Ableism Books

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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.44 — 18,110 ratings — published 2020
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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,945 ratings — published 2023
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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,228 ratings — published 2020
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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.31 — 25,989 ratings — published 2022
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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,531 ratings — published 2021
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A Kind of Spark A Kind of Spark (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.48 — 11,120 ratings — published 2020
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Hunchback Hunchback (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.35 — 19,891 ratings — published 2023
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Flowers for Algernon Flowers for Algernon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.24 — 826,578 ratings — published 1966
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Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,688 ratings — published 2024
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Out on a Limb (Out, #1) Out on a Limb (Out, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.23 — 197,503 ratings — published 2023
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Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.56 — 746 ratings — published 2017
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold) You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold)
by (shelved 4 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,028 ratings — published 2018
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All of Us Murderers All of Us Murderers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.72 — 9,236 ratings — published 2025
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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.18 — 719 ratings — published 2024
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The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.49 — 3,192 ratings — published 2023
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Where You See Yourself Where You See Yourself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,680 ratings — published 2023
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Some Desperate Glory Some Desperate Glory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.05 — 21,086 ratings — published 2023
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Blank Canvas (Irons and Works, #2) Blank Canvas (Irons and Works, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,645 ratings — published 2019
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I Hear the Sunspot, Vol. 1 (I Hear the Sunspot #1) I Hear the Sunspot, Vol. 1 (I Hear the Sunspot #1)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.24 — 10,782 ratings — published 2014
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The Words in My Hands The Words in My Hands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,610 ratings — published 2020
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I'm a Queerfeminist Cyborg, That's Okay. Gedankensammlung zu Anti/Ableismus I'm a Queerfeminist Cyborg, That's Okay. Gedankensammlung zu Anti/Ableismus (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.35 — 46 ratings — published 2018
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El Deafo El Deafo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.20 — 91,780 ratings — published 2014
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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,542 ratings — published 1999
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The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus #3) The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus #3)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,307 ratings — published 2025
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Upward Bound Upward Bound (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.03 — 9,713 ratings — published 2026
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King of the Neuro Verse King of the Neuro Verse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.89 — 396 ratings — published 2025
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Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.44 — 455 ratings — published 2019
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.32 — 270,154 ratings — published 2025
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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,562 ratings — published 2022
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The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise) The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.32 — 478 ratings — published
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Health Communism Health Communism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,051 ratings — published 2022
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It's All or Nothing, Vale It's All or Nothing, Vale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,133 ratings — published 2025
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Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,255 ratings — published 2023
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Some Like It Cold Some Like It Cold (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,324 ratings — published 2024
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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child Sincerely, Your Autistic Child (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,160 ratings — published 2021
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The Chance to Fly (The Chance to Fly, #1) The Chance to Fly (The Chance to Fly, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,325 ratings — published 2021
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You're So Amazing! You're So Amazing! (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.37 — 407 ratings — published
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Blindsight (Firefall, #1) Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.00 — 57,269 ratings — published 2006
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Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.41 — 410 ratings — published 2022
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A Mango-Shaped Space A Mango-Shaped Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.21 — 36,694 ratings — published 2005
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Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto) Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.35 — 918 ratings — published 2023
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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,832,309 ratings — published 2012
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Ableism in Education: Rethinking School Practices and Policies (Equity and Social Justice in Education) Ableism in Education: Rethinking School Practices and Policies (Equity and Social Justice in Education)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.03 — 59 ratings — published
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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,452 ratings — published 2024
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Conditions of a Heart Conditions of a Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.99 — 339 ratings — published 2024
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,012 ratings — published 2024
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.91 — 336,548 ratings — published 2023
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Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5) Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as ableism)
avg rating 3.82 — 24,294 ratings — published 2010
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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
“There's nothing wrong with wanting less pain or a different experience of it. There is nothing wrong with wanting to transform generations of passed down trauma. But, what gets more complicated is when those desires bleed into the ableist model of cure that's the only model most of us have for having more ease and less pain. That model and its harsh binary of successful and fixed or broken and fucked, is part of what contributes to suicidality and struggle in long-term survivors.”
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

Elle McNicoll
“Want to know the worst thing about being autistic? It's not the autism."
I throw the napkin down and push back my chair.
"It's people like you.”
Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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