Books

This is where you’ll find links to books I have read and recommend for specific concerns. I have avoided academic books but if that’s what interests you, send me an email and I’ll send across some recommendations! I will update this space as I come across and read books.

Neurodiversity/ADHD/Autism

• NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman

• Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg

• Loud Hands by Julia Bascom

• I Think I Might Be Autistic by Cynthia Kim

• Odd Girl Out by Laura James

• Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate by Cynthia Kim

• Spectrum Women by Barb Cook  (Editor), Michelle Garnett (Editor)

• What I Mean When I Say I'm Autisticby Annie Kotowicz

• Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

• We're Not Broken by Eric Garcia

• Uniquely Human by Barry M. Prizant

• Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté

• ADHD 2.0 by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey

• The Year I Met My Brain by Matilda Boseley

• Different, Not Less by Chloé Hayden

• Girl Unmasked by Emily Katy

• Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

• Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Sarah Hendrickx

• Untypical by Pete Wharmby

• Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker

Disability

• Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

• Disability Visibility by Alice Wong (Editor)

• The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

• Brilliant Imperfection by Eli Clare

LGBTQ+

• The Invisible Orientation by Julia Sondra Decker

• Ace by Angela Chen

• How To Be Ace by Rebecca Burgess

• The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You by S. Bear Bergman

• Gender Outlaws by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman

• This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids by Dans Owen-Reid, Kristin Russo

• The Velvet Rage by Alan Downs

• The Stonewall Reader

• Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam

Self-esteem

• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

• The Self Confidence Workbook by Barbara Markway

• Complex PTSD by Pete Walker

• The Self-love Workbook by Shainna Ali

Mood disorders

• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne

• The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by McKay, Wood, Brantley

• The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris

Alternative Relationship Structures

• More Than Two by Eve Rickert, Franklin Veaux

• Polysecure by Jessica Fern