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.
In the future, each round up will come at the end of the month, and will let you know about every book with disability representation that will release in the coming month (or at least all of them I can find! I spent hours scouring for releases, but I'm sure I won't always manage to catch every single one). This first one is a little different, since I didn't want to leave out all of the amazing January releases!
That all said--let's get into it!
January Releases
Title: The Holiday Switch by Torie Jean
Representation: endometriosis and adenomyosis
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 1, 2025
My Rating: 5 stars
Title: An Honored Vow (The Halfling Saga #4) by Melissa Blair
Representation: addiction, PTSD
Genre: Romantasy
Release Date: January 7, 2025
Title: For One Night Only by Jessica James
Representation: anxiety and panic disorder
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 7, 2025
Title: 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
Title: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Representation: paraplegia, wheelchair user, PTSD
Genre: Literary Fiction
Release Date: January 14, 2025
My Rating: 4 stars
Title: About the Boy by Leah Nicole Whitcomb
Representation: autism
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: January 14, 2025
Title: How to Survive This Fairytale by S.M. Hallow
Representation: mental illness, limb difference
Genre: Fantasy Horror
Release Date: January 16, 2025
Title: Secret Shadows by J.J. Otis
Representation: vision impairment
Genre: Romantasy
Release Date: January 17, 2025
Title: The Broposal by Sonora Reyes
Representation: autism
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 21, 2025
Title: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Representation: EDS (ehler's danlos syndrome), POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome)
Genre: Romatasy
Release Date: January 21, 2025
Title: The Man for You by Nikki Grant
Representation: depression, anxiety, reynaud's syndrome
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 23, 2025
Title: Artifice and Access (A Disability in Fantasy Anthology) edited by Ella T. Holmes
Representation: several
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: January 25, 2025
Title: Searching for a Valentine by Alice Dashwood
Representation: anxiety, PTSD
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 27, 2025
Title: 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
Title: A Merry Murderous Midwinter (The Skeleton Crew #3) by Dahlia Donovan
Representation: autism
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: January 31, 2025
Title: So Right by Abby Millsaps
Representation: PMDD (pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder)
Genre: Why Choose Romance
Release Date: January 31, 2025
February Releases
Title: 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
Title: Unloved by Peyton Corinne
Representation: dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 4, 2025
Title: Bless the Blood (A Cancer Memoir) by Walela Nehanda
Representation: leukemia
Genre: YA Poetry and Essay Collection
Release Date: February 6, 2025
Title: Can't Help Falling in Love by Mariah Ankenman
Representation: ADHD
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 13, 2025
Title: Setting Up Love by Rose Santoriello
Representation: endometriosis
Genre: Monster Romance
Release Date: February 14, 2025
Title: The Incident at Ingleton (Beau Monde Secrets) by Anne Rollins
Representation: migraines
Genre: Historical Romance
Release Date: February 20, 2025
Title: Guard & Guise (Faeted Hearts #2) by Laura Winter
Representation: chronic pain, chronic fatigue
Genre: Romantasy
Release Date: February 20, 2025
