Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism
By: Samantha Rendle
3.59
Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition
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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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- asexual
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
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
- queer
- lgbt
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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- asexual
- queer
- lgbt
"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
- queer
- lgbt
"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. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
6. 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
- queer
- lgbt
7. 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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- nonfiction
- queer
8. Wren Martin Ruins It All
By: Amanda DeWitt
4.25
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more
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- asexual
- queer
- lgbt
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All
"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All
"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All
9. 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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- nonfiction
- 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
10. 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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- nonfiction
- queer
- sexuality
- lgbt
"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
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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- asexual
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- 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
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
13. The Prince and the Troll (Faraway Collection)
By: Rainbow Rowell
3.26
Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition
A charming everyman and a mysterious something-under-the-bridge cross paths in a short fairy tale b… read more
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14. 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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- asexual
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
15. Cosmoknights, Vol. 2 (Cosmoknights, #2)
By: Hannah Templer
4.57
Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition
Escape was just the beginning. The sensational "gays in space" webcomic/graphic novel returns, with… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
16. 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
- 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
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. 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
- queer
19. 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
- 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
20. 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
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- sexuality
- queer
21. Amazing Ace, Awesome Aro: An Illustrated Exploration
By: Victoria Barron
4.39
Format: 87 pages, Hardcover
The split attraction model? Alterous Love? Queerplatonic relationships?From the creator of Perfectl… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- sexuality
- lgbt
