Fictional autism books

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My mother suggests I find a novel to read to keep me busy which I'm fine with because I enjoy reading novels.

We are going tomorrow and I have decided to get a book that has main character with autism, but I don't know any books that satisfies that criterion.

Do you know of any books that feature a main character with Asperger's?

One that comes to mind is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"

This blog has lots of reviews of YA books about autism. They strongly recommend a novel called The Real Boy. I haven't read it, so I can't tell you if it's any good.

You should be cautious when selecting fictional books about autism, as some of them tend to be written by NTs with no idea what they're talking about. The best way to avoid the really infuriating stuff is to go to the book's Amazon page, click one-star reviews, and if most them are autistics complaining the book's probably no good.

There are a lot of suggestions in this thread

And as SpaceAgeBushRanger said above, there are plenty of infuriating books about us out there, so select wisely. They also range from tween readers level to adult.

Jodie Picoult "House Rules". It's about a guy with AS who is accused of murder. He's 19 or so and lives with his mother and brother and I think he's just graduated high school or something. It's been a while since I read it. I like her writing style and the way she does a mystery. I didn't fully agree with the way the guy with AS (Jacob) was portrayed because some of his symptoms seemed too much to me, but after reading more here since I've read that book, I see some people with similar things that they mention, so it's believable. She said she interviewed lots of people with AS and their parents if they were young kids so she could get it right.

In the book "Running With Scissors" the main character has a brother who has AS who is briefly mentioned and shows up only once. I didn't see the movie so I have no clue if it's similar or not. That doesn't count but it's the only other one I can think of that mentions AS.

In another Jodi Picoult book "Nineteen Minutes" the main character seems very aspie to me but it's never stated. He's bullied all his life and shoots up his school. It's pretty good. However, "We Need to Talk About Kevin" is a much better school shooting book with the twists and turns and the backtracking and the huge surprise at the end. The movie is almost just as good, but you should read the book first. There is no AS in it, but the kid had some kind of serious problem. It also had a kickass shooting scene because he did it with a bow and arrow. I'm very much against school shootings but I enjoyed the bow and arrow scene simply because I like to watch archery sometimes. The guy who plays Kevin in that also played the rich kid who was in several of the first season of Royal Pains. I'd read both because they are good. I got my best friend who has never read a book in her life, even in school, to read the book after we watched this movie together, so that says something. But she is a cougar and liked the guy who played Kevin. So, there ya go.

An unexpected good read that again has nothing to do with AS is "Rides of the Midway". It's got so many things happening and surprises and it's very entertaining and sometimes sad, but never boring or hard to get through. I'd get it if you can find it, it wasn't that popular.

On another note entirely, I like the movie on Netflix about a guy with AS called "The Story of Luke". It wasn't overly accurate and was a dramatic comedy or something like that. I'm not sure what it was supposed to be but as an aspie I thought it was pretty funny in lots of places and totally got it while the rest of my family sat there and said "MOM THAT IS NOT FUNNY!" but it was to me because I got it. Judging from my family I think you may have to be an aspie to like this movie, and it's on Netflix. Then again I don't like what they do either. Fishing shows and Dr Who and Star Trek and MLP are not my cup of tea. ALthough the last three are probably popular on here some too.

Hope that helps you find some stuff to do.

I had to read this for the job I was at as a library assistant teen specialist (fancy title, means nothing) and it was before it was suggested to me that I might be on the spectrum. I found myself confused because I was relating far more than I expected to the main character... Saying things like, "That's not that weird." and "I do that..."

The Lemonade War. Jessie in it is obviosly AS and it's a book series and they are called The Lemonade War series written by Jacqueline Davies and in her other series book The bell Bandit, Maxwell was obviously autistic and Jessie befriended him while visiting her grandma. Asperger's or autism is never mentioned but it's very obvious they both had it.

Rain Reign by Ann M Martin. Ross Howard has high functioning autism and seems to be very mild end at the spectrum, more like Asperger's.

Rules. I forgot who wrote it but it was about a 12 year old girl who wanted a normal life but can't have one because her little brother is autistic but then she meets a boy in a wheelchair and she learns acceptance. But her brother in the book loved rules so she always gave him rules so he can act appropriately.

Livie Owens Lived Here. A 14 year old girl has autism and her loud outbursts gets her family evicted so they have to move and she tries to figure out why is she the only one who can hear this whistle blowing at a shut down factory.

Sasquatch by Roland Smith. The father in it obviously had it but it was never mentioned. He is just labeled as strange and he is so fixed on this big foot and his wife goes out of town for a few months and his 13 year old son decides to come with him to Mount St. Helens to look for that creature. He comes with his father because he is worried about him.

Your profile says you're 12, Rudin? Then you might like "Anything but typical" by Nora Raleigh Baskin. It was pretty good IMO. It's about a 12 year old with HFA who loves writing. He shares his stories on a website and wants to meet a girl he's become friendly with there, but he's worried she might only see his autism and not him.

He's 12? Only read "House Rules" Save the others and don't read the school shooting ones until after you graduate because they are very sensitive about that topic, even if it's fiction and meant to show how bullying or psychosis leads to it.

I am very familiar with what happened at Columbine High School, luckily I wasn't born however I get the idea. Two depressed teenagers decided to kill themselves after killing those who have bullied them. Eric Harris psychosis was partly caused by uncontrolled medication and exposure to violence. Dylan ( I can't spell his last name) agreed with Eric but Eric did most of the planning.

I wonder how they got so many unregistered firearms, I'm surprised to teenagers had such connections.

They just needed to know one guy. Out where I am, it's pretty easy to get unregistered weapons if you know who to talk to. One local woman commented a while back that she could easily just go to this one guy and he could hook her up that same day with whatever firearm she wanted.

I was remembering another book, Summer of the Swan, though I don't think it specifically said the secondary character Charlie had autism, but some articles online say that severely autistic kids served as the inspiration for the book. It's been a while since I've read it, well over ten years, but this thread brought it to mind and now I'm going to have to read it again.
I remember Charlie like to listen to the tick-tick of watches and was drawn to water, both things I related to (although when I disappeared as a kid, I was still in my house and no one could find me!). I think the book was written in the 1970's so it's another interesting take on how things were different for autistics than now.

Oh, I'm sure most kids your age know about all that and the ones after it too, but I also know that just because I'd let my kids read/watch/listen to something doesn't mean that other parents would, especially at 12. I wasn't trying to protect you because I don't think those books are harmful at all, I was trying to keep your mother from getting mad and telling you not to come back on here since that crazy lady told you to read those horrible books. It might not happen, but it easily could.

Use your own judgment with however your mom is.