Asexual, Aromantic, & Demi-Sexual
That’s Not What happened
Author: Kody Keplinger
Description: That’s Not What Happened is a contemporary novel about the six surviving witnesses of a school shooting. The story picks up three years after the shooting and tracks the ways in which memory and perspective have clouded the story of what actually happened. Through a series of letters from each witness, the protagonist’s understanding of the shooting becomes more complex. This is a book about trauma, the influence of the media, and about the ways in which memory is not always accurate. This book includes a blind character and was written by a blind author.
Includes: #disability #blind #LGBTQIA #asexual #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #trauma #schoolshootings
Citation: Keplinger, K. (2018). That’s Not What Happened. Scholastic Press.
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Let’s Talk About Love
Author: Claire Kann
Description: Let’s Talk About Love is a contemporary love story between an African American bi-romantic asexual girl and a Japanese American boy.
Includes: #bisexual #asexual #biromantic #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #japanese #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #interraciallove #youngadultliterature
Citation: Kann, C. (2018). Let’s Talk About Love. Swoon Reads.
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The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
Author: Mackenzi Lee
Description: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue is an adventure story set in the 1800s about a bisexual teen, his biracial best friend who has Epilepsy, and his asexual sister.
Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #interraciallove #maleprotagonist #historical #disability #epilepsy #asexual
Citation: Lee, M. (2017). The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. Katherine Tegen Books.
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The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Author: Mackenzi Lee
Description: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy is an adventure story set in the 1800s about an asexual young woman who wants to become a scientist and explorer.
Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #historical #asexual
Citation: Lee, M. (2018). The lady’s guide to petticoats and piracy. Katherine Tegen Books.
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Elatsoe
Author: Darcie Little Badger
Description: Elatsoe is the story of a Lipan Apache asexual teen girl. She lives in an alternate version of America where Native and Indigenous magic, monsters, legends, and knowledge are always present. She works with her cousin and the ghost of her dog to solve the murder of your cousin.
Includes: #indigenous #lipanapache # apache #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #magic #asexual
Citation: Little Badger, Darcie. (2020). Elatsoe. Levine Querido.
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Tash Hearts Tolstoy
Author: Kathryn Ormsbee
Description: Tash Hearts Tolstoy is the story of an asexual teen girl who runs a web series retelling the story of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. When her web series gets amplified by someone famous signal boosts her series, she is quickly pushed into the limelight.
Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #asexual
Citation: Ormsbee, Kathryn. (2017). Tash Hearts Tolstoy. Simon & Schuster.
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Loveless
Author: Alice Oseman
Description: Loveless is the story of a teen girl who comes out as an aromantic asexual while attending her first year of university in England. With a cast of queer characters, the protagonist learns to accept herself for who she is.
Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #asexual #aromantic
Citation: Oseman, Alice. (2020). Loveless. Harper Collins Children’s Books.
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Radio Silence
Author: Alice Oseman
Description: Radio Silence is the story of a bisexual teen girl in rural England who has spent her whole life working towards getting accepted to her dream university. When she meets the demi-sexual boy who runs her favorite sci-fi audio drama podcast called Radio Silence, the two become fast friends and she begins to question whether or not she should keep pursuing academia or follower her secret dreams of being an artist.
Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #asexual
Citation: Oseman, Alice. (2016). Radio Silence. Harper Collins Children’s Books.
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