Disability Reading Challenge 2021 - hosted by boneloose

Read a memoir, autobiography, or biography by or about a disabled person
Bonus points if they're a disabled activist, like Judy Heumann!
All books added
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

Diary of a Young Naturalist

Dara McAnulty

240 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

Haben Girma

7 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Hypermobilities by Ellen Samuels

Hypermobilities

Ellen Samuels

88 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Regeneration by Pat Barker

Regeneration

Regeneration #1

Pat Barker

256 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative slow-paced
Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story by Lindsey McDivitt

Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story

Lindsey McDivitt

32 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art biography emotional reflective slow-paced
Meaty: Essays by Samantha Irby

Meaty: Essays

Samantha Irby

252 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective fast-paced
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

The Story of My Life

Helen Keller

240 pages • first pub 1903 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Dumb: Living Without a Voice by Georgia Webber

Dumb: Living Without a Voice

Georgia Webber

196 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction comics memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Typed Words, Loud Voices by Melanie Yergeau, Amy Sequenzia, Elizabeth J. Grace

Typed Words, Loud Voices

Melanie Yergeau, Amy Sequenzia, Elizabeth J. Grace

148 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays health challenging informative medium-paced
The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me

Keah Brown

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced