Neurodivergent #OwnVoices Texts

I have created a list of my favourite books with neurodivergent characters or themes written by authors who identify as being neurodivergent (autistic, dyslexic, ADHD etc.). This list of #OwnVoices includes fiction, non-fiction, and academic texts.

(All images are from Goodreads. #OwnVoices hashtag was created by Corinne Duyvis).

Fiction

Social Queue (2021) by Kay Kerr
Show Us Who You Are (2021) by Elle McNicoll
Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal (2020) by Anna Whateley
Please Don’t Hug Me (2020) by Kay Kerr
A Room Called Earth (2020) by Madeleine Ryan
A Kind of Spark (2020) by Elle McNicoll
The Boy Who Steals Houses (2019) by C.G.Drews
The Outside (2019) by Ada Hoffmann

The Kiss Quotient (2018) by Helen Hoang
Queens of Geek (2017) by Jen Wilde
On The Edge of Gone (2016) by Corinne Duyvis
The Fallen (The Outside #2) (2021) by Ada Hoffmann
Monsters in My Mind (2017) by Ada Hoffmann

Non-fiction

Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life (2021) by Clem Bastow
Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism (2021) by Joanne Limburg
Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness (2017) by Melanie Yergeau

The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods (2019) by Robyn Steward
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You (2020) by Jenara Nerenberg
Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism (2013) by Jeannie Davide-Rivera
Naming Adult Autism (2017) by James McGrath
Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life (2014) by Cynthia Kim
Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm (2020) Edited by Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Nick Chown, and Anna Stenning (This essay collection is written by neurodivrse and neurotypical researchers)
Growing Up Disabled in Australia (2021) Edited by Carly Findlay. An anthology of stories by disabled writers, including those who are neurodiverse.

Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism (2018) Edited by Barb Cook & Dr Michelle Garnett
Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum (2018) by Jennifer O’Toole
I Am Aspienwoman: The Unique Characteristics and Gifts of Adult Females on the Autism Spectrum (2015) by Tania Marshall

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