Featured Post: Disability Representation Rainbow Shelfie
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Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth!
It’s been a while since I (@LibraryOfDreaming) shared a rainbow #DisabilityReads shelfie! It’s grown even bigger since I last showed it off and yet there are still so many wonderful books I can’t fit!
This my favorite part of my home library. To the best of my knowledge, each book is by a disabled author based on personal experience with disability. I tried to only feature one book per author but realized as I was writing this post I failed at this… Multiple times. Oops! Can you spot the repeats? Narrowing my collection down to just three shelves was painful.
There’s so much beauty and disability love here that I’m proud to show off on my shelves. This is an ever evolving project for me. I love it so much, but I’m always buying and reading more books that I can’t begin to fit here. I feel so lucky that there are more books with disability representation written by disabled authors than I could ever fit on these shelves. These few are just a little taste of the wonderful diversity of stories in the book world!
Out of 94 books on these shelves, I’m proud to say I’ve read all but 4 of them. Still on my tbr: Inheritance of Scars by @CrystalsWriting (YA fantasy with Crohn’s disease rep), If Only You by @Chloe_Liese (adult romance with autism & celiac disease rep), Denof Liars by @JessicaOlson123 (YA fantasy with strabismic amblyopia rep), Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood (literary fiction with Long COVID rep).
What book catches your eye first from these shelves? Comment below and I’ll chat with you about it!
Also, don’t forget that the Chronically Iconic Book Club is discussing It’s All In Your Head by @NordqvistBooks this weekend! Let me know if you’d like to join us.
Our next read in September will be under the theme “Written by a Black author” so if you have any suggestions, please send your nominations my way!
P.S. The song in the video is by the fabulous @LachiMusicwhose memoir is in the purple section! I love featuring disability rep in every medium.
Full book list:
Purple:
Guts by @GoRaina (MG graphic novel with anxiety/ibs rep)
The Loudest Silence by @SlangWrites (YA contemporary with Hard-of-Hearing/Deaf rep)
One in a Million by @ClaireLordon (graphic novel with Cushing’s Disease rep)
Brave Enough by @AuthorKatiGardner (YA contemporary with cancer and addiction rep)
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by @AlechiaDow (YA fantasy with bipolar rep)
Articulate by @RachelRKolb (memoir by a Deaf writer)
I Identify as Blind by @LachiMusic (memoir by a blind musician with ADHD and OCD)
The Weight of Our Sky by @Hanna.Alkaf (middle grade historical fiction with OCD rep)
Fair as a Star by @MimiMatthewsesq (historical romance with depression rep)
Something More by @JackieKhalilieh (YA contemporary with autism rep)
On the Bright Side by @AnnakSortino (YA romance with Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing and MS rep)
Sprayed edge: Behooved by @MStevensonBooks (Adult romantasy with undiagnosed celiac disease rep)
Blue:
Social Queue by @KayKerr_(YA contemporary with autism rep)
The Future is Disabled by @Thellpsx (nonfiction about chronic illness, autism, PTSD, and more)
A Face for Picasso by @ArielHenley (memoir with Crouzon syndrome rep)
Survival and Other Surprises by Casper E. Falls (poetry with chronic illness/long COVID rep)
All’s Well by @Misss_Read (adult speculative horror with chronic pain rep)
Sprayed edge: The Moth Girl by @ShakierAnthem
(YA magical realism with lupus rep)
Inheritance of Scars by @CrystalsWriting (YA fantasy with Crohn’s disease rep)
These Vengeful Gods by @TheGabeCole (YA fantasy with rheumatoid arthritis rep)
The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by @Mo_Netz (MG mystery with wheelchair user rep)
Conditions of a Heart by @BethanyMangle (YA romance with EDS and POTS rep)
An Unkindness of Ghosts by @Rivers.Solomon (adult sci-fi with autism, PTSD, and chronic pain rep)
Breathing Underwater by @AbbeyNashBooks (YA contemporary with epilepsy rep)
Call Us What We Carry by @AmandascGorman (poetry collection by an author w/ processing disorder & speech impediment)
Icarus by @K.Ancrum (YA contemporary with EDS rep)
The Speed of Light by @ElissaGrossellDickey (adult suspense with MS rep)
Everyone’s Got Something by @Everyones.Got.Something (MG fiction with celiac disease rep)
Sick Kids in Love by @NavyBlueMoskowitz (YA romance with arthritis & Gaucher disease rep)
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA magical realism with ADHD & dyslexia representation)
Every Time You Go Away by @AbigailJohnsonYA (YA romance w/ wheelchair user rep)
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through A Straw by @EddieNdopu (memoir by an activist with spinal muscular atrophy)
Casting April by @WendyLuWrites (MG contemporary with bilateral vocal cord paralysis & tracheostomy rep)
Tidespeaker by @SadieTurnerAuthor (YA fantasy with undiagnosed/unnamed autism rep)
Higher Magic by @CannFloyd (adult fantasy with anxiety rep)
Sprayed edge: A Dance of Lies by @Brittney.Arena (Adult fantasy with chronic illness/POTS/EDS rep)
Blue to Green:
Cross the Line by @SimoneSoltani (adult romance with EDS rep)
Body Friend by @KatherineBrabon (adult literary fiction with chronic illness rep)
Artifice & Access (YA fantasy anthology by a variety of authors including @EllaT.Holmes, @AshInTheAshes, & @HarperKinsleyAuthor)
