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Best Books with Handicapped Hero
This is a list for good books for all ages that feature a handicapped, or disabled protagonist. Disabilities can be both mental and physical.
Hopefully these books can help to inspire people from all walks of life to overcome their personal challenges.
We encourage you to highlight the handicap in your comments.
Hopefully these books can help to inspire people from all walks of life to overcome their personal challenges.
We encourage you to highlight the handicap in your comments.
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Physical Therapy (St. Nacho's, #2)
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Z.A. Maxfield (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,015 ratings
score: 93,
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A Beautiful Mind
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4.13 avg rating — 134,594 ratings
score: 93,
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| 101 |
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Brute
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Kim Fielding (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 4,769 ratings
score: 93,
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A Cage of Butterflies
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3.63 avg rating — 425 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Equal Opportunities
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2.94 avg rating — 54 ratings
score: 92,
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| 105 |
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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
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4.19 avg rating — 15,533 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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| 105 |
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His Perfect Bride (The Brides of Paradise Ranch, #1)
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Merry Farmer (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 2,396 ratings
score: 92,
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| 105 |
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The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1-3)
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3.81 avg rating — 15,495 ratings
score: 92,
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| 105 |
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The Master's Plan
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LaVerne St. George (Goodreads Author)
4.59 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 92,
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| 110 |
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Breath
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Ruth Madison (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 685 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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| 110 |
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The Fatigue Artist
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3.49 avg rating — 139 ratings
score: 91,
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| 110 |
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High Horse Bastard (No Such Unit, #0.5)
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Kit Smart (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 129 ratings
score: 91,
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| 113 |
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Cutting for Stone
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Abraham Verghese (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 420,020 ratings
score: 90,
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| 113 |
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CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 16,780 ratings
score: 90,
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Meet My Boyfriend
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Willowy Whisper (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Other Voices, Other Rooms
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3.75 avg rating — 17,409 ratings
score: 89,
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| 116 |
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Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga, #11)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 18,373 ratings
score: 89,
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Duane's Depressed
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3.82 avg rating — 3,048 ratings
score: 88,
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| 118 |
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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 20,121 ratings
score: 88,
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The Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga, #5.3)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 5,522 ratings
score: 87,
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| 121 |
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Labyrinth (Vorkosigan Saga, #5.2)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 5,045 ratings
score: 86,
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Miles, Mystery, and Mayhem (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #3)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 3,925 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Miles Errant (Vorkosigan Omnibus, #4)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 4,322 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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| 124 |
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Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga, #5)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 19,136 ratings
score: 83,
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| 125 |
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Memory (Vorkosigan Saga, #10)
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 19,592 ratings
score: 82,
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| 126 |
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Rachel's Holiday (Walsh Family, #2)
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score: 81,
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The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, #1)
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Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 4,866 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Flowers for Algernon
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4.23 avg rating — 771,434 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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The Mountains of Mourning
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Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 8,950 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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I Can Jump Puddles
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3.91 avg rating — 2,851 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Jodie's Journey
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3.95 avg rating — 175 ratings
score: 76,
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Sep 09, 2012 07:34PM
Er, I actually haven't read any of these...
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Jared wrote: "Er, I actually haven't read any of these..."You should try one. Have you read any about people with disabilities? There really aren't that many out there.
Magila wrote: "Jared wrote: "Er, I actually haven't read any of these..."You should try one. Have you read any about people with disabilities? There really aren't that many out there."
More and more every day, though!
I added my favorites books with heroes who sustain different kind of impairments, but as they are for adults, I don't think they're suitable for children. Anyway they contain beautifuly inspiring stories.
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