Where it all started

I’ve loved reading for as long as I can remember, but as life got busier, I slowly drifted away from it. Then in 2021, my health took a hard turn. After dealing with severe pain, multiple hospital stays, and surgeries(my doctor’s did not think I was going to survive), I found myself needing to spend a lot of time resting in bed.

In the middle of all that, I found my way back to books!

Reading has become a comfort to me during one of the hardest seasons of my life. It also led me to the beautiful online book community, where I quickly realized how difficult it could be to find clean, no-spice books.

So I created The No Spice Bookshelf.

My goal is to make it easier for readers to find clean books by sharing spice levels, language notes, tropes, reviews, and more–all in one place. I wanted to build the kind of resource I wished I had when I was searching for books myself.

I hope this site helps you find your next favorite read and maybe even makes your reading life a little easier.

xoxo Lily