Representation is so important! I love finding books that feature disability and chronic illness representation. Whether it's a cozy mystery or a steamy romance, I love seeing characters like me in the pages!
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Adult Fiction
YA Novels
KidLit
Nonfiction
Adult Fiction
Whether you like mysteries or small town romances, there's something here for everyone with a little representation for everybody!
A holiday romance with ME/CFS rep
The Matzah Ball: A Novel
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Rep in a romance
Tough Cookie: Fake Dating Small Town Romance
Fibromyalgia Representation
Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel
Fibromyalgia Representation with witches and a murder mystery
The Undetectables: First of the Series
A queer, dark academia with Fibro representation
The Grimrose Girls
Fibro representation in a romance
Always Only You
Ehlers Danlos Rep in a romance
Pack Up the Moon
A queer holiday fake-dating romance with Ehlers Danlos rep
Make You Mine This Christmas
A STEM romance with POTS and Mobility Aid rep
The Chemistry Test
Romance with POTS rep
Work It Out
A romantic mystery with POTS rep
My Heart to Find: An Aces in Love Romantic Mystery
Endometriosis rep
The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, 1)
Endometriosis representation
Conversations with Friends: A Novel
A queer romance with anxiety/depression rep
The Charm Offensive: A Novel
Depression representation
Weather Girl
Depression representation
The Stand-In
Autism representation
The Kiss Quotient
Migraine representation
Business Casual (Lovelight)
Migraine representation
Seven Days in June
Bipolar Disorder representation
More or Less Maddy: A Novel
YA Novels
YA novels that feature YA representation. This is a difficult area for chronic illness and disability rep, because so often we aren't diagnosed until later in life.
ME and post-viral illness rep
Not Quite a Ghost
ME Rep in a comic book form
Notes from a Sickbed
POTS rep
The Stars in My Heart
Queer and Endo rep
The Girls I've Been
Endometriosis rep
The Unexpected Consequence of Bleeding on Tuesday
Anxiety rep
Fangirl: A Novel
Depression representation
Radio Silence
Wheelchair rep
Roll with It
KidLit
Representation for kiddos is so important! This is where it all starts.
a book explaining migraines for kids
Migraine and Mia
Kid lit on the incredible journey of the first female to complete an Ironman competition.
The Girl Who Figured It Out: Wheelchair Athlete Minda Dentler
A kidlit story about doing things even when others tell you they can't be done.
Mighty Mara
The kidlit story of disability activism
Fighting for YES!: Story of Judith Heumann
A queer MG novel with EDS rep
Fight + Flight: Queer Middle Grade Novel
Nonfiction
Memoirs and academic studies with focuses on various chronic illnesses, disabilities, and women's health.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome representation
Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The Puzzle Solver: Scientist's Quest to Cure Son
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after a serious car accident
When Force Meets Fate: Mission to Solve Illness
wheelchair rep and advocacy
Sitting Pretty: View from My Resilient Disabled Body
A book that helps you recognize the symptoms of women's health disorders.
It's Not Hysteria: Your Reproductive Health
A fresh look at everything we know (or really, don't know) about women's health
All in Her Head: Truth & Lies in Women's Medicine
Another look at how medicine fails women
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis & Myth
The proof that women are overlooked and understudied in almost every area that affects our daily lives.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World for Men
Just another look at how women and people of color are being lost in the system
