Books to Read this Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (2025)

Happy Aromantic Awareness Week! To celebrate, we've put together a list of books that feature characters on the aromantic spectrum.

The definition of aromantic is experiencing little or no romantic attraction and, as with many sexualities, is aided by a spectrum.

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Contemporary

• A Milky Way Home by Hsinju Chen | romance with a demiro ace FMC & demiro pan transmasc MC

• An Unexpected Harvest by Erin Kinsella | sapphic romance with a demiro pan FMC and lesbian MC

• Christmas Angel by Alex Silver | romance with a transmasc non-binary MC

• Covington Acres by Riley Hart | achillean romance with a demiro & bi awakening

• Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao | YA with an aroace FMC & non-binary MC

• Loveless by Alice Oseman | YA with aroace awakening

• Recipe for Confidence by Samantha Picaro | aroace rep with an autistic MC

• Rivals with Benefits by Alix Nicoud | sapphic erotica with bi & aro non-binary lesbian MCs

• Second Chance by Chelsea M. Cameron | sapphic romance

• She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki | lesbian romance manga with a demiro FMC

• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman | YA with an aroace MC & mental health rep

• Syncopation by Anna Zabo | achillean rockstar romance with a pan aro MC

• Take Me To Your Nerdy Leader by Hailey Gonzales | YA with an aro FMC

• The Butler by Anastasia Cole | achillean erotica with gay and aro MCs & anxiety rep

• The Loudest Silence by Sydney Langford | YA with an aroace MMC & deaf bi FMC; anxiety rep

• The Trouble by Daria Defore | achillean romance with aro MMCs

• We Go Forward by Alison Evans | aroace & plus size characters

  
  

Historical

• Best Foot Forward by Celia Lake | fantasy with an aroace character

• Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall | aro bi FMC and a gay MMC

• The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee | YA with an aroace FMC

• Where Cannons Roar by R.W. Winton | an aroace character

Horror/Thriller

• Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White | YA thriller with arospec gay/bi-questioning trans MMC & a non-binary platonic LI

• My Lord by L.B. Shimaira | erotic gothic horror with a demiro MMC and bi, pan, polyam, and aro rep (revealed in other book)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

• A Designer Magick by Fox N. Locke | fantasy with an aroace non-binary character

• An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows | portal fantasy with an aro, polyam character

• Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace | YA SFF with an aro/ace MC (not specified in the book)

• A Stage Over Ruthless Stars by J.J. Clapton | YA sci-fi with chronic illness rep

• Baker Thief by Claudie Arsenault | urban fantasy with aroace MCs

• Beyond the Paladin Door by Sam Saylett | paranormal fantasy

• Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor | YA fantasy with a demiro bi FMC

• Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon | YA fantasy with demiro, non-binary, trans, & Indigenous rep

• In the Care of Magic by Robin Jo Margaret | monster erotica with a plus size bi FMC & aro agender demon

• In the Jaws of an Oak by Emryn Bird | erotic fantasy with an aro FMC

• I Think of You Often by Sienna Egler | witchy romance with why choose nb/nb/f & demiro rep

• Royal Rescue by A. Alex Logan | YA fantasy with an aroace MMC

• Stars and Soil by Dax Murray | fantasy with a bi MC, non-binary sapphic rep, a queer normative world, & diverse side characters

• Strange Worlds by Hailey Gonzalez | YA fantasy with an aroace MMC

• The Bruising of Qilwar by Naseem Jamnia | fantasy with an aroace non-binary MC set in a queer normative, Persian-inspired world

• The Endless Sea Between Us by Lucy Mason | fantasy with a demiro/ace lesbian FMC

• The Faerie Godmother's Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle | high fantasy with a lesbian & aroace MCs

• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl | YA sci-fi/dystopia with a bi aro MC

• The Map and the Territory by A.M. Tuomala | fantasy with an aroace character

• The Wolf Among the Wild Hunt by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor | fantasy/horror with non-binary and aro/ace characters

• Until the Last Petal Falls by Viano Oniomoh | fantasy aroace Nigerian MMCs

• Werecockroach by Polenth Blake | sci-fi with an aroace agender MC

• Yelen & Yelena by C.M. Rosens | dark fantasy with an aro bi MMC

Non-fiction

• Ace & Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project

• Ace Voices: What it Means to be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi, or Grey-Ace by Eris Young

• Amazing Ace, Awesome Aro: An Illustrated Exploration by Victoria Barron

• Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism by Samantha Rendle

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Abbreviations & Definitions

achillean - books that feature men loving other men or non-binary characters

aro - aromantic

arospec - a person who is on the aromantic spectrum

ace - asexual | experiencing little or no sexual attraction

bi - bisexual

demiro - demiromantic | experiencing romantic feelings only after developing a strong emotional connection

LI - love interest

MC - main character

MMC - male main character

polyam - polyamorous | engaging in multiple consensual relationships at once either separately or together

pan - pansexual

FMC - female main character

rep - representation

sapphic - books that feature women loving other women or non-binary characters

SFF - science fiction/fantasy

transmasc - transmasculine | a trans or gender queer person who is or expresses themself as masculine