15 Top nonfiction books like Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison

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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

By: John Elder Robison

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he w…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood

1. The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

By: Tony Attwood

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperge… read more

Similar categories in Tony Attwood's The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often made the comment that not only are universities…"

-Tony Attwood, The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

Cover of Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs

2. Possible Side Effects

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.90

Format: 144 pages,

National Bestseller From the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Running with Scissorscomes Augu… read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's Possible Side Effects book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant, Tom Fields-Meyer

3. Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

By: Barry M. Prizant , Tom Fields-Meyer

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Essential reading for any parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver of a person with autism: a groun… read more

Similar categories in Barry M. Prizant's Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs

4. Magical Thinking: True Stories

By: Augusten Burroughs

4.26

Format: 192 pages,

From the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors and Dry--a contagiously funny, heartwarming… read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's Magical Thinking: True Stories book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison

5. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

By: John Elder Robison

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he w… read more

Similar categories in John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. by Augusten Burroughs

6. This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.57

Format: None pages,

If you're fat and fail every diet, if you're thin but can't get thin enough, if you lose your job, … read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike. book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • psychology
Cover of Dry by Augusten Burroughs

7. Dry

By: Augusten Burroughs

4.03

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on … read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's Dry book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I was drunk from the attention"

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

"His laugh is made of porch swings and lemonade."

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

"It's amazing how drunk you can be without alcohol."

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

"When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all."

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

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8. A Wolf at the Table

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.72

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

"As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead bod… read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's A Wolf at the Table book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet

9. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

By: Daniel Tammet

4.57

Format: None pages,

One of the world's fifty living autistic savants is the first and only to tell his compelling and i… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Tammet's Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs

10. You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

You've eaten too much candy at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed S… read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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11. Running With Scissors

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton… read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's Running With Scissors book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it"

-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors

"Life would be fabric-softener, tuna-salad-on-white, PTA-meeting normal."

-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors

"I like it when she's shiny, like a star, like a guest on the Donnie and Marie Show ."

-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors

"Doctor, if being a bitch is healthy, then I am the healthiest damn woman on the face of the earth"

-Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors

12. Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism

By: Temple Grandin

4.12

Format: 652 pages, Paperback

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock… read more

Similar categories in Temple Grandin's Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

13. The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

By: David Mitchell , Naoki Higashida , K.A. Yoshida

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy … read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

14. Sellevision

By: Augusten Burroughs

4.40

Format: None pages,

The hilarious first novel by the #1 bestselling author of Running with Scissors, Dry, A Wolf at the… read more

Similar categories in Augusten Burroughs's Sellevision book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

15. The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

By: Richard Panek , Temple Grandin

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate W… read more

Similar categories in Richard Panek's The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

16. A Parent's Guide to High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive

By: Geraldine Dawson , Sally Ozonoff , None

3.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Many tens of thousands of parents have found the facts they need about high-functioning autism spec… read more

Similar categories in Geraldine Dawson's A Parent's Guide to High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

17. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

By: Steve Silberman

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A New York Timesbestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A groundbreaking… read more

Similar categories in Steve Silberman's NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

Cover of Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel by Claudia   Clark

18. Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

By: Claudia Clark

4.28

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

One of the great political friendships of the modern world, as told through key moments that shaped… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Clark's Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"As she had done when she introduced the US president in Berlin, she addressed him publicly with the informal du for the first time since the NSA controversy in 2013."

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m looking with great interest in the American election campaign.’ For the …"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"Obama’s next words captured the attention of the world and the amusement of those present. As he wagged his finger at the crowd, he scolded, ‘So stop it, all of you. I know you have to find something…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

"In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to convert her statements to English, Obama gave the chancellor and the p…"

-Claudia Clark, Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel

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19. We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

By: Eric Garcia

4.14

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doc… read more

Similar categories in Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • psychology
Cover of Sincerely, Your Autistic Child by Sharon daVanport

20. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child

By: Sharon daVanport

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A rare and diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights to parents the unique needs of gir… read more

Similar categories in Sharon daVanport's Sincerely, Your Autistic Child book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • psychology
Cover of Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition by Sarah Hendrickx

21. Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition

By: Sarah Hendrickx

4.53

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hendrickx's Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition book and John Elder Robison's Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology

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Augusten Burroughs

3.90

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Magical Thinking: True Stories

Augusten Burroughs

4.26

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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

John Elder Robison

4.23

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Augusten Burroughs

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19 Best autistic spectrum disorder books like Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition by Sarah Hendrickx

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Rudy Simone

3.78

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I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults

Cynthia Kim

3.63

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Fern Brady

4.48

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Pete Wharmby

4.35

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