Colleen Hoover Book Ratings

As you're probably aware, Colleen Hoover is ridiculously popular these days, largely due to her social media presence.


I don't have any of her books in the BMS library, nor do I intend to get them, as even the tamest are best for HS age students. But I've had fairly young students ask for them from time to time, and I hear from other school librarians that they've had kids come in to ask about some of the "activities" going on in the books and looking things up, and have needed to coordinate with the health teachers about materials. I have had conversations with students where I've told them that I don't have them because they're really pretty sexy and are for an older audience -- and they were surprised! Oftentimes they only know they are popular.

I found out today that Colleen's website has a list where it shows not just the order of all her books, but also rates them by age appropriateness, from 14+ YA to 17+ Mature (sometimes called "new adult fiction) to "WHOA - very mature/dark". I thought you might be interested to see this list in case you are having any conversations with students or families about her books. For example, the books on current bestseller lists, It Starts With Us and It Ends with Us, and Ugly Bones are all rated 17+ and Verity is rated "WHOA" as is the book she has coming out in June.