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A Book Within a Book

Kaley
• Feb 19 2025

Upcoming Book Releases with Disability Representation

Hello and welcome to my Bindery! One of the things I am most excited to bring you are monthly round ups of upcoming book releases with disability, chronic illness, and mental illness representation. Disability representation has always been at the heart of my platform, and I thought this would be a great way to get these books onto people's radar.

January Releases

1. The Holiday Switch by Torie Jean

   • Representation: endometriosis and adenomyosis
   • Genre: Contemporary Romance
   • Release Date: January 1, 2025
   • My Rating: 5 stars

2. An Honored Vow (The Halfling Saga #4) by Melissa Blair

   • Representation: addiction, PTSD
   • Genre: Romantasy
   • Release Date: January 7, 2025

3. For One Night Only by Jessica James

   • Representation: anxiety and panic disorder
   • Genre: Contemporary Romance
   • Release Date: January 7, 2025

4. Once Smitten, Twice Shy by Chloe Liese

   • Representation: mixed connective tissue disorder, autism, celiac disease
   • Genre: Contemporary Romance
   • Release Date: January 14, 2025
   • My Rating: 4.5 stars

5. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

   • Representation: paraplegia, wheelchair user, PTSD
   • Genre: Literary Fiction
   • Release Date: January 14, 2025
   • My Rating: 4 stars

6. About the Boy by Leah Nicole Whitcomb

   • Representation: autism
   • Genre: YA Romance
   • Release Date: January 14, 2025

7. How to Survive This Fairytale by S.M. Hallow

   • Representation: mental illness, limb difference
   • Genre: Fantasy Horror
   • Release Date: January 16, 2025

8. Secret Shadows by J.J. Otis

   • Representation: vision impairment
   • Genre: Romantasy
   • Release Date: January 17, 2025

9. The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

   • Representation: autism
   • Genre: Contemporary Romance
   • Release Date: January 21, 2025

10. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

• Representation: EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome), POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
• Genre: Romantasy
• Release Date: January 21, 2025

11. The Man for You by Nikki Grant

• Representation: depression, anxiety, Reynaud's syndrome
• Genre: Contemporary Romance
• Release Date: January 23, 2025

12. Artifice and Access (A Disability in Fantasy Anthology) edited by Ella T. Holmes

• Representation: several
• Genre: Fantasy
• Release Date: January 25, 2025

13. Searching for a Valentine by Alice Dashwood

• Representation: anxiety, PTSD
• Genre: Contemporary Romance
• Release Date: January 27, 2025

14. Carving Shadows Into Gold (Forging Silver into Stars #2) by Brigid Kemmerer

• Representation: amputee, mobility aid user, PTSD
• Genre: YA Fantasy
• Release Date: January 28, 2025

15. A Merry Murderous Midwinter (The Skeleton Crew #3) by Dahlia Donovan

• Representation: autism
• Genre: Cozy Mystery
• Release Date: January 31, 2025

16. So Right by Abby Millsaps

• Representation: PMDD (Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder)
• Genre: Why Choose Romance
• Release Date: January 31, 2025

February Releases

1. Lilith Mason Takes on the Everlore (Wretched Daughters #2) by Wendolyn Baird

   • Representation: dysautonomia, depression, anxiety, c-PTSD
   • Genre: Fantasy
   • Release Date: February 1, 2025

2. Unloved by Peyton Corinne

   • Representation: dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD
   • Genre: Contemporary Romance
   • Release Date: February 4, 2025

3. Bless the Blood (A Cancer Memoir) by Walela Nehanda

   • Representation: leukemia
   • Genre: YA Poetry and Essay Collection
   • Release Date: February 6, 2025

4. Can't Help Falling in Love by Mariah Ankenman

   • Representation: ADHD
   • Genre: Contemporary Romance
   • Release Date: February 13, 2025

5. Setting Up Love by Rose Santoriello

   • Representation: endometriosis
   • Genre: Monster Romance
   • Release Date: February 14, 2025

6. The Incident at Ingleton (Beau Monde Secrets) by Anne Rollins

   • Representation: migraines
   • Genre: Historical Romance
   • Release Date: February 20, 2025

7. Guard & Guise (Faeted Hearts #2) by Laura Winter

   • Representation: chronic pain, chronic fatigue
   • Genre: Romantasy
   • Release Date: February 20, 2025