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:

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  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. ★★★★★

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  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. ★★★★☆

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  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. ★★★★☆

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  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. ★★★☆☆

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  Second Chances in New Port Stephen, by TJ Alexander (November 2025)

  Read 25 November. ★★★☆☆

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  Compound Fracture, by Andrew Joseph White (October 2025)

  Read 26 October. ★★★★☆

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  The End Crowns All, by Bea Fitzgerald (September 2025)

  Read 21 September. ★★★★★

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  The Sound of Stars, by Alechia Dow (August 2025)

  Read 25 August. ★★★☆☆

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  How You Get the Girl, by Anita Kelly (June 2025)

  Read 24 June. ★★★★★

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  Don’t Let the Forest In, by CG Drews (April 2025)

  Read 22 April. ★★★☆☆

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  The Heartbreak Bakery, by A.R. Capetta (March 2025)

  Read 7 March. ★★★☆☆

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  Bury Your Gays, by Chuck Tingle (January 2025)

  Read 28 January. ★★★★☆

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  Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (January 2025)

  Read 28 January. ★★★★☆

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  The Meister of Decimen City, by Brenna Raney (November 2024)

  Read 24 November. ★★★☆☆

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  Breasts and Eggs, by Mieko Kawakami (did not finish, July 2024)

  Stopped 22 July.

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  She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan (June 2024)

  Read 25 June. ★★★☆☆

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  Ending the Pursuit, by Michael Paramo (did not finish, April 2024)

  Stopped 19 April.

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  How To Be a Normal Person, by TJ Klune (November 2023)

  Read 30 March. ★★★☆☆

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  Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata (February 2024)

  Read 27 February. ★★★★☆

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  Hopeless Aromantic, by Samantha Rendle (did not finish, January 2024)

  Stopped 23 January.

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  Aces Wild, by Amanda DeWitt (October 2023)

  Read 24 October. ★★★★☆

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  Gender Euphoria, by Maia Kobabe (August 2023)

  Read 22 August. ★★★★☆

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  Beyond the Black Door, by A. M. Strickland (July 2023)

  Read 25 July. ★★★☆☆

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  Once & Future, by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (June 2023)

  Read 25 June. ★★★☆☆

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  Elatsoe, by Darcie Little Badger (April 2023)

  Read 24 April. ★★★★★

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  Ace Voices, by Eris Young (did not finish, March 2023)

  Stopped 27 March.

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  How to be Ace, by Rebecca Burgess (February 2023)

  Read 26 February. ★★★☆☆

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  The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, by Mackenzi Lee (January 2023)

  Read 24 January. ★★★★☆

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  Asexual Fairy Tales, by Elizabeth Hopkinson (did not finish, November 2022)

  Stopped 22 November.

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  Ace, by Angela Chen (October 2022)

  Read 2 July. ★★★☆☆

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  Loveless, by Alice Oseman (September 2022)

  Read 14 June. ★★★★★