I recently posted on this page asking for books to read for self love and acceptance. Someone suggested reading books with characters that are like me. Problem is that's very hard to find and very specific.
I'm specifically looking for characters who are autistic. That's a very big part of my identity.
Some more specific things I'm looking for in characters.
Religious trauma
Internalized homophobia
Lesbian (I already have so many sapphic books lol)
Depressed and anxious
Endometriosis
Agnostic
Writer
Homeschooled (Bonus points if they had to start homeschooling because they were bullied and harassed)
And then of course characters who were treated poorly their entire life. And also struggle with maintaining relationships and connecting with other people.
That's so much random info on me. I'm definitely deleting this later.
Any suggestions would help. Sorry for the long text.
by heyadoraX
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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin. It fits your lesbian, anxious and depressed, and agnostic criteria (though, ironically she winds up working for a church, but don’t be worried, there isn’t a religious conversion or anything).
Are you good with fantasy/scifi?
*Elemental Logic* series by Laurie J. Marks. Three queer couples (MC lesbian couple) fall in love during a time of war, magic, strife and rebuilding. Best fits your request, deals with all sorts of trauma, neurodiversity and different forms of infertility.
*Alpenia series* by Heather Rose Jones. An unlikely heiress falls in love with her female bodyguard and foments cultural and social revolution. Hits the societal internalized homophobia and religious issues notes, trauma and infertility.
*Inda* series by Sherewood Smith. Autistic male MC saves his best friend and country by being really good at strategy games. Not as good a fit overall, but still touches on all those issues with secondary female characters and queer rep.