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How spicy is it?

How spicy is a book? Sort By Cravings rates heat 0–5, from Clean to Scorching. Each guide answers the title in one line, then compares it on the same rubric so BookTok hype does not decide your night.

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Ratings use the public Sort By Cravings scale. Not a publisher score. A card only appears after the number is published.

How to read a guide

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The number

0 Clean through 5 Scorching. Same labels as the scale.

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The comparison

Shatter Me is 1/5 Sweet. Fourth Wing is 4/5 Spicy here. A Court of Thorns and Roses is 3/5 Moderate. We do not import other sites.

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0 · Clean590 books · No romantic or sexual content1 · Sweet563 books · Fade-to-black, closed-door2 · Warm298 books · Brief on-page intimacy3 · Moderate227 books · Open-door, balanced with plot4 · Spicy196 books · Frequent, graphic scenes5 · Scorching98 books · Heat is central; may include kink

Spice often climbs inside a series

Every how-spicy guide

A Court of Frost and Starlight Sarah J. Maas 3/5 Moderate Guide → A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas 4/5 Spicy Guide → A Court of Silver Flames Sarah J. Maas 5/5 Scorching Guide → A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas 3/5 Moderate Guide → A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas 4/5 Spicy Guide → A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire Jennifer L. Armentrout 4/5 Spicy Guide → Beach Read Emily Henry 3/5 Moderate Guide → Book Lovers Emily Henry 3/5 Moderate Guide → Bride Ali Hazelwood 4/5 Spicy Guide → Butcher & Blackbird Brynne Weaver 4/5 Spicy Guide → Credence Penelope Douglas 5/5 Scorching Guide → Daydream Hannah Grace 4/5 Spicy Guide → Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross 1/5 Sweet Guide → Does It Hurt? H.D. Carlton 5/5 Scorching Guide → Electric Idol Katee Robert 5/5 Scorching Guide → Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James 5/5 Scorching Guide → Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James 5/5 Scorching Guide → Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 2/5 Warm Guide → Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros 4/5 Spicy Guide → From Blood and Ash Jennifer L. Armentrout 4/5 Spicy Guide → Funny Story Emily Henry 3/5 Moderate Guide → Gothikana RuNyx 4/5 Spicy Guide → Happy Place Emily Henry 2/5 Warm Guide → Haunting Adeline H.D. Carlton 5/5 Scorching Guide → House of Earth and Blood Sarah J. Maas 4/5 Spicy Guide → House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J. Maas 4/5 Spicy Guide → House of Sky and Breath Sarah J. Maas 4/5 Spicy Guide → Hunting Adeline H.D. Carlton 5/5 Scorching Guide → Icebreaker Hannah Grace 4/5 Spicy Guide → Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros 4/5 Spicy Guide → It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover 3/5 Moderate Guide → It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover 3/5 Moderate Guide → King of Greed Ana Huang 4/5 Spicy Guide → King of Pride Ana Huang 4/5 Spicy Guide → King of Sloth Ana Huang 4/5 Spicy Guide → King of Wrath Ana Huang 4/5 Spicy Guide → Love on the Brain Ali Hazelwood 3/5 Moderate Guide → Neon Gods Katee Robert 5/5 Scorching Guide → Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros 4/5 Spicy Guide → Outlander Diana Gabaldon 4/5 Spicy Guide → People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry 3/5 Moderate Guide → Powerless Lauren Roberts 3/5 Moderate Guide → Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston 3/5 Moderate Guide → Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi 1/5 Sweet Guide → The Crown of Gilded Bones Jennifer L. Armentrout 4/5 Spicy Guide → The Cruel Prince Holly Black 2/5 Warm Guide → The Hating Game Sally Thorne 3/5 Moderate Guide → The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood 3/5 Moderate Guide → The Score Elle Kennedy 4/5 Spicy Guide → The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid 3/5 Moderate Guide → Things We Hide from the Light Lucy Score 4/5 Spicy Guide → Things We Never Got Over Lucy Score 4/5 Spicy Guide → Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas 2/5 Warm Guide → Twisted Games Ana Huang 4/5 Spicy Guide → Twisted Hate Ana Huang 4/5 Spicy Guide → Twisted Lies Ana Huang 5/5 Scorching Guide → Twisted Love Ana Huang 4/5 Spicy Guide → Ugly Love Colleen Hoover 4/5 Spicy Guide → Verity Colleen Hoover 4/5 Spicy Guide → Wildfire Hannah Grace 4/5 Spicy Guide →

No guide matches that. If we rate the book on /books/, the guide ships after the number is public.

Full SBC profiles: Shatter Me · Fourth Wing · A Court of Thorns and Roses · A Court of Mist and Fury · Haunting Adeline · Credence · Icebreaker · The Love Hypothesis · Twisted Love · From Blood and Ash · Iron Flame · A Court of Wings and Ruin · A Court of Silver Flames · Twisted Games · Twisted Hate · Twisted Lies · House of Earth and Blood · Bride · Powerless · Gothikana · Verity · Beach Read · It Ends with Us · It Starts with Us · The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo · Does It Hurt? · King of Wrath · King of Pride · Divine Rivals · House of Sky and Breath · Onyx Storm · Hunting Adeline · A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire · The Crown of Gilded Bones · House of Flame and Shadow · King of Greed · King of Sloth · Funny Story · Happy Place · People We Meet on Vacation · Wildfire · Book Lovers · Throne of Glass · The Cruel Prince · Fifty Shades of Grey · Neon Gods · The Hating Game · Things We Never Got Over · Butcher & Blackbird · Flowers in the Attic · Ugly Love · Outlander · Electric Idol · Fifty Shades Darker · Daydream · Things We Hide from the Light · The Score · A Court of Frost and Starlight · Love on the Brain · Red, White & Royal Blue

Spice guide questions

How spicy is a 1 vs a 4 on Sort By Cravings?

1/5 Sweet is fade-to-black or closed-door. 4/5 Spicy is frequent, graphic, explicitly detailed scenes. The same rubric is used on every guide.

Why is Fourth Wing 4/5 here and a different number on other sites?

Sort By Cravings rates frequency, explicitness, and how central intimacy is to the story. We do not import other directories. Fourth Wing is 4/5 Spicy on this site.

Do these spice guides contain spoilers?

Guides use tension bands and heat only. They do not dump plot.

Do you follow BookTok spice numbers?

No. BookTok is useful heat-of-the-moment. The guide is the comfort check before you pay.

How often are guides updated?

When a sequel changes a ladder or a rating is corrected. dateModified changes with the file.

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