12 must-read mental health books like poems of the neurodivergent experience by Jaclyn Pensiero

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poems of the neurodivergent experience

By: Jaclyn Pensiero

4.14

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Jaclyn Pensiero is an autistic adult who received a late diagnosis at the age of 24. Despite always…

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1. Wild Embers

By: Nikita Gill

4.11

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

They have lightning in their souls, thunder in their hearts, chaos in their bones. Nikita Gill's po… read more

Similar categories in Nikita Gill's Wild Embers book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
  • mental health
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2. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult… read more

Similar categories in Faith Erin Hicks's Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

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3. Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In a voice that is inclusive and open to all, Courtney Peppernell presents a tribute to her readers… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3) book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
  • mental health
"Words become trapped in your mind if you don’t free them. Write them down, speak them, share"

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

"There are many things you should care about Like sick animals, dying trees, and saving the bees. What others think of you is not one of these things."

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

"The grass isn't always greener on the other side. In fact, that grass has been tendered and grown by someone else. Just because your front lawn is withering doesn't mean you can destroy someone else'…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

"When we met, there was a pull. Like two magnets unsure of the way we wanted to feel. You told me that night you were afraid of fireworks but loved colors in the sky. And all week I’ve been wondering …"

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

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4. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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5. Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit

By: Bianca Toeps

4.05

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Autisme: da's toch dat je weet dat 7 augustus 1984 op een dinsdag viel? Nou... nee. Bianca Toeps le… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Toeps's Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • memoir
  • mental health
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6. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

By: Devon Price

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more

Similar categories in Devon Price's Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"

-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

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7. healing for no one but me

By: Jennae Cecelia

3.95

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Best-selling poet of The Sun Will Rise and Will We, Jennae Cecelia brings you her tenth poetry book… read more

Similar categories in Jennae Cecelia's healing for no one but me book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
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8. 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 Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • memoir
  • mental health
"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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9. Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, t… read more

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10. UNMASKED

By: Ellie Middleton

4.24

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Brought to you by Penguin. Whether you are neurodivergent, suspect you might be, or want to be a… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Middleton's UNMASKED book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
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11. Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women

By: Sarah Bargiela

3.82

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Autism in women and girls is still not widely understood, and is often misrepresented or even overl… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bargiela's Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • mental health
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12. Stitching the Soul

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The final installment in this bestselling series completes the journey that Courtney Peppernell beg… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Stitching the Soul book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
  • mental health
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13. Sea Glass Secrets

By: Julia Reesor

4.05

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Sea Glass Secrets is an excavation of the past that explores themes of Childhood Trauma, Grief, and… read more

Similar categories in Julia Reesor's Sea Glass Secrets book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
"Sea glass graces the shore, carrying with it secrets from the waves visible within its transformation."

-Julia Reesor, Sea Glass Secrets

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14. where lost & hopeless things go: poems

By: Bryony Rosehurst

4.38

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

where lost & hopeless things go is rosehurst's second poetry collection, focusing on the life and e… read more

Similar categories in Bryony Rosehurst's where lost & hopeless things go: poems book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
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15. the things I didn't say in therapy

By: Logan Duane

3.93

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

In her very first book, poet Logan Duane takes her readers on a journey filled with grief, abuse, l… read more

Similar categories in Logan Duane's the things I didn't say in therapy book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
  • mental health
"Each time you come to me in my dreams I am reminded that you gave me the strength and skills to keep going without you here."

-Logan Duane, the things I didn't say in therapy

"To look at yourself in the mirror and want to die is a feeling that can not be described to those that have never existed in such darkness."

-Logan Duane, the things I didn't say in therapy

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16. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

By: Bex Ollerton

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • memoir
  • mental health
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17. Girl (Remastered)

By: Jessica Jocelyn

4.26

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

From the best selling author who brought you Chasing Wildfires and Finding Daisies, Jessica Jocelyn… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Jocelyn's Girl (Remastered) book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
  • autistic spectrum disorder
Cover of The Words I Could Never Say: Bipolar Poetry by Yogesh Chandra

18. The Words I Could Never Say: Bipolar Poetry

By: Yogesh Chandra

4.12

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of the flower that went mad comes a new collection of poetry that focus… read more

Similar categories in Yogesh Chandra's The Words I Could Never Say: Bipolar Poetry book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
  • mental health
Cover of Wickedly Yours (Witches of Pleasant Grove, #2) by Jennifer Chipman

19. Wickedly Yours (Witches of Pleasant Grove, #2)

By: Jennifer Chipman

3.77

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

"Be my wife." No part of me should have accepted the demon's proposal, especially when it came with… read more

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20. poems of the neurodivergent experience

By: Jaclyn Pensiero

4.14

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Jaclyn Pensiero is an autistic adult who received a late diagnosis at the age of 24. Despite always… read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • memoir
  • mental health
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21. About Time (Button Poetry)

By: Neil Hilborn

4.41

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Neil Hilborn's About Time (Button Poetry) book and Jaclyn Pensiero's poems of the neurodivergent experience

  • poetry

11 Best poetry books like poems of the neurodivergent experience by Jaclyn Pensiero

Transform Your Habits

Wild Embers

Nikita Gill

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

Courtney Peppernell

4.00

Transform Your Habits

healing for no one but me

Jennae Cecelia

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Stitching the Soul

Courtney Peppernell

4.04

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21 best-selling poetry books like healing for no one but me by Jennae Cecelia

Transform Your Habits

She Was The Storm

Cherie Avritt

3.48

Transform Your Habits

Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

Melody Godfred

4.14

Transform Your Habits

2am thoughts

Makenzie Campbell

3.75

Transform Your Habits

To Be Honest

Nelle Starling

4.16

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