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 …
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1. Love Letters for Joy
By: Melissa See
3.64
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A new LGBTQIA+ romance story by the author of You, Me, and Our Heartstrings. Less than a year away… read more
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- asexual
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2. 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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- asexual
- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer
3. 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
- asexual
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"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
4. 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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- asexual
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"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?
5. 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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- asexual
- lgbt
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6. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- history
- queer
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
7. The Bruising of Qilwa
By: Naseem Jamnia
3.75
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary re… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- lgbt
- queer
8. 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
- adult
- nonfiction
- queer
9. 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
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"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
10. 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
- asexual
- 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
11. 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
- race
- history
- asexual
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- queer
12. A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality
By: Molly Muldoon
4.11
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
This book is for anyone who wants to learn about asexuality, and for Ace people themselves, to vali… read more
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- asexual
- lgbt
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- sexuality
- adult
- queer
13. 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
- asexual
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- queer
14. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
By: Alice Wong
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more
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- adult
- nonfiction
15. 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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- asexual
- 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
16. Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia #1)
By: Claudie Arseneault
4.06
Format: 104 pages, ebook
Innkeep, hunter, blacksmith, nurse—Horace has apprenticed for every clan in the domed city of Trena… read more
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- asexual
- adult
- queer
- lgbt
17. 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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- asexual
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
18. Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power
By: Devon Price
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that com… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- queer
19. 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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- asexual
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- adult
- queer
20. 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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- asexual
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- 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
21. Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity
By: The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project
3.88
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be ace or aro? How should I approach the challenges that come with being ace … read more
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- asexual
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