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Books with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Characters

Updated: Apr 3

I do have a list on my regular site, but sometimes a blog post is also needed.


This is a list of books that have d/Deaf and/or Hard-of-Hearing characters OR books that are written by d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing authors. The book titles are italicized. Books that I have read are in bold text. The rest are on my list to read.


Please note how I am using the asterisks:

* Written by a Deaf / Hard-of-Hearing author

** Written by an ASL interpreter OR hearing author that has a D/HH family member


Children's Books

  1. The Silent Sunset by Mike Dorsey*

  2. My Monster Truck Goes Everywhere with Me by Kathleen Marcath**

  3. I'm Deaf and that's Okay by Emily Bisby*

  4. Sign About book collection by Anthony Lewis

  • Sign About Meal Time, Sign About Play Time, Sign About Getting Ready

  1. BOY by Phil Cummings

  2. Mara Hears in Style by Terri Clemmons

  3. My Hearing, My Way by Dr. Stacey Armas**

  4. Mila Gets Her Super-Ears by Ashley Machovec**

  5. Dancing Hands: A Story of Friendship in Filipino Sign Language by Joanna Que and Charina Marquez

  6. Mighty Mila by Katie Petruzziello**

  7. Daisy Doo: All the Sounds She Knew by Daisy Kent*

  8. My Deaf Friend Can Do Anything You Can Do by Tanesha Ausby**

  9. Listen by Shannon Stocker

  10. Gracie's Ears by Debbie Blackington

  11. Dachy's Deaf by Jack Hughes

  12. I am Deaf by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos and Maria Fabrega

  13. Deafinitely Awesome: The Story of Acorn  by Timy Sullivan as told by Mary L. Motley

  14. All the Ways I Hear You by Stephanie Marrufo**

  15. I DEAF-initely Can: Rhett the Heeler by Karlie Waldrip*

  16. Can Bears Ski? By Raymond Antrobus* and Polly Dunbar

  17. Sound Switch Wonder by Christine Ko and Owen Whang**

  18. Come Over to My House by Eliza Hull and Sally Rippin**

  19. Hands and Hearts by Donna Jo Napoli**

  20. Butterfly on the Wind by Adam Pottle and Ziyue Chen*

  21. Papa... Can You Hear Me Now? by Dr. Amit Gosalia


Middle Grade to Young Adult

  1. Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly**

  2. Harriet Versus the Galaxy by Samantha Baines*

  3. Won't Someone Help Anna? by Francine Pascal and Jamie Suzanne (Sweet Valley Twins)

  4. The Babysitter's Club: Jessi's Secret Language by Chan Chou

  5. Show Me a Sign by Anne Clare LeZotte*

  • This is a series: Set Me Free (Book 2), Sail Me Away Home (Book 3)

  1. deaf Not Deaf by Christian Fusco**

  2. El Deafo by CeCe Bell*

  3. Next Door by Deborah Kerbel and Isaac Liang*

  4. Deaf Kids Can series by Mickey Carolan**

  5. Sky the Deaf Home Run Hero 

  6. Bonnie and the Deaf Bake Squad 

  7. Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

  8. Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby

  9. Waiting for a Sign by Etsy Schachter**

  10. The Words in My Hands by Asphyxia*

  11. Hear Me by Kerry O'Malley Cerra*


Young Adult

  1. The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais**

  2. You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner*

  3. Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino*

  4. A Quite Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

  5. Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

  6. Unravel by Amelia Loken**

  7. The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew*

  8. Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers

  9. There Will be Lies by Nick Lake

  10. Whisper by Chrissie Keighery

  11. Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker

  12. Seafire by Natalie C. Parker


Adult

  1. A Sign for Home by Blair Fell**

  2. True Biz by Sara Novíc*

  3. Girl at War by Sara Novíc*

  4. Into the Drowning Deep by Seanan McGuire

  5. Dark Pines by Will Dean

  6. The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton

  7. Silent Fear by Lance and Jame Morcan

  8. Dead Silence by Robin Caroll

  9. Into the Dark by Karen Rose

  10. The Signal by Mike Duke

  11. Flirting with Flame by Samantha Jayce

  12. A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh*

  13. Deafening by Frances Itani**

  14. The Dolphin House by Audrey Schulman

  15. The Right Sign by Nia Arthurs

  16. Prickly Romance by Nia Arthurs

  17. What It Means to be Whole by Andrea Andersen**

  18. Finding More by Larissa C. Moyer

  19. In Our Hands by Larissa C. Moyer

  20. Unspoken by Sandi Lynn


Non-Fiction:

  1. Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness by Samantha Baines*

  2. Deaf Utopia by Nyle DiMarco*

  3. I'll Scream Later by Marlee Matin*

  4. Finding Zoe by Brandi Rarus* and Gail Harris

  5. Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen**

  6. Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma*

  7. The Sound of Silence: Growing Up with Hearing and Deaf Parents by Myron Uhlberg**

  8. Listen: how Evelyn Glennie, A Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker

  9. Learn to Sign with Your Baby: 50 Essential ASL Signs to Help Your Child Communicate Their Needs, Wants, and Feelings by Cecilia S. Grugan*

  10. Between Two Worlds: My Life as a Child of Deaf Adults by David Sorensen*


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Upcoming Releases:

  • A Game Most Foul by Alison Gervais

  • What It Means to Be Brave by Andrea Andersen



If you know of others, let me know! I'd love to add them to my list.


Happy Reading!






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