The Asexual Library

Title: Beyond the Black Door

Author: A. M. Strickland

Pub Date: October 29th, 2019 

Genre: Dark Fantasy

Category: Young Adult

Queer Representation: Demi-Biromantic Asexual mc, Asexual li, Trans + Asexual sc 

Official Synopsis: Kamai was warned never to open the black door, but she didn't listen... Everyone has a soul. Some are beautiful gardens, others are frightening dungeons. Soulwalkers―like Kamai and her mother―can journey into other people's souls while they sleep. But no matter where Kamai visits, she sees the black door. It follows her into every soul, and her mother has told her to never, ever open it. When Kamai touches the door, it is warm and beating, like it has a pulse. When she puts her ear to it, she hears her own name whispered from the other side. And when tragedy strikes, Kamai does the unthinkable: she opens the door. A.M. Strickland's imaginative dark fantasy features court intrigue and romance, a main character coming to terms with her asexuality, and twists and turns as a seductive mystery unfolds that endangers not just Kamai's own soul, but the entire kingdom...

Title: Loveless

Author: Alice Oseman

Pub Date: July 9th, 2020 (UK), November 2nd, 2021 (US)

Genre: Contemporary

Category: Young Adult

Queer Representation: Asexual Aromantic MC, Gay Asexual sc, Bisexual Aromantic sc, Pansexual sc, Lesbian sc, side wlw pairing, queerplatonic relationship (term not used)

Official Synopsis: Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s sure she’ll find her person one day. As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia’s ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her ‘teenage dream’ is in sight. But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her – asexual, aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever. Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along? This wise, warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman on towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn’t limited to romance.

The Lost Coast by A. R. Capetta (YA, Speculative Fiction, Gray-Ace Rep)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (YA, Fiction, Demisexual Rep)

Belly Up by Eva Darrows (YA, Fiction, Demisexual Rep, Gray-Ace Rep)

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic (YA, Fiction, Demisexual Rep)

Now a Major Motion Picture by Cory McCarthy (YA, Fiction, Demisexual Rep)

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows (Adult, Speculative Fiction)

City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault (Adult, Speculative Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

Loveless by Alice Oseman (YA, Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (YA, Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

Mask of Shadows by Lindsay Miller (YA, Speculative Fiction)

If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann (YA, Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid (YA, Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

The King’s Name by Jo Walton (Adult, Speculative Fiction, includes Asexual Rep)

The Bone People by Keri Hulme (Adult, Fiction)

Perfect Rhythm by Jae (Adult, Fiction)

Loveless by Alice Oseman (YA, Fiction, includes Aromantic rep)

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijikamp (YA, Fiction)

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (YA, Fiction, includes Aromantic rep)

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (YA, Fiction)

If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann (YA, Fiction, includes Aromantic Rep)

This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin (YA, Fiction)

Rick by Alex Gino (Middle Grade, Fiction)

Vicious by V. E. Schwab (Adult, Speculative Fiction)

Vengeful by V. E. Schwab (Adult, Speculative Fiction)

City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault (Adult, Speculative Fiction, includes Aromantic Rep)

Asexual Fairy Tales by Elizabeth and Anna Hopkinson (Adult, Speculative Fiction)

Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver (Adult, Speculative Fiction)

Beyond the Black Door by A. M. Strickland (YA, Speculative Fiction)

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Aromantic Rep)

Elatsoe by Darci Little Badger (YA, Speculative Fiction)

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Aromantic Rep)

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (YA, Speculative Fiction)

Little Black Bird by Anna Kirchner (YA, Speculative Fiction)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (YA, Speculative Fiction)

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Aromantic Rep)

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (YA, Speculative Fiction, includes Aromantic Rep)

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (YA, Speculative Fiction)

Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid (YA, Fiction, includes Aromantic Rep)

All Out: The No-longer-secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages anthology (YA, Fiction)

Jughead by Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson (YA, Fiction)

Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody (YA, Speculative Fiction)

Quicksilver by R. J. Anderson (YA, Speculative Fiction)

The King’s Name by Jo Walton (Adult, Speculative Fiction, includes Aromantic Representation)

Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari (YA, Speculative Fiction)

How To Be a Normal Person by T. J. Klune (Adult, Fiction)

Upside Down by N. R. Walker (YA, Fiction)

Banner of the Damned by Sherwood Smith (Adult, Speculative Fiction)

Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (Middle Grade, Fiction)

Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner (YA, Fiction)

The Black Veins by Ashia Monet (YA, Speculative Fiction)

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

How To Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess

The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker

Vicious by V. E. Schwab (Adult, Asexual Rep)

Vengeful by V. E. Schwab (Adult, Asexual Rep)

City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault (Adult, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Asexual Fairy Tales by Elizabeth and Anna Hopkinson (Adult, Asexual Rep)

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows (Adult, Aromantic Rep)

Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver (Adult, Asexual Rep)

Beyond the Black Door by A. M. Strickland (YA, Asexual Rep)

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria (YA, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Elatsoe by Darci Little Badger (YA, Asexual Rep)

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie (YA, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (YA, Asexual Rep)

Little Black Bird by Anna Kirchner (YA, Asexual Rep)

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (YA, Asexual Rep)

Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno (YA, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (YA, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria (YA, Asexual Rep)

Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody (YA, Asexual Rep)

Mask of Shadows by Lindsay Miller (YA, Aromantic Rep)

The Lost Coast by A. R. Capetta (YA, Gray-Ace Rep)

Quicksilver by R. J. Anderson (YA, Asexual Rep)

The King’s Name by Jo Walton (Adult, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari (YA, Asexual Rep)

Banner of the Damned by Sherwood Smith (Adult, Asexual Rep)

The Black Veins by Ashia Monet (YA, Asexual Rep)

The Bone People by Keri Hulme (Adult, Asexual Rep)

Perfect Rhythm by Jae (Adult, Asexual Rep)

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (YA, Asexual Rep)

If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann (YA, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (YA, Demisexual Rep)

Loveless by Alice Oseman (YA Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijikamp (YA, Asexual Rep)

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (YA, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

This Song is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin (YA, Asexual Rep)

Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid (YA, Asexual Rep, Aromantic Rep)

All Out: The No-longer-secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages anthology (YA, Asexual Rep)

Jughead by Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson (YA, Asexual Rep)

Belly Up by Eva Darrows (YA, Demisexual Rep, Grey-Ace Rep)

Rick by Alex Gino (Middle Grade, Asexual Rep)

How To Be a Normal Person by T. J. Klune (Adult, Asexual Rep)

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic (YA, Demisexual Rep)

Upside Down by N. R. Walker (YA, Asexual Rep)

Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (Middle Grade, Asexual Rep)

Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner (YA, Asexual Rep)

Rick by Alex Gino (Asexual Rep, Fiction)

Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (Fiction, Asexual Rep)