Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
By: Angela Chen
4.36
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
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1. The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality
By: Julie Sondra Decker
3.99
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What if you weren't sexually attracted to anyone? A growing number of people are identifying as ase… read more
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- lgbt
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
2. Let's Talk About Love
By: Claire Kann
3.37
Format: 200 pages, ebook
Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite… read more
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3. How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
By: Rebecca Burgess
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as she navigates her asexual ident… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- memoir
- queer
4. Gender Queer
By: Maia Kobabe
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would … read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- memoir
- queer
"I don't"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"My deepest emotional relationships have always been with women. Did that mean I was a lesbian? But my sexual fantasies involved two male partners. Was I a gay boy tapped in a girl's body? The knowled…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
"As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more as a landscape. Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to l…"-Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer
5. Dear Wendy
By: Ann Zhao
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
6. Is Love the Answer?
By: Uta Isaki
4.25
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identit… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
"Like that club from earlier. Some people appreciate that vibe and some don't. If they force people to join when they don't want to, that's harassment. It's the same with romance."-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?
"Romance is supposed to be great, and not being able to like anyone isn't normal, because any regular person would definitely-" "But you feel like you don't get it. Then why should you have to do it? …"-Uta Isaki, Is Love the Answer?
7. Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection
By: Madeline Dyer
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary storiesFrom a… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
8. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
9. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
By: Rhaina Cohen
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more
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- audiobook
- psychology
- nonfiction
- adult
- sociology
- queer
10. Loveless
By: Alice Oseman
4.20
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
It was all sinking in. I’d never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person I ha… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- queer
"God, I am sad gay and alone"-Alice Oseman, Loveless
" Some little comedy play? Apologize to Oscar Wilde right the fuck now!"-Alice Oseman, Loveless
"I wasn’t going to die alone. I was going to try harder. I wanted forever love. I didn’t want to be loveless."-Alice Oseman, Loveless
"Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance. Because they're just as important. Actually, for us, they're way more important."-Alice Oseman, Loveless
11. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
By: Devon Price
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- psychology
- queer
"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love."-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
12. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
By: Angela Chen
4.36
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Angela Chen's Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex book and Angela Chen's Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- sociology
- queer
"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
13. Aces Wild: A Heist
By: Amanda DeWitt
3.78
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What happens in Vegas when an all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- queer
"Just because you didn't experience sexual attraction didn't mean you didn't you didn't experience romantic feelings. But those romantic feelings didn't look like they did in the movies because, well,…"-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist
"It felt like a puzzle, mostly put together but with a piece missing, waiting to be filled. There were plenty of pieces to fill it- gay, straight, bisexual- but none fit quite right. Sometimes I thoug…"-Amanda DeWitt, Aces Wild: A Heist
14. Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
By: Sherronda J. Brown
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
For readers of Ace and Belly of the Beast: A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality—and an … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- queer
15. Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
By: Julia Shaw
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Despite all the welcome changes that have happened in our culture and laws over the past few decade… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- feminism
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
"Rather than being 'this not that' I am this *and* that... I've felt like a blossoming flower. As I become more fully me and as I'm more comfortable with each petal of my identity, I open myself up an…"-Julia Shaw, Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
16. Sounds Fake But Okay
By: Sarah Costello
3.65
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Somehow, over time, we forgot that the rituals behind dating and sex were constructs made up by hum… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- queer
17. I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
By: Cody Daigle-Orians
4.47
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do I know if I'm actually sexual? How do I come out as asexual? What kinds of relationship ca… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- queer
"Our culture weaponizes wanting or not wanting sex across many different identities and experiences as a way to marginalize them. It's not exclusive to asexuality."-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"When confronted with someone who breaks the norm, some people find it easier to call that person's experience a fiction instead of altering their understanding of the world to include something new."-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"Anyone who asserts they're owed your disclosure is also working from the assumption that they're also owed your sexuality. And you owe no one either of those things. They're yours to share with someo…"-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
"Unlike allosexual people who make the assumption that everyone should want and enjoy sex as much as they do, sex-averse and sex-repulsed ace folks are making choices about their own bodies and their …"-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life
18. Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism
By: Samantha Rendle
3.59
Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition
If you've picked up this book, the chances are you have some doubts about your Happiness 101 assign… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- sexuality
- lgbt
19. Asexual Erotics: Intimate Readings of Compulsory Sexuality (Abnormativities: Queer/Gender/Embodiment)
By: Ela Przybylo
3.89
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Challenging what she sees as an obsession with sex and sexuality, Ela Przybylo examines the silence… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
20. Ace Notes
By: Michele Kirichanskaya
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
What is the ace lens? Is my relationship queerplatonic? Am I sex-favorable, sex-averse or sex-rep… read more
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- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- queer
21. Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
By: Eris Young
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
How do we experience attraction? What does love mean to us? When did you realise you were ace? … read more
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- lgbt
- psychology
- sexuality
- nonfiction
- adult
- queer
"There is power in naming yourself, but there is also power in being unnameable."-Eris Young, Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
"When it comes to romance, we're told, "You'll know it when you see it" Which is fine, unless, of course, you don't."-Eris Young, Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
"For many people, being alone symbolises a failure to live up to the aspirational life that society tells them they should want."-Eris Young, Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
"And just as asexuality is not a disease to be cured, sex-aversion isn't a pathology unless the person experiencing it decides that it is."-Eris Young, Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace
