Know the content before you turn the page.
How dirty, stabby, bloody, vulgar, safe, prude, or clean is this book?
A peek at the page
What kind of content — and how much
Each category gets a 0–5 score from readers, plus tags for the shape of it (fade-to-black vs explicit, scrapes vs gore). If only a handful of people have rated a book, we say so — so you know how much weight to give the number.
Example content
The Midnight Ledger
Based on 24 community reports · medians
Sexual
3.5 / 5
Open-door intimacy with softer detail
- Fade-to-black · 18%
- Open-door · 72%
- Explicit · 41%
Violence
2.0 / 5
Present but non-graphic
- Fighting / injury · 88%
- Weapons · 65%
- Gore · 22%
Horror
3.0 / 5
Sustained tension; several frightening sequences
- Psychological · 79%
- Supernatural · 54%
- Stalking · 31%
Language
1.5 / 5
Mild / occasional
- Mild swearing · 94%
- Crude humor · 40%
Seven categories. Honest tags.
Rate the intensity first, then mark what actually showed up. A violence score of 3 with gore is a different evening than a 3 with stylized scrapes.
Sexual
How far the door opens — not a shrug of “steamy.”
- Kissing / light affection
- Heavy petting
- Fade-to-black
- Open-door soft
- Explicit sex
- Frequent sex scenes
- Kink / BDSM
- Nudity
Violence
Swordplay isn’t the same as gore. Guns only when they’re on the page.
- Fantasy / stylized violence
- Fighting / injury
- Gore / bloody injury
- Torture
- Sexual violence
- Domestic / partner abuse
- Animal harm
- Death of children / minors
- War / mass violence
- Guns / firearms
Horror
Dread and jump-scares — kept apart from fight scenes on purpose.
- Psychological
- Supernatural
- Body horror
- Cosmic / existential
- Stalking / pursuit
- Creature / monster
- Occult / ritual
Language
A little swearing is one thing. Slurs get their own tags.
- Mild swearing
- Strong / frequent profanity
- Crude humor
- Graphic sexual language
- Racial / ethnic slurs
- Homophobic slurs
- Transphobic slurs
- Ableist slurs
- Other bigoted language
Substances
Drinks, drugs, smoke — plus underage use or addiction when it shows up.
- Alcohol
- Drugs
- Tobacco / nicotine
- Underage use
- Addiction / withdrawal
Self-harm
Hard topics, tagged clearly so you can decide before you dive in.
- Self-harm
- Suicide ideation
- Suicide attempt or death
- Eating disorders
Discrimination
What’s depicted on the page — not a lecture about whether the book is “good.”
- Racism
- Sexism
- Homophobia / queerphobia
- Transphobia
- Ableism
- Religious persecution
How it works
01
Find the book
Search by title, author, or ISBN. We hang onto the real work and its editions — not a fuzzy lookalike.
02
See what’s inside
Community scores from 0–5 for each category, plus tags for the kind of content (gore vs scrapes, fade-to-black vs explicit).
03
Add your own read
When you’re ready, log in, score what you noticed, tag what showed up, and leave a short note if you like.
For the questions stars never answer
Parents & guardians
Is the YA fight scene cartoonish, or does it sit with the injury? Are there slurs on the page? You’ll get specifics — not a foggy “mature themes.”
Readers picking their heat level
Fade-to-black only? Soft open-door? You can filter by intensity and tags instead of guessing from stars and vibes.
Anyone who’s been blindsided
Self-harm, animal harm, discrimination themes — flagged before you sink a weekend into a book that wasn’t ready for you (or you for it).
Your shelves
Bring Open Library & Hardcover along
Hook up a library in Settings. We sync shelves read-only so you can hop from books you already track straight to content scores — no retyping your TBR.
Stay oriented
Series, formats, more from the author
On every book page you’ll find the rest of the series, audiobook or dramatized takes, edition formats, and more from the same author — handy once you know what’s inside.
Real readers. A shared scale.
Scores are medians from people who actually sat with the book — not a brand checklist. Thin samples get labeled, so you’re never left wondering if “4” is one loud opinion. Every category has plain-language anchors: a 4 means graphic or sustained, not “that surprised me.” We’re not here to stamp age ratings. We’re here so you can see what other readers found on the page.
Curious about a book?
Search is free. Log in when you want to leave a score of your own.
