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message 1: by Carolyn (last edited Oct 24, 2011 12:07PM) (new)

Carolyn Unfortunately, many of the books on this list are YA - not the intention of the list-maker, from the list description...

I just added 100 books (the limit), all 'clean' and if it's a series, I only added the first one of the series, although all the books can go on this list.


☆Meredith (メルたん)♪ The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley has quite a bit of sex in it, including one scene in a bedroom...


message 3: by Regan (new)

Regan ❋☁Meredith~chan☁❋ wrote: "The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley has quite a bit of sex in it, including one scene in a bedroom..."

Thanks for the heads up!


☆Meredith (メルたん)♪ Regan wrote: "❋☁Meredith~chan☁❋ wrote: "The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley has quite a bit of sex in it, including one scene in a bedroom..."

Thanks for the heads up!"


No problem ^.^


message 5: by Paul (new)

Paul The liveship trader series also gets somewhat graphic at times, just as a warning.


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Thanks for the list :)


message 7: by Julia (new)

Julia This is the type of list I have been looking for!


message 8: by Diana (new)

Diana Beware: Sarah J. Maas books:
A Court of Thorns and Roses,
A Court of Mist and fury,
A Court of Frost and Starlight,
A Court of Wings and Ruin
Empire of Storms
feature adult-aged characters and Explicit NC-17 content: Nudity, Drugs consumption, Rape, Physical Abuse, Abusive relationships, Language, Frank talk of a sexual nature.

They're also shelved as New adult, Adult and Erotica, but as they're marketed as YA, many people make the wrong assumption that they're Young adult.

If someone tries to add those books to this list please comment and I will erase them.


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