A Book That Makes Me Feel Seen

Boy Like Me by Simon James Green starts with Jamie discovering his identity through the pages of a library book. It is about the power of a library, and finding the right book at the right time.

We asked readers about a book that made them feel seen, just like Jamie in Boy Like Me. Our favourite response came from Lydia:

Loveless by Alice Oseman was the first book I read featuring an asexual protagonist and the book not only made me feel seen, but it touched me in a really deep way that I wasn’t expecting and had such a lasting impact on me. Especially as it’s British and set at university, mirroring my experience at the time! Asexuality is almost never represented in books and is often dismissed but it’s real and it can be so confusing, especially when there’s so little literature to refer to. That book was so important to me!