Any aro-related book recommendations?

[Helion]

I love reading, so it would be kind of cool to read something about aromanticsm. Please feel free to shower me with suggestions regardless of what I will say now, but I particularly feel like a book in which aromanticsm isn't the sole focus, with plenty of worldbuilding and all the fun stuff existing around it, too. I'd be happy alr if the book just had a protagonist with some aromantic themes for example. I'm also a big fan of anything related to fantasy, so that'd be cool, too, but as I said, you can suggest anything, I'd really appreciate it!

[hemogoblin]

This is a useful site for finding recs: https://lgbtqreads.com/representation/romantic-sexual-orientation/

As is the AroAce Database! https://www.aroacedatabase.com/results?search=aro

The only one I've read myself was the Market of Monsters trilogy, where the protagonists' aromanticism is definitely not the focus. I enjoyed the books, but they weren't the best I've ever read (good enough that I finished but not great enough that I'd read them again) and they do get really dark, which may or may not be your thing.

Edited November 3, 2023 by hemogoblin

[opal]

Definitely Loveless by Alice Oseman. It's one of my favorite books.

I also heard that A Lady's Guide to Piracy and Petticoats by Mackenzi Lee was a really good read, too. 

[Holmbo]

The Midnight bargain is fantasy with really interesting world building. One of the side characters is aromantic. There's a romance plot in the book though. But also a lot of the book is about the main character trying to avoid marriage so that she can keep practicing magic so it feels pretty aro themed overall.

[The Newest Fabled Creature]

Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity by the Ace and Aro Advocacy Project is a very good read. An introduction-like and guide book that maybe not a lot of Aspecs may need if they're already settled into their identity, but I found it amazing, especially since there's a lot of quotes and passages written in it are straight from random citizens who are Aspoec.