Disabilities & Differences in Adult Fiction
****Inclusion on this list is not necessarily vouching for the book as a good representation of disability.
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- The novel in disability studies about a sideshow family.
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
- Should autism be cured? Set in a not-too-distant future where autists are given special treatment for their abilities.
The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
- Carrie's fiance is paralyzed in an accident and she re-evaluates the relationship and her life.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- A first person look at autism, specifically Asperger's.
Blindness by Jose Saramago
- An entire city is slowly stricken with blindness except one woman.
Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin
- A teen girl, who happens to be a dwarf, starts at a performing arts high school and ends by hiding out at a seedy motel.
Beauty by Susan Wilson
- A love story about a man who is severely disfigured.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Not so much about "disability" as about being different in a way that other people perceive as needing to be fixed/cured.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- A developmentally disabled man takes part in an experiment to "make him smart."
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
- Not so much about "disability" as about taking something physically abnormal about one's self and creating an identity from it.
Crazy by Benjamin Lebert
- A partially paralyzed teen fictionalizes his life in this Catcher in the Rye rip-off.
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