If you liked The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, you might find more here that would interest you. You'll also find books that will heighten your understanding of issues and ideas that sparked your interest during the reading of this novel.
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Fiction
As Dog is My Witness by Jeffrey Cohen
A freelance writer becomes involved in solving the mystery of whether or not a teen with Asperger's Syndrome was guilty of murder, even in spite of the teen's confession to the crime.
Death of a Thousand Cuts by Barbara D'Amato
Dr. Jack Schermerhorn, the beloved founder of a respected school for autistic children is discovered to have been tortured to death not long after a reunion with former staff and residents of the school.
A Slant of Sun : One Child's Courage by Beth Kephardt
The story of a mother's love for her son, diagnosed with the unhelpful label of pervasive developmental disorder, including autistic characteristics, and how he overcomes his developmental hurdles.
Daniel isn't Talking by Marti Leimbach
Melanie is a woman obsessed - something isn't right with her son Daniel but her husband doesn't see it and thinks she is the one with the problem. This fictional story of the fallout from a child's diagnosis with autism uses the author's own son as a model.
A Pebble to Polish by Janet Lord Leszl
Chronicles the dramatic joy and sorrow of a single mother raising a child with autism.
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
A quirky, hardboiled Brooklynite suffering from Tourette's engages in a quest to solve the murder of the man who saved him from a Boys' Home.
Family Pictures by Sue Miller
The novel of a family struggling with their child's diagnosis of autism in 1954, when the disease was largely blamed on the mother.
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
A science fiction account of an autistic man who considers whether or not to undergo an experimental treatment that would allow him to become "normal."
Child of Silence by Abigail Padgett
In the Bo Bradley series of mysteries, Bo is a manic-depressive social worker who is treating her illness with medication but uses her personal experience to connect with the people her job brings her into contact with.
The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer
Thea Sperelakis, physician and Asperger's patient, deals not only with the aftermath of a hit-and-run accident that leaves her father gravely injured, but also with her siblings' refusal to provide care for him.
Nonfiction about Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
Appreciating Asperger's Syndrome : Looking at the Upside, with 300 Positive Points by Brenda Boyd
A first-hand account of a mother whose son was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at age nine and who received her own Asperger's diagnosis a few years later.
Animals in Translation : Using Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin
The author, a nationally recognized expert in animal behavior and an autistic woman, offers parallels between animals and autistics with regard to the processing of sensory information and the ability to exhibit savant-like behaviors.
Thinking in Pictures : And Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
The true story of a woman's incredible ability to empathize with animals and how it was shaped by her autism.
Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism by Roy Grinker
The account of a father's efforts to better understand the effects of autism on his young daughter by traveling to other countries to see how different societies deal with this diagnosis.
The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Family by Judy Karasik
Written as both a memoir and graphic novel, this book provides a balanced portrait of autism.
Finding Ben: A Mother's Journey through the Maze of Asperger's by Barbara LaSalle
This book chronicles one mother's difficulty accepting her child's neurological disorder.
Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism by Jenny McCarthy
TV personality McCarthy describes her experiences as the mother of an autistic son and her struggle to deal with conflicting information regarding the best way to deal with her son's condition.
Born on a Blue Day : Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
An autistic savant with genius-level mathematical talents describes how he was shunned by his classmates in spite of his super-human capacity for math and language and offers insight into how he experiences the world.
Nonfiction about Math and Prime Numbers
Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis : The Quest to Find the Hidden Law of Prime Numbers by Daniel N. Rockmore
The Riemann hypothesis is the most important unsolved problem in mathematics today. Rockmore's book provides an engaging introduction to the problem and its history up to the present day.
Prime Numbers : The Most Mysterious Figures in Math by David Wells
In this book, you'll meet the world's most gifted mathematicians, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Fermat, Gauss, and Erdos, and you'll discover a host of unique insights and inventive conjectures that have both enlarged our understanding and deepened the mystique of prime numbers.
The Music of the Primes : Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics by Marcus Du Sautoy
Written in plain language, this book allows general readers to contemplate prime numbers with something of the wonder and awe that these numbers have stirred among mathematicians since the days of Euclid. The official website for the book: www.musicoftheprimes.com
Mathematical Mysteries : The Beauty and Magic of Numbers by Calvin C. Clawson
This recreational math book takes the reader on a fantastic voyage into the world of natural numbers.
The Golden Ratio : The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio
The Golden Ratio is a journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics.
More Read-Alikes for Teens
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Mentally retarded Charlie Gordon participates in an experiment which turns him into a genius, but only temporarily.
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence, but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
Katy, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a mentally retarded boy.
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
When twelve-year-old Gabe tries to hide his uncle's death from the local authorities, he is not prepared for what happens when this secret is discovered.
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
On the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, Marcelo would rather live in his own world, but when he strikes a deal with his dad, he must work his way though the mailroom at his dad's law firm in "the real world."
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot physically function in any way, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him. Also try Inside Out.
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin
Convinced her brother's death was murder rather than suicide, sixteen-year-old Frances begins her own investigation into suspicious student activities at her boarding school.
