What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I'm looking for books that have deaf or hard of hearing characters portrayed realistically. As in: no magical fixes, or unreasonable lip-reading skills. I enjoyed Five Flavors of Dumb and St. Nacho's.
I am always happy with romance, but I would also love to read fantasy if there are any options out there!
Thank you!

I thought The Raging Quiet was good. There's no magical fix or lip-reading. It's a historical with a young man who is assumed by the local villagers to be mad or possessed by demons when he's actually just deaf and acts oddly because he's never been able to communicate with people and never understood why he's not like them or why they treat him so badly. There's romance too!

Marie, this thread's just what I'm looking for!

Deafening by Frances Itani a Canadian novel about a deaf woman before and during WW1 and her romance with a man and their letters to each other.

If books for children are okay, Apple Is My Sign by Troy Howell fits. Apple Is My Sign

I like this kind of thread after watching a tv show with a deaf MC that communicate thru sign language. So far I've only read Signs.

Check out Deaf Sentence by David Lodge. He makes fun of it, but as he's hard of hearing himself he probably has the right.

Can we also try to find books with just hard of hearing protagonists?

City of the Dead
Soundless in my opinion this one isn't really good but I thought it wouldn't hurt to mention it anyway.

Oooh, I've added a few books to my TBR list, such good suggestions!!

Here's the thread from 2013 where I got some good suggestions:
https://www.goodreads.com/comment/sho...

This list has maybe 100 books or so:
http://forums.rtbookreviews.com/viewt...

Short description/comments included

It's the horror side of fantasy, but I loved the deaf shipmate in Rolling in the Deep.

I haven't read it yet but it's in my tbr list, sounds good and fits your request: x

Cheshire Moon

A supporting character in the children's novel A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz fits. A Drowned Maiden's Hair

Unspeakable by Graham Masterton is a good thriller.

Contemporary Romance:
"Tall, Tatted and Tempting (The Reed Brothers #1)" and "Smart, Sexy and Secretive (The Reed Brothers #2)" by Tammy Falkner
"Silence" by Ashley McNiel

Highlander Romance:
"Moon Craving (Children of the Moon #2)" by Lucy Monroe. Yes, it's book #2 in the series, and you should probably read #1 first.

Fiction:
"The Fifth Vertex (The Sigilord Chronicles #1)" by Kevin Hoffman

I've also read a sci-fi with a deaf main character, but she could read lips a little too easily, and due to the alien technology she had a "miracle" sergery that fixed her hearing at the end of the book. If you would like to check it out all the same: "Merrick's Maiden (Cosmos' Gateway #5)" by S.E. Smith

Is it only deaf/HH you are looking for, or also books where the main character is mute? If so I know a few of those also :-)

Joanne wrote: "I haven't read it yet but it's in my tbr list, sounds good and fits your request: x"
I just wanted to come back around and mention that I just finished this book and it was pretty good! Thank you for the recommendation on that one, it was perfect.

Ann-Karin wrote: "Contemporary Romance:
"Tall, Tatted and Tempting (The Reed Brothers #1)" and "Smart, Sexy and Secretive (The Reed Brothers #2)" by Tammy Falkner
"Silence" by Ashley McNiel

Highlander Romance:
"Mo..."
I am definitely going to check these out. I'm mostly interested in the deaf/HH category, but if you have some mute ones that you'd highly recommend I would check them out as well!

Realistic. Deaf/hearing impaired characters.
Children's/young adult fiction.

Captive Thunder by Beverly Butler.
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15848...
Bread and Honey by Ivan Southall.
Roundabout Ransom by Phyllis Cote.
Me and Emily and the Cat by Doris Orgel.
A Dance to Still Music by Barbara Corcoran.
Who Stole Kathy Young? by Margaret Goff Clark.
World of her own by Nancy Smiler Levinson.
There Was This Man Running by N. L. Ray.
Apple Is My Sign by Mary Riskind.
Just Like Everybody Else by Lillian Rosen.
Keeping It Secret by Penny Pollock.
All Alone (Except for my Dog Friday) by Claire H. Blatchford.
Jody by Deborah Kent.
Roses by Barbara Cohen.
Ten-Speed Summer by Deborah Kent.
Belonging by Virginia M. Scott.
Baby-Snatcher by Susan Terris.
The Boy and the Swan by Catherine Storr.
Voices by Joan Aiken.
A Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting.
Captain Johnno by Rob George.
The Talking Stone by Josephine Croser.
Annie's World by Nancy Smiler Levinson (revised, shorter edition of World of Her Own, not the same book).
Summer Witches by Theresa Tomlinson.
Cheshire Moon by Nancy Butts.
Tuck Triumphant by Theodore Taylor.
A Horse Called Holiday by Frances Wilbur.
Old Father Christmas by Berlie Doherty.
Mark Spark in the Dark by Jacqueline Wilson.
Missing Sisters by Gregory Maguire.
Nick's Mission by Claire H. Blatchford.
I wonder who lives upstairs by Edel Wignell.
A Real Christmas This Year by Karen Lynn Williams.
Hear No Evil series by Kate Chester (ie. Leslie Davis Guccione). https://www.librarything.com/nseries/...
The Window by Jeanette Ingold.
Jessi's Secret Language by Ann M. Martin.
There's Something About Mondays by Elizabeth Hutchins.
Nick's Secret by Claire H. Blatchford.
Willow and Twig by Jean Little.
Deaf Child Crossing by Marlee Matlin.
Dangerous Deception by Peg Kehret.

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