Engaging Neurodivergent Reads

Hello everyone! 🙂

You may not know this about me, but I loooooooveeeee to read! And as a (late-diagnosed!) neurodivergent little-bean, one of my special interests is mental-health and people! (Okay, that's two, but they go hand-in-hand for me!)

I have listed below a few books I have read recently (mainly on mental health surrounding ADHD/ASD in women, OCD, friendships) that have supported me on my mental-health journey; from unmasking, to the why's and how's I do what I do, as well as learning more about the world around me, systems that support (and fail) us... all allowing me to feel a little less lonely.

I have written "(ab)" = audiobook - next to the books I listened to, and highly recommend as they were hilariously engaging and relatable having being able to hear them out loud (if that's your thing!)

• Strong Female Character by Fern Brady (ab)
• Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict by Elizabeth Day (ab)
• The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD by Matilda Boseley (ab)
• The Neuroscience of Self-Love: How to improve your most important relationship by Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa
• I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom (ab)
• Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby (ab)
• How to be Alone: If you want to, and even if you don't by Lane Moore
• The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry
• Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking by Marianne Eloise (ab)
• But You Don't Look Autistic at All by Bianca Toeps

If you're interested in which books I am currently reading along the same lines:

• Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life by Clem Bastow (ab)
• Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism by Joanne Limburg (ab)
• Permission to Rest: Revolutionary Practices for Healing, Empowerment, and Collective Care - Ashley Neese (ab)
• Who is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind by Fariha Roisin
• Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
• Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray
• Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays by Siri Hustvedt

Hope there's something here for you if you've stumbled across this post - I would recommend checking out FREE library phone apps such as Libby and Borrowbox also to see if they have audiobook/ebook versions (especially handy for those of us on a budget.. or who have a book-collecting problem.. oops! :P)

Warmest,

PizzaMondo 🙂