I work in social services. I often read books centered around a main character with a disability. Here are some of the books that I have read over the years. I have also added some of the ones on my TBR list.
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (YA)
Song of the Whale (YA)
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Marie Semple
Sitting Pretty (Memoir)
Get A life, Chloe Brown and Act Your Age by Talia Hubbert
How Lucky by Will Leitch
The Insignificance Events in the Life of a Cactus (YA)
El Deafo by Cece Bell (YA and Graphic Novel)
Mean Baby by Selma Blair (memoir)
Rolling Warrier by Judith Heumann (Memoir)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Float Plan by Trish Doller (Not the main character)
Out of my Hert by Sharon Draper
Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper
I Am Not A Label (various biographies)
True Biz by Sara Novic
The Oracle Code by Manual Preitano (YA and Graphic Novel)
TBR pile:
Golem Girl by Riva lehrer
Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay (Memoir)
Haben by Haben Girma (Memoir)
What Doesn’t Kill You by Tessa Miller
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esme Weijun Wang
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samathan Irby
Disability Visibility by Alice Wang
Resistance & Hope (Essays)
The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
My Body Is Not a Prayer Request by Amy Kenny
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
Fish In A Tree by Lynda Millaly hunt (YA)
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Koker
You can read and discuss books by doing these # this month!
#Disablityreadsbookclub
#Disabilityreadathon