12 best-selling autistic spectrum disorder books like Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll

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Show Us Who You Are

By: Elle McNicoll

4.41

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

The second book from the author of A Kind Of Spark, with Neurodivergent characters you'll root for …

"There are no useless facts, Cora."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"Grief is just love asking for more time."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"As soon as I gave up caring, everything got easier."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"People's minds are all so different. All capable of different things."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

If you liked the autistic spectrum disorder plot in Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The State of Grace

By: Rachael Lucas

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

Sometimes I feel like everyone else was handed a copy of the rules for life and mine got lost. Grac… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lucas's The State of Grace book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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2. Ellen Outside the Lines

By: A.J. Sass

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a neurodivergent thirteen-year-old navigating changing friendships, a school trip, an… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sass's Ellen Outside the Lines book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
"Not every person fits neatly into categories. Life doesn't always stick to a planned itinerary."

-A.J. Sass, Ellen Outside the Lines

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3. The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

By: Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the… read more

Similar categories in Jake Maia Arlow's The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
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4. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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5. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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6. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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7. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. All the Pieces of Me

By: Libby Scott

4.42

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Year 8 can be tough for everyone, but for Tally it feels even tougher. Everything seems to be chang… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's All the Pieces of Me book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • disability
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9. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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10. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

By: Chloé Hayden

4.34

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Chloé Hayden's Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • disability
  • audiobook
"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."

-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

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11. Just Shy of Ordinary

By: A.J. Sass

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A thirteen-year-old nonbinary kid discovers that life doesn't always go according to plan, especial… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Sass's Just Shy of Ordinary book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Can You See Me? book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

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13. Ways To Be Me

By: Libby Scott

4.47

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Taking place before Can You See Me? and Do You Know Me? this standout prequel follows Tally through… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Ways To Be Me book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
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14. Show Us Who You Are

By: Elle McNicoll

4.41

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

The second book from the author of A Kind Of Spark, with Neurodivergent characters you'll root for … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • family
  • disability
  • audiobook
"There are no useless facts, Cora."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"Grief is just love asking for more time."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"As soon as I gave up caring, everything got easier."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

"People's minds are all so different. All capable of different things."

-Elle McNicoll, Show Us Who You Are

Cover of Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life by Emily Katy

15. Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life

By: Emily Katy

4.72

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health… read more

Similar categories in Emily Katy's Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • autistic spectrum disorder
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16. A Different Sort of Normal

By: Abigail Balfe

4.39

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

*The beautiful true story of one girl's journey growing up autistic - and the challenges she faced … read more

Similar categories in Abigail Balfe's A Different Sort of Normal book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • disability
"Because if someone had told me when I was younger that it was OK to not be like everybody else, that it was not my job to try to be "normal" and to "fit in," that my way of seeing the world was just …"

-Abigail Balfe, A Different Sort of Normal

Cover of Do You Know Me? by Libby Scott

17. Do You Know Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this sequel to Can You See Me?, Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott return with another heartwarmin… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Do You Know Me? book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
Cover of The Christmas Carrolls (The Christmas Carrolls, #1) by Mel Taylor-Bessent

18. The Christmas Carrolls (The Christmas Carrolls, #1)

By: Mel Taylor-Bessent

4.16

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

Funny, festive middle grade about the world's most Christmassy family from the founder of Authorfy,… read more

Similar categories in Mel Taylor-Bessent's The Christmas Carrolls (The Christmas Carrolls, #1) book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. Will on the Inside

By: Andrew Eliopulos

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"An honest, sophisticated look at the myriad emotions surrounding chronic illness and growing up 'n… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Eliopulos's Will on the Inside book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • disability
  • audiobook
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20. The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family

By: Sarah Kapit

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fans of the Penderwicks and the Vanderbeekers, meet the Finkel family in this middle grade novel ab… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Kapit's The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • childrens
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • disability
"Pretty please? It will be fun,"

-Sarah Kapit, The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family

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21. Travelers

By: Helon Habila

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Helon Habila's new novel Travelers is a life-changing encounter with those who… read more

Similar categories in Helon Habila's Travelers book and Elle McNicoll's Show Us Who You Are

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Sometimes poets have to be imperfect so their poetry can be perfect."

-Helon Habila, Travelers

"There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a stranger in a strange city."

-Helon Habila, Travelers

"Happiness is important, but I wouldn't say it is the main purpose of human existence."

-Helon Habila, Travelers

"Not all of us have that luxury, of a past. My history doesn't offer me much in that respect."

-Helon Habila, Travelers

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The State of Grace

Rachael Lucas

3.72

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Ellen Outside the Lines

A.J. Sass

4.37

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The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

Jake Maia Arlow

4.19

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

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