Books featuring characters who are neurodivergent or experience disability - Read 4 Life, from MultcolibLike this list

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• Death of the Author

  a Novel

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  After facing yet another novel rejection, Zelu, who uses a wheelchair, writes a blockbuster futuristic epic about AI and robots while experimenting with technology that could allow her to walk.

• The Ephemera Collector

  a Novel

  Jackson, Stacy Nathaniel,

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  In near-future Los Angeles, an archivist with long COVID who is aided by adaptive AI must protect the Diwata Collection, a vital archive of African-American history and culture, from a violent plot.

• Out on a Limb

  a Novel

  Bonam-Young, Hannah,

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  An accidental pregnancy after a one night stand brings together two people in an upbeat story.

• Soul Jar

  Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors

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  Too often, science fiction and fantasy stories erase—or cure—characters with disabilities. This collection features thirty-one stories by disabled authors. An insulin pump diverts an undead mob. An autistic teen sets out to discover the local…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Country of the Blind

  a Memoir at the End of Sight

  Leland, Andrew,

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  Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, the author, midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, explores the state of being that awaits him, not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, politics and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Against Technoableism

  Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

  Shew, Ashley, 1983-

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  A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.

• No Spring Chicken

  Stories and Advice From a Wild Handicapper on Aging and Disability

  Falk-Allen, Francine, 1947-

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  The author shares tips and stories about disability-oriented travel, how to “be with” and adapt to a handicapped or aging person, and simple assistive health care that can help us live our best and longest lives.

• After the Miracle

  the Political Crusades of Helen Keller

  Wallace, Max,

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  Most people know the story of the young Helen, but did you also know that she spoke out against Jim Crow, donated to the NAACP and used her fame to speak out against Hitler the month he took power in 1933. This book shows how Helen Keller found her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pretty One

  on Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me

  Brown, Keah,

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  Keah Brown started the #DisabledAndCute campaign and she writes about being Black, disabled, and finding her way to self-love.

• Sitting Pretty

  the View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

  Taussig, Rebekah,

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• Native Country of the Heart

  a Memoir

  Moraga, Cherríe,

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  An exploration of family and cultural legacies. the author describes her coming-of-age as a queer Mexican-American woman while caring for her mother, who spends her final years battling Alzheimer’s.

• The Music of Bees

  A Novel

  Garvin, Eileen

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  Three misfits come together in Hood River to dedicate themselves to keeping bees, and caring for one another.

• Get a Life, Chloe Brown

  a Novel

  Hibbert, Talia,

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  Chloe Brown has Fibromyalgia, and a whole list of things she wants to do to "get a life." Can she accept the love and support of Red and find her way to fulfillment?

• The Kissing of Kissing

  Poems

  Hannah, Emerson

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  This poetry collection is part of a literary series from Milkwood Publishing, written and curated by the neurodivergent.

• Whereabouts

  Lahiri, Jhumpa,

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  In this book first written in Italian and translated by the author, a woman roams the streets of her town, looking for connection, but unable to form deep ties to anyone.

• A Piece of the World

  a Novel

  Kline, Christina Baker, 1964-

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  Based on the woman depicted in Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World, this book tells the story of 46-year-old Christina Olson, who finds fulfillment despite a life proscribed by duty and disability.

• Date Me

  Beale, Kristin,

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• The Kiss Quotient

  Hoang, Helen,

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  A 30-year-old math whiz with Asperger's tries to make her love life as rich as her career by hiring an escort to help her learn about dating in this steamy romance.

• The Free

  a Novel

  Vlautin, Willy,

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  Three lives of three characters, a wounded 31-year-old Iraqi War veteran, a man trying to dig his way out of a financial crisis and a nurse--intersect as they search for meaning.

• Cursed

  Silverstein, Karol Ruth,

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  Ninth grade is hard enough, but with her parents' recent divorce and and a diagnosis of juvenile arthritis making things extra painful, Ricky has to find the ways to continue with school and life.