Books With NO Romance and NO Sex

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8 participants (25 books)

Overview

I am desperate - desperate I say! - for books with no romance. No sex scenes. No stopping to stare at the way that girl's skirt wisps about her thighs or that guy's abs drip with machismo. I'm aromantic/asexual and I don't super care about books about coming out or discovering yourself - they're important but I went on that journey a decade ago! Now I just want to read about people fighting dragons and not making out with others in their free time. I hope to increase the number of books necessary as I find more qualifiers.

No POV character can be in or want to be in a romantic or sexual relationship. No romantic or sexual relationship can have a significant impact on the plot. They're just doing their thing. If anyone around them is canoodling it's far FAR in the background. (Implied/shipping potential is fine - but ONLY implied. A platonic reading must be possible.) Fiction only - Nonfiction is, quite literally, its own genre. Also, try to avoid kids books. They're kind of a given, and also I'm 30 and want to read about adults. 

Challenge Books

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Network Effect by Martha Wells

Network Effect

The Murderbot Diaries #5

Martha Wells

12 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien by Georges Simenon

The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien

Inspector Maigret #4

Georges Simenon

3 hours, 33 minutes • audio • 1931 user-added

fiction crime mystery mysterious reflective fast-paced
Третій візит до кафе на краю світу by John P. Strelecky

Третій візит до кафе на краю світу

The Why Café #1

John P. Strelecky

128 pages • hardcover • 2003

fiction philosophy psychology self help reflective medium-paced
YE by Guilherme Petreca

YE

Guilherme Petreca

176 pages • hardcover • 2018 user-added

fiction
The Vela: The Complete Season 1 by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang

The Vela: The Complete Season 1

The Vela #1

Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, S.L. Huang

12 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous fast-paced
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 2 by Hayao Miyazaki

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 2

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #5-7

Hayao Miyazaki

544 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction fantasy manga science fiction adventurous fast-paced
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 1 by Hayao Miyazaki

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Deluxe Edition 1

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind #1-4

Hayao Miyazaki

560 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction fantasy manga science fiction adventurous medium-paced
Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Sourdough

Robin Sloan

6 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2017 user-added

fiction contemporary literary magical realism funny lighthearted medium-paced
Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey

Dragonsinger

Dragonriders of Pern #4

Anne McCaffrey

240 pages • paperback • 1977

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous emotional fast-paced
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

Dragonsong

Dragonriders of Pern #3

Anne McCaffrey

176 pages • paperback • 1976

fiction science fiction adventurous medium-paced