Whether you’re here because you want to get involved in a-spec August 2020 (announcement post here!), or you just want some book reading recommendations featuring characters of all kinds across the a-spec spectrum ( from hoop to ace to demi and more), this post is meant to help everyone find a book that appeals to them, and that we hope they enjoy!
This list is divided into separate sections for each genre; clicking the links below will take you to the corresponding area of the list:
You are reading: Books with asexual characters
- contemporary
- fantasy
- science fiction (including space opera and dystopia)
- historical
- mystery / suspense
contemporary
technically, you started it by lana wood johnson
mc demisexual
when a question about a class project turns into an all-consuming conversation. Haley finds someone who is actually willing to listen to his strange doings and unusual obsessions, and Martin feels that Haley is the first person who really sees who he is.
camp by l.c. pink
demisexual sc; a-spec sc
randy kapplehoff loves spending the summer at camp outland, a camp for gay teens. It’s where she met her best friends. it’s where she takes the stage in the big musical. and it’s where he fell in love with hudson aaronson-lim, who has no idea he exists.
backwards of n.r. walker
asexual mcs on the page (sex positive)
hennessy lang moved to surry hills after splitting from her boyfriend. Being asexual doomed many of his romances, but he is determined to stay true to himself. Leaving his North Shore support group behind, he starts his own in Surry Hills. there, he meets jordan, his assistant for the first time.
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fantasy
lightning bringer (lightning bringer #1) by jordan ifueko
a-spec sc
In the global empire of aritsar, tarisai is sent to compete with others to be chosen as a member of the crown prince’s council of 11. but if he succeeds and wins the crown prince’s trust, he must kill him.
state of sadness (sadness #1) by melinda salisbury
a-spec sc
Pain rules the court of tears in place of her grief-crazed father, who has turned his once-beautiful lands into a memorial to the brother who died before she was born. But the enemies come closer and Pain must find a way to defend the country from her, or lose it.
While the secondary character of specification a (iris) is prominent in book one, her identity is not made clear until book two.
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science fiction (including space opera and dystopia)
to be shown if you’re lucky by becky chambers
esc asexual on the page
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ariadne is an astronaut on an extrasolar research ship. she and her crewmates sleep between worlds, waking up each time with different characteristics. her experience is one of fluid body and stable mind and a unique perspective on the passage of time. back on earth, society changes dramatically from decade to decade. a novel.
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historical
Dream Lair (The Fortune Tellers #2) by libba bray
a-spec mc
new york, 1927. the world knows the truth about fortune tellers, people with supernatural powers. but while people are distracted, a sleeping sickness takes over the city and mysterious deaths are taking place in the underground.
This book is the second in the fortune teller series, and you can’t read the second book without reading the first. also, the a-spec mc (ling chan) doesn’t appear until the second book and her identity isn’t made clear until the third book.
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mystery / suspense
additional master lists
- the asexual and aromantic characters database – claudie arsenault (author of queer sff focusing on platonic relationships)
- books with asexual main characters – quiet ya reads
- a love letter to 18 books with questioning, asexual and aromatic representation; you are valid – the quiet pond
- books with asexual/aromantic characters – chicago public library
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