Book recommendations on Aspies

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Are there any book suggestions, memoirs, how to's, or other publications that anybody would recommend I read on the topic of Aspies? I haven't read anything yet aside from diagnostic criteria, articles, and what I find here. Thanks.

Anything by Grandin or Robison.

ruveyn

Tony Attwood's "Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome"
Maybe books by Rudi Simone

Both are available from the usual online book stores, like Amazon, etc.

I also recommend, "Ask and Tell" by Dr. Stephen Shores. Not only does he specialize in special education, but he is also an Autie. He gives plenty of good information on navigating the system including the "educational" system, dealing with bullies, employment, and marriage.

Let's see if I can restrain myself sufficiently to only delicately touch the very uppermost leaflets of an answer to this delightful question.
(Taking a deep, determined breath before strapping on the muzzle.)

As mentioned above, Tony Attwood's book, The Complete Guide to Asperger's, is standard.
It's a generally excellent, and comprehensive beginning. Tiny nothings perfect cavil, it does degenerate into really simple stereotypes at times. However, as he's currently writing a book on relationships, future editions of the Complete Guide are likely to get even better.

Asperger's From the Inside Out,, by Michael John Carley, the founder and executive director of GRASP, is a good entry point for a recently diagnosed adult with Aspergers.

All the memoirs are fascinating, and worth reading, but tend to speak in universals based on a sample group of one. You're likely to find that your favorites have been written by those who have a mind of the same general sort as your own. Similiar perspective, similiar interests, difficulties, strengths, etc...

For a more comprehensive approach to the larger issues, you can not do better than Olga Bogdashina's tryptich:

Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Theory of Mind and the Triad of Perspectives on Autism and Aspergers Syndrome
Communication Issues in Autism and Aspergers Syndrome

Bogdashina is really amazing. Definitely my favorite amongst the neurotypicals writing on the subject. She actually beat the Markrams to the basic assumptions underlying the Intense World Theory (the unifying theory of autism that correctly describes the experience of autism from the inside). Unfortunately, for her, she didn't do it with all the necessary heralds and trumpets, and no one noticed that she got there first. (Well, almost no one.)
Her readers simply turned the page, and kept reading. I hope she eventually gets the recognition she deserves.

If it didn't sound so paternalistic, I would tell you that most of the books, articles, and studies written by academics, (Oh look, I'm gonna do it anyway) ought to carry warning labels for autistics. Something along the lines of: "Read at your own risk. This book may make you feel like shooting yourself in the head". NT experts on autism seem, nearly always, to assume that we will not be reading their work. One is seen as defective to the degree one varies from the neurotypical model. Afterwards, one is left with nothing, but the hope that time will out. And Clio, the muse of history, will, eventually, have her way with all those NTs who have fed at the trough of autism, and have done harm.

Okay, the editorial is over.
All considered, I think I showed remarkable restraint all 'round.
Happy reading!

I'm reading Tony Attwood's "The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome" at the moment and finding that it's really good and has a lot of information about AS in it.

I've read "Freaks, Geeks & Asperger's Syndrome" which is a book written by a thirteen year old boy, Luke Jackson, who is diagnosed with AS. It's really interesting because his family is a mixture of NTs, people diagnosed with AS, autism, and AD/HD.

The Feeling's Unmutual by Will Hadcroft is a new one which I read. It's quite good though he talks a lot about the things he likes, for instance Doctor Who and other programmes and books.

Pretending to be Normal by Liane Holliday Willey is another good book.

Those are all the ones I've read but I'm sure the others are good. There are plenty more on the books list on WP

Amanda Baggs might have a book, she certainly has a blog. And Journeys with autism, thats a good book.

Uta Frith's "Autism and Asperger Syndrome."

The book that pretty much started the all the rest of the fires.

Apart from Hans Asperger's own papers that is. Uta's book has the first English translations of his work.

Thanks for recommending my book The Feeling's Unmutual, ForestRose. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Like all Aspies, I have my "specialist subjects" (obsessions) and use them to cope with day to day life. The escapism Doctor Who provided, for example, really helped - although my obsession with it got on everyone's nerves. And I identified with the idea of people being "Capped" (conditioned) as depicted in The Tripods because to me NTs were like that.

So there was a reason for me referring back to these things in the book.

Thanks for reading it.

Best,
Will Hadcroft

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin is really good.

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon is really good, too.

Both of those tend to focus on people with autism rather than aspies, though.

Ah yes, the delightful Jessica Peers.

She and I have contributed chapters to "Austism All-Stars", due out next month.

Best,
Will.

Well, I've only ever read one book about an Aspie and that would be "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult. It's about an 18-year-old boy called Jacob who has AS and his Aspie traits cause police to charge him for a murder which he didn't commit. I like it because not only does it talk about how Jacob copes with AS, but it also shows how his family copes with it.

EDIT: That book is also how I discovered the word "Aspie"

Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi

History of all sorts of genetic freaks

"Nobody Nowhere"
"Somebody Somewhere"

both by Donna Williams
She also does online consultations for a small fee through her website.

I can really relate to "Nobody Nowhere"


Jojo

I'm really fond of the quasi-autobiography, Atypical: life with Asperger's in 20 1/3 chapters by Saperstein, Jesse A., a young man with diagnosed AS.

Reading it made me sad, laugh, cringe, raise my eyebrows, etc. I recommend it.

By the way, if the author is a member here, please PM me.