Every July, Americans celebrate Disability Pride Month, a month commemorating the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990.

The road to passage of the ADA was a long one, including protests like the week-long “Deaf President Now” protest in 1988 by Gallaudet students and the 1990 “Capitol Crawl,” in which disabled Americans climbed the steps of the Capitol without assistive devices to demonstrate the impact of inaccessible architecture. Although it’s been 34 years since this groundbreaking civil rights law was passed, the fight for disability rights continues today.

Books with representation of disabled people

Representation is important in books. It can be empowering to see a character with the same disability as you. For able-bodied readers, July can be a great time to learn. No matter what genre you enjoy, here are 10 books to read this Disability Pride Month.

‘True Biz’ by Sara Nović

“True Biz” follows a principal and her students at the River Valley School for the Deaf through first love, loss, and injustice. The split perspectives focus on three main characters and several supporting characters who have different relationships with sign language and deaf culture. Charlie, a rebellious transfer student, has never met another deaf person. Austin is a campus queen and fifth-generation deaf. February, the principal, is a CODA (child of deaf adults) trying to keep the school open and her marriage from falling apart. This book is a fast-paced, engaging read with instructional ASL lessons at the end of most chapters.

‘Get a Life, Chloe Brown’ by Talia Hibbert

Talia Hibbert’s entire Brown Sisters trilogy features disabled representation. In “Get a Life, Chloe Brown,” the title character is a chronically ill computer nerd with a mission to rebel and a checklist to help her succeed. The perfect person to help her achieve this goal is Redford “Red” Morgan, a tattooed, motorcycle-riding handyman by day and artist by night.

“Take a Hint, Dani Brown” is a similarly charming romantic comedy with a fake dating trope. The main character, Dani, also struggles with anxiety. “Act Your Age, Eve Brown” has multiple characters with autism.

‘Disability Visibility’ edited by Alice Wong

This contemporary collection of essays by disabled writers is edited by Alice Wong, a disabled activist and the founder of the Disability Visibility Project. Each work highlights the complexity and diversity of the disabled experience and celebrates disabled culture in the 21st century.

‘Out On a Limb’ by Hannah Bonam-Young

Both leads in this contemporary romance have limb differences. In Out On a Limb, hyper-independent Winnifred “Win” McNulty accidentally gets pregnant after a one-night stand with Bo, a charming stranger. It’s a challenge she’s not sure she can handle alone. When Bo unexpectedly picks up the gauntlet, the two decide to get to know each other as friends – but will it turn into more?

‘Seven Days in June’ by Tia Williams

In “Seven Days in June,” two acclaimed authors meet by chance at a panel of black literati in New York, twenty years after spending a week in the throes of teenage love. Over the next seven days, Eva and Shane reunite and relive the passionate romance of their youth. But can Eva trust the man who once broke her heart?

Tia Williams’ contemporary romance explores modern motherhood, chronic pain and second chances.

‘Turtles All the Way Down’ by John Green

“Turtles All the Way Down” follows teenage friends Aza and Daisy as they search for a fugitive billionaire with a $100,000 bounty on his head. Their first step is to reconnect with the billionaire’s son, Davis.

But while Aza tries to play detective, she has to juggle countless other things at once: being a good daughter, friend, and student, all while managing the overwhelming thought spirals that come with living with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

‘Cemetary Boys’ by Aiden Thomas

This young adult novel follows Yadriel, a transgender teen whose family won’t accept him for who he is, let alone perform the family rituals that allow spirits to safely pass into the afterlife. He decides to take matters into his own hands and prove himself by finding the spirit of his murdered cousin. But the spirit he actually summons is Julian Diaz, a bad classmate who won’t go quietly to death without finding out what happened to him.

One of the characters in this fantasy and science fiction novel has ADHD.

‘Twice a Wrong Makes a Right’ by Chloe Liese

After a disastrous first meeting and a failed date, Jamie and Bea decide they’re not meant to be together. They decide to fake a relationship (complete with an overblown breakup) to get revenge on their meddling friends. This romantic comedy reimagines Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”—fake dating, a revenge plot, and an unexpected romance at the heart of it all. “Two Wrongs Make a Right” depicts both autism and anxiety.

‘Love from A to Z’ by SK Ali

In this young adult novel, protagonist Zayneb stands up to her Islamophobic teacher, her activist friends are targeted, she is suspended, and finds herself on a plane to her aunt’s house in Qatar for an early spring break.

Zayneb, feeling guilty for getting her friends in trouble, is looking forward to a bit of anonymity until fate intervenes and she encounters Adam on the run. Adam is struggling with his own changes – figuring out how to deal with the death of his mother and a recent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that he’s hiding from his grieving father. Critics have described this love story as “genuine and powerful.”

‘Only You in the Air’ by Olivie Blake

This literary fiction novel begins with a chance meeting at the Art Institute of Chicago, where two people are teetering on the edge of their own precarious worlds. Aldo is a PhD student dealing with his own destructive thoughts by obsessing over time travel. Regan is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. Could their meeting be enough to change the course of their lives?

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: July is Disability Pride Month: These 10 Books Can Help You Celebrate Disability Pride Month