Disability/Neurodivergence

Because disabled, chronically ill, and/or neurodivergent queer rep is so rare, I’ve included “Additional books of note,” which are books by disabled and/or neurodivergent queer authors which feature both major queer/trans characters and disabled and/or neurodivergent characters, although queerness and disability/neurodivergence do not intersect in a single character.

Addiction

  • Constellations by Kate Glasheen (YA GN)
  • Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee
  • *A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
  • Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
  • Clean by Amy Reed (YA)
  • Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon
  • The Stagsblood Prince by Gideon E. Wood

ADHD

Female Protag

Male Protag

Non-Binary Protag

Agoraphobia

Female Protag

Male Protag

Anxiety

Female Protag

Male Protag

Non-Binary Protag

Arthritis

Asthma

Female Protag

Male Protag

Autism/ASD

Female Protag

*Additional books of note:

Male Protag

Non-Binary Protag

Bipolar Disorder

Female Protag

  • Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner (YA) (Amz)
  • For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig (YA)
  • *Cursebreakers by Madeleine Nakamura
  • Black Iris by Leah Raeder (LI)
  • “The Ballad of Weary Daughters” by Kristine Wyllys in Unbroken

Blindness/Visual Impairment

Book of note: Run by Kody Keplinger

Body Dysphoria

Borderline Personality Disorder

Cerebral Palsy

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Pain/Illness

Cyclothymia

Cystic Fibrosis

Deaf/HoH

Depression

CW: Titles may include suicidal ideation, past or present, and self-harm

Female Protag

  • Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
  • Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans (YA)
  • How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox (YA)
  • The Quiet and the Loud by Helena Fox (YA)
  • How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby (MG)
  • Scars by Cheryl Rainfield (YA) (tw: self-harm shown on cover)
  • Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds (MG)
  • Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
  • If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude
  • Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Male Protag

Non-Binary Protag

  • Moonflower by Kacen Callender (MG)
  • Power Surge by Sara Codair

Diabetes

Dissociative Dysthymia

Dyscalculia

  • These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

Dyslexia

Dyspraxia

  • An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles

Eating Disorder

Female Protag

Male Protag

Non-Binary Protag

  • And They Lived by Steven Salvatore

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Epilepsy

Fibromyalgia

Hemophilia

Irritable Bowel Disease

Limb Difference

Female Protag

Male Protag

Non-Binary Protag

Limp/Cane User

Lyme Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Mutism

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Panic Disorder

Paralysis

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Female Protag

Male Protag

Non-Binary Protag

Scoliosis

Speech Impediment

Tourette’s

Wheelchair User

  • “The Leap and the Fall” by Kayla Whaley in Unbroken
  • “Old Rifts and Snowdrifts” by Kayla Whaley in Up All Night

Queering up your shelf, one rec at a time!

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