Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment

Description:

Explore expansive aromantic love and connection in stories across genres

These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance.

A high school matchmaker learns a lesson about love. A rebellious spaceship pilot defies his culture's compulsory coupling. A boy magically transforms banned romance novels into living dragons. A teen immune to romance, and the zombie virus, fights to survive the apocalypse. Being Aro is full of stories throughout real and imagined worlds that cross genres and disrupt the status quo.

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A Book Riot Most Anticipated Queer Book of 2026

"An impassioned anthology about aromantic teens that explores a range of experiences across varying genres." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The anthology proves with pizazz and shine how expansive platonic, familial, and self-love can be, and shows that aromantic protagonists belong in every type of story."
--Booklist, starred review

"Welcome aro representation exploring a wealth of complex worlds and identities."
--Kirkus Reviews

"A shining example of the spectrum of love, these 12 stories are each a powerful reminder that love and romance are not always the same thing." --School Library Journal

"A delightful and thought-provoking glimpse into kinds of love that are often overlooked." --School Library Journal

"Wide-ranging, deeply relatable, and bursting with emotional honesty, this anthology offers aro readers a home and gives everyone else a new lens for understanding. Being Aro is a love letter to every kind of love. Absolutely unforgettable."
--S.E. Anderson, author of the Starstruck Saga and Over the Moon

"An empowering collection of stories filled with heart, courage, and acceptance. Brimming with memorable characters and adventures that span across genres, this anthology expertly weaves together the shared experience of embracing your truest self."
--Akemi Dawn Bowman, critically-acclaimed author of The Infinity Courts

"A delightful exploration of aromantic characters, Being Aro is equal parts entertaining and heartwarming."
--Linsey Miller, author of That Devil, Ambition