Category: Historical

• ‘Brute’- Fielding, Kim

  Brute leads a lonely life in a world where magic is commonplace. He is seven and a half feet of ugly, and of disreputable descent. No one, including Brute, expects him to be more than a laborer. But heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and when he is maimed while rescuing a prince, Brute’s…

  The Disability Archives

  14th Oct 2023

  Adult, Age, Amputee, Author, Blind, Book Type, Disability, F, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay, Genre, Historical, LGBTQ+, Novels, Physical Disability, Romance, Speech Disability, Stutter, Visual Disability

  Adult, Amputee, Blind, Fantasy, Fiction, Fictional Setting, Gay, Historical, LGBTQ+, M/M, Novel, Physical Disability, Romance, Speech Disability, Stand Alone, Stutter, Submitted Book, Visual Disability

• ‘Breath’- Napoli, Donna Jo

  Salz is a boy afflicted with cystic fibrosis — though in the Middle Ages in Saxony no one can identify it as such. Instead he is an outcast, living with his unfeeling father and superstitious brothers in a hovel outside Hameln. His grandmother has kept Salz alive by having him avoid the mead and beer…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Cystic Fibrosis, Disability, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, N, Novels, Physical Disability, Retelling, Young Adult

  Cystic Fibrosis, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Germany, Historical, Medieval Setting, Novel, Physical Disability, Retelling, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Young Adult

• ‘Disability Pride’- Mattlin, Ben

  An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose.…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, M, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Sociology

  Activism, American History, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Pride, History, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The ADA, USA

• ‘Black Bird, Blue Road’- Pasternack, Sofiya

  In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack, Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness–even facing the Angel of Death himself. Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Adventure, Age, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, Leprosy, Middle-Grade, Novels, P, Physical Disability, Terminal Illness

  Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Jewish Characters, Khazaria, Leprosy, Medieval Setting, Middle-Grade, Novel, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Terminal Illness, Turkic MC

• ‘The Bedlam Stacks’- Pulley, Natasha

  In 1859, ex–East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall with an injury that almost cost him his leg. When the India Office recruits him for an expedition to fetch quinine–essential for the treatment of malaria–from deep within Peru, he knows it’s a terrible idea; nearly every able-bodied expeditionary who’s made…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Cane User, Chronic Pain, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, LGBTQ+, Mobility Aid User, Mystery, Novels, P, Physical Disability, Queer

  Adult, Cane User, Chronic Pain, England, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Magic, Magical Realism, Mystery, Novel, Peru, Physical Disability, Queer, Queer-platonic, Series, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

• ‘Crip Kinship’- Kafai, Shayda

  The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to acknowledge the power and resilience of the disabled community, and to call out ableist culture wherever it appears. Crip Kinship explores the art activism…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, K, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Queer, Sociology

  Activism, American History, Art, Art History, Disability Activism, Disability Art, Disability History, Disability Justice, History, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sins Invalid, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘An Unseen Attraction’- Charles, K. J.

  A slow-burning romance and a chilling mystery bind two singular men in the suspenseful first book of a new Victorian series from K. J. Charles. Lodging-house keeper Clem Talleyfer prefers a quiet life. He’s happy with his hobbies, his work—and especially with his lodger Rowley Green, who becomes a friend over their long fireside evenings…

  The Disability Archives

  11th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Autism, Book Type, C, Contemporary, Disability, Dyspraxia, Fiction, Gay, Genre, Historical, LGBTQ+, Myopia, Mystery, Neurodivergent, Novels, Queer, Romance, Visual Disability

  Autism, Biracial MC, Contemporary, Dual POV, Dyspraxia, England, Fiction, Gay MC, Historical, Indian MC, Indian-English MC, LGBTQ+, M/M, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Neurodivergence, Novel, Queer, Romance, Series, Sins of the Cities, Submitted Book, Victorian London

• ‘Black Disability Politics’- Schalk, Sami

  In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have long engaged with disability as a political issue deeply tied to race and racism. She points out that this work has not…

  The Disability Archives

  11th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, S

  Academic, Activism, American History, Black Activism, Black Politics, Black Writer, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘All the Way to the Top’- Pimentel, Annette Bay

  Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in the Capitol Crawl in this autobiographical picture book. This is the story of a little girl who just wanted to go, even when others tried to stop her. Jennifer Keelan was determined to make a change―even if she was just a kid.…

  The Disability Archives

  9th Sep 2023

  A, Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, C, Cerebral Palsy, Childrens, Disability, Disability Aid User, Genre, Historical, Memoir, Mobility Aid User, Non-Fiction, P, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Wheelchair User

  Activism, Cerebral Palsy, Childrens, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Historical, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Politics, Social Issues, Submitted Book, The ADA, The Capitol Crawl, USA, Wheelchair User

• ‘A Disability History of the United States’- Nielsen, Kim E.

  The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability…

  The Disability Archives

  8th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., N, Non-Fiction, Sociology

  Academic, Activism, American History, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Eugenics, Feminsim, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Submitted Book, USA