 ratings — published 1962
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,046,534 ratings — published 1999
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.97 — 217,195 ratings — published 2016
Thirteen Reasons Why (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,033,582 ratings — published 2007
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,255,269 ratings — published 1964
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 286,669 ratings — published 2006
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.80 — 375,229 ratings — published 1991
Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,907,850 ratings — published 2011
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,515,963 ratings — published 1985
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,722,270 ratings — published 1945
Tampa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.33 — 61,769 ratings — published 2013
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,127,607 ratings — published 1932
I Hate My Bow! (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 2.41 — 316 ratings — published 1996
Mein Kampf (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.18 — 44,243 ratings — published 1925
Love You Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.38 — 249,730 ratings — published 1986
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,043,985 ratings — published 1960
Battersea Parker (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.53 — 7,624 ratings — published
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.09 — 444,330 ratings — published 2020
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.67 — 54,552 ratings — published 2011
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,938,710 ratings — published 1963
The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.69 — 205,885 ratings — published 1848
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.50 — 140,875 ratings — published 1928
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,277,518 ratings — published 1954
American Dirt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.37 — 713,437 ratings — published 2020
Battersea Parker 2 (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.59 — 4,422 ratings — published
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,033,605 ratings — published 2017
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,286,814 ratings — published 2004
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,911,108 ratings — published 1937
Tropic of Cancer (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.65 — 79,338 ratings — published 1934
The Lorax (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.35 — 374,770 ratings — published 1971
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.14 — 314,738 ratings — published 1970
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.05 — 639,602 ratings — published 1999
Go Ask Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.73 — 295,274 ratings — published 1971
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.29 — 82,215 ratings — published 1995
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.86 — 243,865 ratings — published 1979
Walter the Farting Dog (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,881 ratings — published 2001
Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,832,392 ratings — published 2012
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.95 — 259,418 ratings — published 1970
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,101 ratings — published 1959
Bridge to Terabithia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.06 — 599,597 ratings — published 1977
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,512,453 ratings — published 1969
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as controversial)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,764,968 ratings — published 2016
“Sometimes a controversial statement can be used to determine where the loyalty of the subject lies.”
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“Meetings are power struggles between those who want something and those who don’t want to give it to them. If you’re walking into a meeting and you need something, your first job is to identify this person. This person is the reason the meeting is happening, and if you don’t know who they are, you’re missing essential subtext. It’s actually pretty easy. Just wait for someone to say something controversial and see who everyone looks at.”
― Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
― Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
