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Biography/Memoir

Brady's Brilliance by Tara Soesbe
Being Huemann by Judith Huemann with Kristen Joiner
Beyond the Shunt by Samantha Lee Schmall
When I Grow up I Want To Be a Chair by Ryan Rae Harbuck
For Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family by Lou Ann Walker
Haben: The Deafbllind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law A Memoir by Haben Girma
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Goal Keeper: Memoir of Poet Peter Street
The Pretty One by Keah Brown
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum by Annie Kotowicz
Living in Two Worlds by Dylan Emmons
Strangers Assume my Girlfriend is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw
Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
Motherhood: Plot Twist by Aisling Finn
Neuromuscular by Hali M. Castro
Laughing at my Nightmare by Shane Burcaw
A Schizophrenic, Tapped & Skipped: Hope in the Midst of Madness by J. Mark Stacy
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me by Ellen Forney
The Only One by Wendy Moses
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nonfiction

Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau
Can You Hear me Now? by Tiffany Dawn Kohnen
Can You See Me Now? by Tiffany Dawn Kohnen

Historical Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Fantasy

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam
The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
To Cage a God by Elizabeth May
The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao
The Invisible College by Jeff Wheeler
No Rest for the Wicked by Naomi Valkyrie
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
The Fire Prophecy by Megan Linski & Alicia Rades
The Lost Legends by Cait Marie

Horror/dark fantasy

The Shadow Man by Amelia Cognet
The Lesser Remain by Melissa McPherson

literary fiction

All's Well by Mona Awad
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

realistic fiction

Gut Feelings by C.G. Moore
James Ticking Time Bomb by Tylia Flores
Vessel of Miracles by Loredana Rivers

Women's Fiction

Maybe She Will: A Novel by Gina Andrew
Everything Left Unsaid: A Short Story by Gina Andrew

contemporary romance

Curated: A Museum Love Story by Nellie Wilson
The Last Summer by Cait Marie
Always Only You by Cloe Liese
Cream and Punishment by Brianne Ritchie Cordova
Float Plan by Trish Doller
Stuck on the Slopes by Jessica Salina
Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
Ocean of Sun by Halli M. Castro
California Promises by Erin Spineto
Make Mine Sweet by Genny Carrick

Historical Romance

Pastiche by Celia Lake
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace

Romantic Fantasy/Paranormal Romance

The Rise of House Valdis by Naomi Valkyrie
A Soul to Heal by Opal Reyne
How to Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love by D.N. Bryn
Behooved by M. Stevenson

science fiction

Seven Devils by L.R. Lam and Elizabeth May
Redsight by Meredith Mooring
The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

mystery/thriller

The Maid by Nita Prose
Strike Out by Arleigh Jacobs

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