Recs if you like The Cardigans...

Please let me know if there are any I should add.

Romance books featuring queer characters living with physical disabilities, mental health struggles, chronic illness, and/or neurodevelopmental conditions.

Note: If a series features the same MCs, I've only put the first book. If a series features different MCs, I've only listed the relevant book(s) in the series.

Be aware: list spans YA to erotica.

🚫 No "magical cure" tropes or "better dead than disabled" tropes welcome. No inspo porn.

Please leave any recs or concerns in the comments. 📝

This is an attempt to curate a directory of books that center queer, disabled and BIPOC experiences within the text itself by authors sharing the same experiences. It can include both fiction and non-fiction where these identities are meaningfully present and central to the narrative, themes, or subject matter. The goal is to create a space for discovering books that reflect all 3, Queer, Disabled & BIPOC.

(Find also on GR and Storygraph)

Book with main characters that are disabled. Both physical and mental included. Eg chronic/terminal illness, physical disabilities, mental illness, neurodivergance, addiction, injury and injury recovery, symptoms causing health issues etc. Doesn't have to be a diagnosed condition. Not necessarily by authors with shared experiences. Books any be any genre. Added only 1st book of series unless there are different characters.

Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments! No "magic cure" books.

Some books that have lgbtqia+ characters as mains solving mysteries (some of these are paranormal/fantasy) hehe

(+18)

Fiction books with Canadian places in the title.

(Sometimes the book is completely irrelevant to the actual Canadian place, but I'm having fun ok)

I’ve read a lot of not great KU titles. Here are ones worth reading.

LGBTQIA titles

Mystery books featuring at least one queer protagonist in law enforcement