2021 and Beyond: Upcoming Ace and Aro Books

Because lists of 2021 upcoming ace and aro books already exist [Rosiee Thor's 2021 list (17 titles). Kristine Vitola's 2021 list (36 titles)], I've decided to highlight a handful coming in 2021 that I'm excited for, and then list any 2022 and 2023 titles I could find. 

Happy Reading!

2021

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria 

(February 2021) An aroace main character and a sentient automaton sidekick are off to rescue her brother. ARC Review

[Image: The cover of This Golden Flame. A spinning golden orb shedding tendrils and specks of light and reflecting either a room with a hanging bare lightbulb, or an outdoors space with a street lamp.]
[Image: The cover of  This Golden Flame. A spinning golden orb shedding tendrils and specks of light and reflecting either a room with a hanging bare lightbulb, or an outdoors space with a street lamp.] 


Common Bonds: An Aromantic Speculative Anthology 

 (April 2021) A collection of speculative short stories and poetry featuring the platonic relationships for aromantic characters. Goodreads 

[Image: (source) The "common bonds" title surrounded by vines.]
[Image: (source) The "common bonds" title surrounded by vines.]


In the Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland

(May 2021) Author of Beyond the Black Door brings us "a pansexual bloodmage reluctantly teams up with an undead spirit to start a rebellion among the living and the dead." Quote from Goodreads. Tweet confirming ace/enby rep.

[Image: Cover for In the Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland. A pale dark-haired woman in a sleeveless black dress. Her eyes are red-rimmed. She wears a gold crown. She's holding herself. A pattern of red flowers, leaves, and stems forms a large image of a skull with her face at its nose.]
[Image: Cover for In the Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland. A pale dark-haired woman in a sleeveless black dress. Her eyes are red-rimmed. She wears a gold crown. She's holding herself. A pattern of red flowers, leaves, and stems forms a large image of a skull with her face at its nose.]

A Beautiful Doom by Laura Pohl

(August 2021) "The Descendants meets Pretty little liars. ... This contemporary take on classic fairytales reimagines heroines as friends attending the same school. While investigating the murder of their best friend, they uncover connections to their ancient fairytale curses and attempt to forge their own fate before it's too late." Quote from Goodreads. Tweet confirming aroace protagonist and f/f romance.

[Image: The cover of A Beautiful Doom book one of the Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl. A red apple partially exploding against a black background.]

[Image: The cover of A Beautiful Doom book one of the Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl. A red apple partially exploding against a black background.]


Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows

(September 2021) "Bloody Spade is the first installment in an urban fantasy duology that follows a cat-eared thief and a spirited girl as they try to navigate his wild magic, her hotheaded brother, a sinister plot, and the feelings they're developing for each other."Quote from Goodreads. Tweet confirming gray-ace, bi/aromantic, and demi characters.

[Image: Cover of Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows. A faint background of a stormy purple sky. A masculine trim figure with cat ears has a large purple spade floating between their hands. Long ribbons are pulled in different directions from the figure's head as though by wind. There are two lines coming down from the figure's left eye, perhaps tears or a scar.]

2022

Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor

"In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy novel with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the social ladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes.
Flare is power." Quote from Goodreads. Tweet.

Forward March by Skye Quinlan

"When band geek/potential First Daughter Harper McKinley discovers that out and proud, drumline punk Margot Blanchard might be into her, she's forced to figure out if she even likes girls, if she might be asexual, and if a relationship with Margot is worth losing her best friend." Quote Source. Goodreads.

All Signs Point to Yes by Various Authors

"This YA anthology of love stories for each of the star signs will showcase BIPOC characters and celebrate the myriad facets of love, from meet-cutes to the lesser-explored love expressed by aromantic people." Quote Source. Goodreads.

2023

This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

The first book of a YA fantasy duology with an aroace main character. Described as Peaky Blinders time Scorpio Races with jewish mythology and "sciencey magic." Tweet


Reel Love by Nilah Magruder

A middle-grade graphic novel based on the author's own experience "follows 12-year-old Nilah, who goes on a summer trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains where she develops a passion for fishing, meets a boy, and learns there's no getting away from growing up and from facing her questions about identity and love." Article



[Image: (source) Black girl in colorful jacket with fishing pole that has caught "RHCB" logo.] 


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