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
- 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
- Wicked Sweet by Chelsea Cameron
- Harmony by London Price
- Learning Curves by Ceilie Simkiss
- Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Fresh by Margot Wood (YA)
Male Protag
- Connection Error by Annabeth Albert
- The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (YA)
- Cafe con Lychee by Emery Lee (YA)
- In Pursuit Of… by Courtney Milan
Non-Binary Protag
- Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore (YA)
Agoraphobia
Female Protag
- *Forever is Now by Mariama J. Lockington (YA)
Male Protag
- Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley (YA)
Anxiety
Female Protag
- Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos (YA)
- Top Ten by Katie Cotugno (YA)
- Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry (YA)
- 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac (YA)
- How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby (MG)
- Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Male Protag
- Ziggy, Stardust & Me by James Brandon (YA)
- Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (YA)
- We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA)
- I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson
- The Hate Project by Kris Ripper
- The Golden Hour by Niki Smith (MG)
- As Far As You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper (YA)
- Golden Boys by Phil Stamper (YA)
- Counterpoint by Anna Zabo
Non-Binary Protag
- Whip Stir and Serve by Caitlyn Frost and Henry Drake
- Highway Bodies by Alison Evans (YA)
- Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (YA)
- Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster by Manka Kasha (PB)
Arthritis
- Nine of Swords, Reversed by Xan West
- Bound to the Monarchs by Brooke Winters
Asthma
Female Protag
- Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson (YA)
- Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
Male Protag
- Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
- Ziggy, Stardust & Me by James Brandon (YA)
Autism/ASD
Female Protag
- The Prince and Her Dreamer by Ennis Bashe
- Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale (memoir)
- “A Curse, a Kindness” by Corinne Duyvis in Unbroken
- The Outside by Ada Hoffman
*Additional books of note:
- On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis (YA)
- Even if We Break by Marieke Nijkamp (YA)
- Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West – T
- Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (YA)
Male Protag
- An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles
- Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan
- Grasmere Cottage Mystery by Dahlia Donovan
- Killer in the Mirror by Cole McCade
- The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish
- *The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes (YA)
- Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley (YA)
- Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sonderby
- The Lifeline Signal by RoAnna Sylver
- Human Enough by E.S. Yu
Non-Binary Protag
- Whip Stir and Serve by Caitlyn Frost and Henry Drake
- *The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg
- The Many Half-Filled Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor
- Ellen Outside the Lines by AJ Sass (MG)
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
- “Four-Point Affective Calibration” by Bogi Takács
- “Tenderness” by Xan West in Queerly Loving 2
Bipolar Disorder
Female Protag
- Girl on the Line by Faith Gardner (YA) (Amz)
- For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig (YA)
- Black Iris by Leah Raeder (LI)
- “The Ballad of Weary Daughters” by Kristine Wyllys in Unbroken
Blindness/Visual Impairment
- The Companion Contract by Solace Ames (limited sight)
Book of note: Run by Kody Keplinger
Borderline Personality Disorder
- Borderline by Mishell Baker
- Black Iris by Leah Raeder
Cerebral Palsy
- *The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown
- Just By Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
- *Love Letters to Joy by Melissa See (YA)
- Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (YA)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Origami Striptease by Peggy Munson
Chronic Pain/Illness
- The Submission Gift by Solace Ames
- It’s Always Been You by Elin Annalise (Endometriosis)
- My Heart to Find by Elin Annalise (Lyme Disease)
- “A Play in Many Parts” by Fox Benwell in Unbroken
- Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
- Maxx Neon by Lina Langley
- Even if We Break by Marieke Nijkamp (YA)
- Cam Girl by Elliot Wake w/a Leah Raeder
- Far From You by Tess Sharpe (YA)
- As I Descended by Robin Talley (YA)
Cyclothymia
- A Tiny Piece of Something Greater by Jude Sierra
Cystic Fibrosis
- Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (LI)
Deaf/HoH
- This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (YA) (LI)
- All in the Family by Q. Kelly
- Love Language by Reese Morrison
- Wild by Hannah Moskowitz (YA) (LI)
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (YA)
Depression
CW: Titles may include suicidal ideation, past or present, and self-harm
Female Protag
- Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans (YA)
- How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox (YA)
- How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby (MG)
- Scars by Cheryl Rainfield (YA) (tw: self-harm shown on cover)
- Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
- Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Male Protag
- This is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves (YA)
- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
- We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA)
- At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson (YA)
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (YA)
- The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg (YA)
- Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb (YA)
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (YA)
Non-Binary Protag
- Moonflower by Kacen Callender (MG)
- Power Surge by Sara Codair
Diabetes
- The Girls are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh
- Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West z”l
Dissociative Dysthymia
- Fortitude Smashed by Taylor Brooke
Dyslexia
- Tale of a Dragon Princess by Lizzie Colt
- Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
Dyspraxia
- An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles
Eating Disorder
Female Protag
- Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
- Far From Home by Lorelie Brown (Anorexia) (YA)
- Love & Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves (YA)
- Paperweight by Meg Haston (YA)
- Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks
- Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz (ED-NOS) (YA)
- “Neilah” by Hannah Moskowitz in It’s a Whole Spiel (YA)
Male Protag
- The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller (Anorexia) (YA)
- And They Lived by Steven Salvatore (YA)
- As Far As You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper (YA)
Non-Binary Protag
- And They Lived by Steven Salvatore
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Fight + Flight by Jules Machias (MG)
Epilepsy
- Only Love by Garrett Leigh
- The Unintentional Time Traveler by Everett Maroon
- *Lulu Sinagtala and the Tagalog Gods by Gail D. Villanueva
Fibromyalgia
- The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl
- Bound to the Monarchs by Brooke Winters
Hemophilia
- Risk Aware by Amelia C. Gormley
Limb Difference
Female Protag
- Borderline by Mishell Baker
- Tale of a Dragon Princess by Lizzie Colt
Male Protag
- Connection Error by Annabeth Albert
- Peter Darling by Austin Chant – T
- Sated by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Non-Binary Protag
- Long Macchiatos and Monsters by Alison Evans (also male LI)
- Highway Bodies by Alison Evans
Limp/Cane User
- “A Play in Many Parts” by Fox Benwell in Unbroken
- The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
- *Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore
- Their Troublesome Crush by Xan West z”l
- Just Business by Anna Zabo
Lyme Disease
- My Heart to Find by Elin Annalise
Multiple Sclerosis
- So Lucky by Nicola Griffith
- Gays of Our Lives by Kris Ripper
Mutism
- Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- My Heart to Find by Elin Annalise
- The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
- The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
- History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
Panic Disorder
- Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Paralysis
- Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Female Protag
- Tale of a Dragon Princess by Lizzie Colt
- The Queen of Dauphine Street by Thea de Salle
- How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox
- Poison Kiss by Ana Mardoll
- All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell
- Ask Me Again by E.J. Noyes
- Battle Scars by Meghan O’Brien
Male Protag
- Off Campus by AJ Cousins
- Only Love by Garrett Leigh
Non-Binary Protag
- Somebody Told Me by Mia Siegert (bigender)
Scoliosis
- Survival Rout by Ana Mardoll
Speech Impediment
- Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
- Sadie by Courtney Summers
Tourette’s
- Ethan, Who Loved Carter by Ryan Loveless
Wheelchair User
- “The Leap and the Fall” by Kayla Whaley in Unbroken
- “Old Rifts and Snowdrifts” by Kayla Whaley in Up All Night
