2019 Autistic Pride Readathon TBR

Becca from BeccasBookRealm is hosting an Autistic Pride Month readathon this April (#AutisticPrideReadathon) and this is my TBR! I like to have options for reading challenges, so I’m including four for each category. I am marking the books/stories with #ActuallyAutistic authors with two asterisks**.

These books lean to romance, YA and SFF as my reading does (esp romance). I am including some rereads because I often reread and I’d love to read some of these again with a particular eye for the autism representation. I am indicating that by putting the book in italics. Books and stories that are available in audio have an (A).

Note: All links to Amazon will be affiliate ones. If you buy through those links, I will make a small amount of money on that sale (which I plan to use to buy more books to review), but it will not add any to the cost of your product. It comes out of the company’s profits.

Here is the bingo card for the readathon!

Ownvoices Representation

• Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism by Autism Self Advocacy Network. edited by Elizabeth Bartness (non-fiction anthology)**
• Untouchable by Talia Hibbert (contemporary m/f romance novel)** (A)
• On the Edge of Gone by Corrine Duyvis (post apocalyptic YA novel)** (A)
• Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby (science fiction novel)**

Science Fiction or Fantasy

• Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray (YA science fiction novel) (A) (Note: Significant autistic character, not the MC)
• So You Want to be a Robot and Other Stories by A Merc Rustad (speculative fiction story collection)**
• “Difference of Opinion” by Meda Kahn (speculative fiction short story)** (A)
• A Rational Arrangement by L. Rowyn (speculative m/m/f polyamorous romance)

Romance

• At War with a Broken Heart by Dahlia Donovan (contemporary m/m/m romance novel)**
• A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert (contemporary m/f romance novel)** (A)
• An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles (historical m/m romance novel) (A)
• The Rules of Love by Cara Malone (contemporary f/f romance novel)

Indie or Self Published

• Tied Up by Sionna Fox (contemporary m/f romancel novel)
• What We Want by Eliott Griffen (contemporary m/m romance novella)**
• All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism by Autism Women’s Network, edited by Lydia X.Z. Brown, E. Ashkenazy, and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu (non-fiction anthology)**
• The Lifeline Signal by RoAnna Sylver (post-apocalyptic novel)**

Queer Author or Representation

• The Prince and Her Dreamer by Ennis Bashe (Nutcracker retelling f/enby romance novella)
• A Faire Encounter by A.M. Valenza (contemporary f/f romance novella)
• The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (YA fantasy novel) (A)
• The Book of How to Live by Rose Lemberg (fantasy novelette)**

By an Autistic Author without Autistic Rep

• An Unexpected Invitation by Ceillie Simkiss (fantasy novella)
• Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee (middle grade fantasy) (A)
• Snake Eyes by Hillary Monahan (urban fantasy novel)
• Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi (space opera f/f/f romance)

Short Story or Novella

• Whip, Stir and Serve by Caitlyn Frost and Henry Drake (contemporary m/demigirl romance novella)**
• “They Jump Through Fires” by Gabriela Santiago (horror short story)
• The Queen of Cups by Ren Basel (speculative fiction short story)**
• “Iwunen Interstellar Investigations (Prologue Season)” by Bogi Takács (novella-length science fiction web serial)**

Contemporary

• Single Player by Elia Winters (contemporary m/m romance)
• The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas (contemporary YA romance)**
• Can’t Escape Love by Alyssa Cole (contemporary m/f romance novella) (A)
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde (contemporary YA romance)** (A)

Author of Color

• Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai (contemporary m/f romance novel) (A)
• “Unauthorized Access” by An Owomoyela (science fiction short story) (A)
• Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X Stork (contemporary YA novel) (A)
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (science fiction novel)** (A)