Aspec Book Repository

How To Use

It is recommended to play around with the filters, trying out different combinations, to get a feel for how they work.Demographic, format, and status are all exclusive categories, meaning only one filter for each can be selected at a time. Selecting another filter automatically de-selects your previously selected one. To narrow your search, you can select one of each; for instance, if you wish to view all standalone novels for adults, you would select "adult", "novel", and "standalone."All of the other categories are not exclusive, meaning you can select more than one filter for each, and the results will be additive, not subtractive. For instance, selecting both "contemporary" and "historical" will show you all books tagged contemporary AND all books tagged historical.For genres, because the category is not exclusive, the second genre filters allow you to narrow your search of the main genres. Obviously, not all books can fall under just two genres, so I focused on picking the two that were most relevant. You can view the descriptions for additional information on other genres or story elements if there are any. At present, not all books have a secondary genre tag and can only be found under the main genre filters.For the "orientation" category, the aroace filters are for characters who are both. The asexual and aromantic filters are for characters who are ace and alloromantic or have a non-matching aro-spec identity, and who are aro and allosexual or have a non-matching ace-spec identity. For instance, a book featuring a demisexual aromantic character will be found under both the "aromantic" and "demi" filters.This means you will not find aroace characters by solely using the aromantic or asexual filters. Because these filters are additive, this is to make it easier to find characters via specific orientations; for instance if someone wanted to read books featuring aro but not ace characters or vice versa.For the moment, "demi" covers both demisexual and demiromantic, whether a character is both or only one. The same goes for the "gray-a" filter covering both gray-asexual and gray-aromantic. At present, there simply aren't enough for it to be meaningful to provide different filters for sexual and romantic orientation.The "multiple" filter is for books that contain more than one aspec character; the specific identities will be tagged if I can find them, but sometimes I can't, or the labels aren't specified, or there are too many. As such, some books can only be found under the "multiple" filter.The relationship category refers to romantic, sexual, and queerplatonic relationships, or an otherwise strong centralized platonic relationship. Thus searching these filters will not give you exclusively romantic/sexual relationships. The "nb" filter refers to any relationship that involves at least one non-binary character. "Menage" refers to relationships involving more than two people; interior pairings will also be tagged for, so a book featuring an M/F/F/NB relationship will be found under "menage", but also "m/f", "f/f", and "nb." The "none" filter does not imply there are no strong relationships, only that they are not centralized or could not be defined (I am still working out the kinks with this.)For the "other representation" category, these filters will apply for main characters or important secondary and supporting characters. For the purposes of this project, "disability" will largely refer to physical disabilities and "neurodivergent" will refer to mental illnesses and neurological disorders. By this metric, I have filed autistic characters under "neurodivergent." I understand that clear lines cannot always be drawn between these two labels and that there is often overlap; this demarcation has been made solely for the purpose of facilitating searching this database.