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Disabled Protagonists for Adult Audiences

These fictional books for adults feature characters with disabilities.

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15 items

  • While training an epilepsy service dog, Evie and Jacob find love - both canine and human.
    Book, 2024New York : Dell Books, 2024. — FIC ADAMS, S.
  • Neurodivergent Influencers team up to boost their brands, and fall in love with each other in the process.
    Book, 2021Seattle : Montlake, [2021] — FIC YARDLEY, C.
  • A dancer and a disabled singer navigate a burgeoning relationship.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Alcove Press, 2024. — FIC DUTTON, J.
  • After a near-brush with death, a computer geek with fibromyalgia sets an ultimatum to improve her life.
    eBook, 2019New York : HarperCollins, 2019.
  • An autistic man makes falling in love his newest project, and meaningful hilarity ensues.
    eBook, 2013Scribner, 2013
  • A blind girl navigates World War II Paris in this epic story.
    Large Print, 2014Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014. — LT FIC DOERR, A.
  • A woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease—only to discover that each day brings a new way of living.
    Book, 2009New York : Pocket Books, 2009. — FIC GENOVA, L.
  • After suffering injuries from an attack, a boy visits his uncle to help him recover from a stroke. They make a shocking discovery and the investigation that follows changes his life.
    Audiobook CD, 2018New York, NY : Penguin Audio, [2018] — CD M FRENCH, T.
  • An autistic woman hires an escort to help her up her love life, but soon real sparks begin to fly.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2018New York : Jove, 2018.
  • A young man with Asperger's syndrome is obsessed with criminology and somehow ends up on trial for murder.
    Large Print, 2010Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2010. — LT FIC PICOULT, J.
  • A story through the eyes of the three sisters who have each been affected by a toxic waste runoff in their town, and are embracing their unique disabilities.
    Book, 2021New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — FIC FRANKEL, L.
  • Louisa Clark takes a job as a care-taker for a quadriplegic man and sparks fly.
    Book, 2012New York : Pamela Dorman Books, 2012. — FIC MOYES, J.
  • Two out of three of the Mitchell triplets have disabilities: When it looks like the chemical company that caused their disabilities plans to reopen, the sisters revolt.
    eBook, 2021New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
  • As a full moon rises over Melbourne, Australia, a young woman gets ready for a party. She is autistic, yet within her mind, she is whoever she wants to be.
    Book, 2020New York : Penguin Books, 2020. — FIC RYAN, M.
  • A man with cerebral palsy confronts his challenging relationships both with others and with himself.
    Book, 2022New York : Atria Books, 2022. — FIC O'CONNELL, R.