9 Top disability books like The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia

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The Words in My Hands

By: Asphyxia

4.22

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Part coming of age, part call to action, this #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is an explorat…

If you liked the disability plot in The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. Empire State: A Love Story (or Not)

By: Jason Shiga

3.80

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy is a stereotypical geek who works at the library in Oakland, California, and is trapped in hi… read more

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2. You're Welcome, Universe

By: Whitney Gardner

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for t… read more

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3. Tone Deaf

By: Olivia Rivers

2.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

His world is music. Her world is silent. Ali Collins was a child prodigy destined to become one of … read more

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4. The Talk

By: Darrin Bell

4.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more

Similar categories in Darrin Bell's The Talk book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • coming of age
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5. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

Similar categories in Thien Pham's Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • family
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7. Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel

By: Gabby Rivera

4.07

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK! Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bron… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Rivera's Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. The Words in My Hands

By: Asphyxia

4.22

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Part coming of age, part call to action, this #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is an explorat… read more

Similar categories in Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • family
  • australia
  • disability
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9. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
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10. Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

By: Renee Hartman

4.01

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn ever… read more

Similar categories in Renee Hartman's Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • disability
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11. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life

By: Nyle DiMarco

4.25

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and Deaf culture anthem by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time… read more

Similar categories in Nyle DiMarco's Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • disability
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12. Brooms

By: Jasmine Walls

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Walls's Brooms book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • fiction
  • young adult
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13. Sugar Town Queens

By: Malla Nunn

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From LA Times Book Prize Award Winner and Edgar Award Nominee Malla Nunn comes a stunning portrait … read more

Similar categories in Malla Nunn's Sugar Town Queens book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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15. On the Bright Side

By: Anna Sortino

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A hopeful novel about love, disability, and the inevitability of change by the author of Give Me a … read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's On the Bright Side book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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16. The Secret Library

By: Kekla Magoon

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Travel through time with National Book Award Finalist Kekla Magoon in a page-turning fantasy advent… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Secret Library book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • science fiction
  • family
  • fiction
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17. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome

By: Ariel Henley

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it.At only eight months old, identical twin sis… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Henley's A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • coming of age
  • disability
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18. Social Queue

By: Kay Kerr

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Social Queue book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • young adult
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"

-Kay Kerr, Social Queue

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19. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's The Bletchley Riddle book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • fiction
  • young adult
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20. The Jump

By: Brittney Morris

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of SLAY and The Cost of Knowing comes an action-driven, high-octane “thri… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Morris's The Jump book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Unravel

By: Amelia Loken

3.88

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Marguerite knows her uncle doesn’t like her. True, she’s in line for the throne be… read more

Similar categories in Amelia Loken's Unravel book and Asphyxia's The Words in My Hands

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • disability

13 must-read fiction books like The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Isaac Blum

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel

Gabby Rivera

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Words in My Hands

Asphyxia

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Where You See Yourself

Claire Forrest

4.16

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14 best-selling fiction books like Social Queue by Kay Kerr

Transform Your Habits

The Truth Project

Dante Medema

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Amy Doak

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Sick Bay

Nova Weetman

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Completely Normal (and other lies)

Biffy James

4.14

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