1. 4011
   Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (Cecrow, unlucky)

   Cecrow: A similar narrator, who undergoes a startling transformation.

2. 215
   Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Miss-Owl, cre8tivemaxx)

   cre8tivemaxx: Both of these books featured a main character who seem to be neurodivergent. I loved both of these books as an Autistic female. They are both well written, gut wrenching yet simultaneously hopeful.

3. 174
   The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (tortoise, MyriadBooks, Lucy_Skywalker)

   tortoise: Both are well-written novels with a first-person autistic-spectrum narrator. The Curious Incident has a better-constructed plot (the villain in The Speed of Dark is a bit cartoonish), but The Speed of Dark is I think more interesting as a commentary on autism.… (more)

   MyriadBooks: Undeservedly overshadowed by the concurrent publication of The Curious Incident, I found The Speed of Dark superior in every respect.

   Lucy_Skywalker: Speed of Dark is indeed superior in every respect: plot, characters, writing style, and the author has a better understanding of autistic people being the mother of one of them.

4. 142
   Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant: A Memoir by Daniel Tammet (_Zoe_)

   _Zoe_: The autobiography of an autistic man, offering insight into his thought processes and the difficulties that he faced

5. 133
   Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem (jeanned, Vulco1)

   Vulco1: A mystery story following a non-neuotypical person trying to solve a crime they are personally invested in while trying to navigate tricky interpersonal relationships.

6. 125
   The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (JeaniusOak)

   JeaniusOak: Both equally readable by adults and teens alike

7. 82
   Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison (kaelirenee)
8. 60
   Wonder by R. J. Palacio (bookwren)

   bookwren: Wonder is about a boy with a physical deformity who must interact with people who don't always understand him.

9. 82
   The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (santli)

   santli: A young female protagonist who also stumbles across a strange murder and uses her prodigious knowledge of science to sleuth the answer.

10. 61
    Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork (jbarry)
11. 62
    The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Anonymous user)
12. 41
    Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern (Booksloth)
13. 30
    The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen (jensm, EMS_24)

    EMS_24: vanwege manier van vertellen en uitleg via tekeningetjes, plus geheim uitstapje met de trein. (way of telling the story, the images and secret trip by train)

14. 52
    The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan (cbl_tn)

    cbl_tn: The protagonists in both books imagine themselves as detectives. Both characters are accurate observers, but because they think differently than most people, they don't perceive the implications or consequences of their discoveries.

15. 42
    The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (aliklein)
16. 31
    The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig (Booksloth)
17. 31
    Lottery by Patricia Wood (suzanney, chndlrs)
18. 20
    The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano (Johanna11)
19. 10
    Carry Me Down by M. J. Hyland (starfishian)
20. 32
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (MickyFine)

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