London Ace Book Club
The London Ace Book Club is a monthly book club that reads and discusses books with asexual and aromantic themes. I’ve been going since the book club started in September 2022, and I manage to attend more months than not. It’s also where I met my partner; we bonded over our love of books.
Here’s a list of books I’ve read for Ace Book Club:
I Want to Be a Wall, by Hanami Shirono (July 2026)
A pleasant story about a lavender marriage that left little lasting impression.
Read 23 July. ★★★☆☆
The Teller of Small Fortunes, by Julie Leong (May 2026)
A cosy fantasy with two-dimensional characters.
Read 25 May. ★★★☆☆
Love Expanded, by Wren Burke (April 2026)
An intersection between ace/aro experiences and broader experiences of love and relationships; it’s a mix of queer theory and sociology.
Read 28 April. ★★★★★
Lord of the Empty Isles, by Jules Arbeaux (March 2026)
A young man seeking revenge realises he’s fighting the wrong person, in a space opera that explores grief and loss.
Read 22 March. ★★★★☆
Song of the Huntress, by Lucy Holland (February 2026)
A love triangle set against the backdrop of early Britain and an invasion of undead kings that’s slow to start but finishes with a bang.
Read 14 March. ★★★★☆
Common Bonds, edited by Claudie Arseneault, C.T. Callahan, B.R. Sanders and RoAnna Sylver (January 2026)
A mixed bag of speculative fiction about aromantic experiences that I wish I’d had more time to read.
Read 27 January. ★★★☆☆
Second Chances in New Port Stephen, by TJ Alexander (November 2025)
Read 25 November. ★★★☆☆
Compound Fracture, by Andrew Joseph White (October 2025)
Read 26 October. ★★★★☆
The End Crowns All, by Bea Fitzgerald (September 2025)
Read 21 September. ★★★★★
The Sound of Stars, by Alechia Dow (August 2025)
Read 25 August. ★★★☆☆
How You Get the Girl, by Anita Kelly (June 2025)
Read 24 June. ★★★★★
Don’t Let the Forest In, by CG Drews (April 2025)
Read 22 April. ★★★☆☆
The Heartbreak Bakery, by A.R. Capetta (March 2025)
Read 7 March. ★★★☆☆
Bury Your Gays, by Chuck Tingle (January 2025)
Read 28 January. ★★★★☆
Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (January 2025)
Read 28 January. ★★★★☆
The Meister of Decimen City, by Brenna Raney (November 2024)
Read 24 November. ★★★☆☆
Breasts and Eggs, by Mieko Kawakami (did not finish, July 2024)
Stopped 22 July.
She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan (June 2024)
Read 25 June. ★★★☆☆
Ending the Pursuit, by Michael Paramo (did not finish, April 2024)
Stopped 19 April.
How To Be a Normal Person, by TJ Klune (November 2023)
Read 30 March. ★★★☆☆
Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata (February 2024)
Read 27 February. ★★★★☆
Hopeless Aromantic, by Samantha Rendle (did not finish, January 2024)
Stopped 23 January.
Aces Wild, by Amanda DeWitt (October 2023)
Read 24 October. ★★★★☆
Gender Euphoria, by Maia Kobabe (August 2023)
Read 22 August. ★★★★☆
Beyond the Black Door, by A. M. Strickland (July 2023)
Read 25 July. ★★★☆☆
Once & Future, by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (June 2023)
Read 25 June. ★★★☆☆
Elatsoe, by Darcie Little Badger (April 2023)
Read 24 April. ★★★★★
Ace Voices, by Eris Young (did not finish, March 2023)
Stopped 27 March.
How to be Ace, by Rebecca Burgess (February 2023)
Read 26 February. ★★★☆☆
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, by Mackenzi Lee (January 2023)
Read 24 January. ★★★★☆
Asexual Fairy Tales, by Elizabeth Hopkinson (did not finish, November 2022)
Stopped 22 November.
Ace, by Angela Chen (October 2022)
Read 2 July. ★★★☆☆
Loveless, by Alice Oseman (September 2022)
Read 14 June. ★★★★★