Literary works that every aspie should read...

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I wouldn't really categorize it as a literary work, per se but the Life's Little Instruction Book series is a great tool for a lot of the common sense things that seem to pass us by.

for your characters to relate to, try:

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
-mark haddon
frankenstein
-mary shelley
flowers for algernon
-daniel keyes

for a good challenge:
alice in wonderland
-lewis carrol
the little prince (my favorite, about innocense)
-antoine marie roger de saint exupery

Never Die Easy by Walter Payton

That guy had alot of heart. He gave 100% at everything on and off the field because he felt he had a duty to the world to do so.
I don't think I've come across anything more inspirational.

Autistic non-fiction from autistic perspectives:
http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47601
I was given this book but I still haven't found the time to read it yet...

All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome

Is that a book, or an observation?
Because I have noticed some repetitive movements and language in my cat...and she will only eat one type of food....

'Brave New World' it realy makes you think about the idea of a perfect society, and why it is infact not perfect to what we would want.

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels. Pulp fiction rather than literary, but a pleasant fantasy for some of those who are born different.

This book inspired me to start progress on a novel of my own. Except, without all of the "outrageous" things, the incomprehensable "futuristic" feel. I want the realism. One of the downfalls in 1984 was that although it was terrifying, it was beyond belief for me. Within the realm of possibility of course, but really not. Brave New World was equally good, but had the same problem to a worse degree...

Before I found out about AS, reading both of these books was somewhat cathartic for me. As both protagonists shared the alien viewpoint, something I've always felt. Things aren't right, and they know it, but the system in place is such that one must survive as opposed to living easy without thinking... Exactly how I've felt, on different levels, but so similar.

I would recommend books by

-- Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose; Foucault's Pendulum etc.)

and

-- Borges

Mervyn Peake is a genius.

Titus Groan and Gormenghast are classics.

I kind of thought some of these sort of things had some conection to AS but could not put it into words. Personaly I like how perfect the society was and that I hated the perfection.

I don't understand why an "aspie" should read anything different to normal people. People read what they like, and an "aspie" will read what they're interested in.

I bounce between reading The Man Who Was Thursday, The Stars My Destination, and various Lovecraft works.

Alfred Bester is excellent.

Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation
Deep space is my dwelling place
The stars my destination

I can't believe no one's posted Catcher in the Rye yet.

Holden Caulfield, to me, is like the ultimate outsider. There are
many parts of the book I feel I relate to perfectly.

I forgot the play No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre.

"Hell is other people."