Want to find out if a book is clean, or find appropriate books without having to read them all yourself? Book X-ray is the place to find out about the content of books beyond the critical review. We let you know if a book you want to read (or your kids need to read for school, or your book club is considering) contains profanity, sexual content, violence, controversy and more...then you decide what to read.

This is a reader-driven site, so we need your help! Here's how to post a review.

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

Contains mild nudity and moderate violence related to WWII concentration camps.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Heavy profanity (mostly German swearwords and Diety) and mild violence (mentions beatings and many deaths, but nothing graphic).

Thanks, Mary W!

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Contains moderate profanity, moderate nudity, and moderate violence.

Thanks, Mary W!

The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale

Contains mild profanity and mild sexual content.

The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner

Contains mild violence.

Thanks, Cheryl-Lynn!

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Contains moderate profanity, moderate nudity, and moderate violence.

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Contains mild profanity, heavy sexual content, and moderate violence.

Thanks, Melanie!

Atonement by Ian McEwan

Contains moderate/heavy profanity (stronger in content than in frequency), heavy sexual content, and mild violence.

Thanks, Melanie!

The Professor's House by Willa Cather

Contains mild profanity.

Thanks, Melanie!

The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages

Contains mild profanity.

Thanks, Melanie!

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

Contains mild profanity, mild sexual content, and mild violence.

Thanks, Melanie!

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Contains moderate profanity, mild sexual content and mild violence. If I remember correctly, there wasn't a lot of explicit sexual detail, but there were frequent references to sex. Definitely a book for adults in subject matter.

Thanks, Melanie!

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Contains moderate profanity, moderate sexual content, and moderate violence.

Thanks, Melanie!

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

Does not contain profanity, sexual content, or violence.