Crip Kinship by @ShaydaKafai (nonfiction about a variety of disabilities & the @SinsInvalid project)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by @TaliaHibbert (adult romance with fibromyalgia rep)
The Sound of Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (nonfiction with chronic illness/Lyme disease rep)
The Chemistry Test by @GeorginaFrankieBooks (adult romance with POTS and EDS rep)
In the Field Between Us by @MMccullyBrown & @Suze0229 (poetry collection about physical disability)
Reasons to Hate Me by @Metallowrites (YA contemporary with autism rep)
Green:
I Feel Awful, Thanks by @LaraPickle(graphic novel with anxiety & depression rep)
Eliza and Her Monsters by @ChessieZappia (YA contemporary with anxiety rep)
The Recovery Run by @Melissa_Whitneyauthor (adult romance with blind MC)
Joined at the Joints by @TheMarissaE (YA romance with arthritis rep)
Get Real, Chloe Torres by @CrystalWrote (YA contemporary with ADHD rep)
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by @NatalieKelda (historical fantasy with long COVID/chronic illness rep)
All the Noise at Once by @DeAndraWrites (YA contemporary with autism rep)
The Hollow Half by @SarahAzizaWrite (adult memoir with eating disorder rep)
Accidental Demons by @ClareWonders (MG fantasy with diabetes rep)
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by @RosiesRambles (YA fantasy with anxiety rep)
Yellow:
Sprayed edge: A Daughter of the Trolls by @MckenzieCatron(YA fantasy with wheelchair user rep)
The Year by Life Went Down the Toilet by @JakeWhosASillyGoose (MG contemporary with Crohn’s disease rep)
Light a Single Candle by Beverly Butler (YA classic with blind MC)
Diary of a Young Naturalist by @Dara_Mcanulty (nonfiction with autism rep)
Sitting Pretty by @Sitting_Pretty (nonfiction with physical disability & wheelchair user rep)
The Hill We Climb by @AmandascGorman (poetry collection by an author w/ processing disorder & speech impediment)
Please Read This Leaflet Carefully by @KarenHavelin (literary fiction with endometriosis rep)
Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong (memoir by an author with spinal muscular atrophy)
Mother Tongue by @PhotoNovic (memoir by a Deaf author)
Orange:
Try Your Worst by @ChatGreenfield (YA romance with depression and EDS rep)
If We Survive This by @Blonde_With_A_Book (YA horror with OCD rep)
Right as Rain by @TashieBhuiyan (YA magical realism with depression rep)
Ravishing by @EshaniSurya (literary fiction with ulcerative colitis rep)
If Only You by @Chloe_Liese (adult romance with autism & celiac disease rep)
Sad Girl Hours by @AnnaZoeQuirke (YA romance with seasonal affective disorder, POTS, & autism rep)
Nowhere Girl by @CCiccone (memoir with ADHD rep)
Sprayed edge: Letter To The Luminous Deep by @SylvieCathrall (adult sci-fi with OCD rep)
Red:
Heavy by @KieseLaymon (memoir with addiction & eating disorder rep)
For a Muse of Fire by @Heidi.Heilig (YA fantasy with bipolar rep)
An Eye for an I by James Francisco Bonilla (memoir by a blind author)
Mooncakes by @Suzusaur& @ArtOfWendyXu (fantasy graphic novel with Deaf/Hard of Hearing rep)
These Bodies Ain’t Broken edited by @MadelineTheAuthor (YA horror anthology featuring a variety of disabilities)
Haben by @HabenGirma (memoir by a Deafblind author)
King of the Neuroverse by @IdrisGoodwin (YA novel in verse with ADHD rep)
Seven Days in June by @TiaWilliamsWrites (adult romance with migraine rep)
Pink:
Breathe And Count Back From Ten by @NataliaSylv (YA contemporary with hip dysplasia rep)
The Bridge Back to You by @RissMNeilson (adult romance with OCD, ADHD, & endo rep)
Finding Gene Kelly by @AuthorTorieJean (adult romance with endometriosis rep)
The Unexpected Consequence of Bleeding on a Tuesday by @KelseyBToney (YA contemporary with endometriosis rep)
Love Letters for Joy by @MelissaSeeWrites (YA romance with cerebral palsy rep)
According to Plan by @ByCRandall (YA romance with ADHD rep)
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by @TaliaHibbert (YA romance with OCD rep)
It’s All in Your Head by @NordqvistBooks (adult romance with POTS, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, & chronic pain rep)
The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by @SonidoReyes (YA contemporary with bipolar rep)
A Prayer for Vengeance by @SchwartzWords (YA fantasy with autism rep)
Sprayed edge: Princess Knight by @CaitsBooks (adult fantasy with undiagnosed autism & chronic pain rep)
Black to white:
Real When I'm With You by @LucyTheReader (YA romance with autism rep)
Den of Liars by @JessicaOlson123 (YA fantasy with strabismic amblyopia rep)
Being Heumann by Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner (memoir by author with polio)
The Girl Who Wasn’t There by @PennyJoelson (YA suspense with Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome rep)
Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood (literary fiction with Long COVID rep)
The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde (memoir/essay collection by an author who had breast cancer)
The Bone Houses by @Em_Llojo (YA horror fantasy with arthritis/chronic pain rep)
The Labyrinth’s Archivist by Day Al-Mohamed (scifi novella with a blind MC)
One for All by @LillieLainoff (YA historical fiction with POTS rep)
The Whispering Dark by @KayayDrew (YA fantasy horror with Deaf/Hard of Hearing rep)
Places I’ve Taken My Body by @MMccullyBrown (essay collection by an author with cerebral palsy)
Owning It edited by @jenvcampbell & @thecatchpoles (nonfiction anthology with a variety of disabilities)
Turtles All the Way Down by @JohnGreenWritesBooks (YA contemporary with OCD rep)