Hi everyone! I’m autistic & I love reading. But I’ve never seen a book where a main character (or any character) is actually autistic. Please let me know if you have any suggestions, I’d appreciate it! (:
P.S.: feel free to suggest non-fiction too!
by Independent-Grape567
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For some reason my first thought was Daughter Of The Deep by Rick Riordan
Fiction:
The Maid by Nita Prose
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
NF:
Born on A Blue Day
Non-Fiction:
Emergence: Labeled Autistic by Temple Grandin would probably be considered a classic by many.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Non-Fiction- Strong Female Character Fern Brady
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simmison (may have spelled that wrong) is a good one, and it’s the first in a trilogy.
I’ve seen people online be extremely offended by it, but my real-life human friends who have aspberger’s or are parenting kids on the spectrum loved it.
It’s hilarious, and the MC is an unreliable narrator with a pretty big blind spot where it comes to his neurodivergence (among other things, lol). But at the same time, Don functions in the world. He has as many adventures as he has misadventures, is loved, likes himself, is content with the life he has built for himself, and manages to succeed professionally and – after some bumps in the road – socially.