Recs if you like El Deafo...

in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! we're starting with the colour green in the disability pride flag, which represents sensory disabilities. examples are deafness, blindness/HOH, hearing loss, etc. books within this series will be fiction and non fiction. as always feel free to recommend any book that you think should be on this list!

Graphic Medicine is… (an actual term) graphic novels, manga, comics, and visual representation engaging with health and healthcare - from health diagrams visual pamphlets to a graphic novel including health story or rep.

Note: I have NOT read all of these. It’s more a collection of a genre than intended as a recommendation. Do your research! :)

Mostly adult, YA, MG, and some other youth/ all ages titles

In-progress / updated over time Reccomendations welcome

We need more disabled characters in media so here's a bunch of examples of good representation

books written by disabled authors

Learning things with pictures ✨ this includes memoirs. Please let me know if you have any more suggestions 💕

These books either have a main character or main side character who's important to the plot with deaf and/or hard of hearing rep! 🙉👂🔕 I haven't read all of these, but I have read a good chunk, so I'm always happy to talk with anyone about them & recs are always appreciated! 💜

Books featuring deaf and/or hard of hearing (HOH) characters or people-across as many genres as possible.

fiction books with disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and mental illness representation (usually written by Own Voices authors).

I’ve combined these categories because I’ve found they have impacted my life in similar ways and a lot of books include overlap 💗

as a deaf person, i wanted to read more books by deaf writers! how good the book is has no impact, i just wanted to show all books by deaf writers!

non-fiction and fiction texts to learn more about deaf culture from deaf voices

recs in comments pls!

A variety of books recommended by a librarian (appropriate for students aged 11-16 as well).

This is a list of books for kids who need something to read! It ranges from 6-12 and included in here are all sorts of genres! Recommendations welcome. 😊( When there are series included on here, only the first book is added, this is the same for all my lists).

This list contains of single volume graphic novels and comics.

This list includes books written by Deaf authors.

A few excellent graphic novels for kids! These books are mostly for Ages 6-15, but some vary. Double-check first before recommending them to a kid, you don't want to accidentally give a book that's too hard to read for them. It's already hard enough to encourage their love for reading without making it harder than it has to be! But, these are all still very good for reluctant readers.

Everyone has a story, and some people get to tell them in a memoir.

Pair with "Level 5 – American History, Part 1" book.

Complete as of August 2026.

i'm profoundly deaf with a cochlear implant and don't sign but i always keep an eye out for books with deaf rep

what are graphics? graphic novels, comics, manga, manhwa etc. anything that uses images as the main storytelling feature.