Books like The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Simon Stephens

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A coming‑of‑age epistolary novel that follows introverted teen Charlie through his freshman year in a 1990s Pittsburgh suburb as he navigates high school, friendship and the challenges of adolescence.

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Charlie Gordon, a mentally disabled but curious man, undergoes an experimental brain surgery that boosts his intelligence beyond the known limits, raising profound questions about identity, ethics, and the cost of genius.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

The Goldfinch chronicles the life of thirteen‑year‑old Theo Decker, who survives a museum attack that kills his mother and carries an art piece that becomes a lifelong obsession, exploring loss, identity, and art in contemporary America.

Nothing, in all it's entirety.

Don Tillman, a genetics professor with Asperger’s, designs a scientific survey to find a wife, only to meet Rosie Jarman, a drinker and late arriver who challenges his controlled worldview and leads him to discover that love can’t be measured.

Three feckless young men embark on a light‑hearted rowing holiday along the Thames in 1888, creating a series of humorous misadventures.

In 12th‑century Korea, orphan Tree‑ear rises from a bridge in a potters’ village to follow his dream of making celadon by apprenticing with master potter Min, facing hardship and learning the art of pottery.

A brave, self-exploring memoir of an autistic woman's journey towards understanding and embracing her unique condition.

A country girl’s return home after school leads Grace Melbury into a love triangle with a woodsman and a sophisticated newcomer, revealing how outside influences disrupt a rural community.

A terminally ill teenager compiles a wish‑list of adventures and memories she hopes to fulfill before her time runs out.

Through the friendship of a star pitcher and a near‑terminal catcher, Mark Harris’s classic sports novel explores loyalty, illness, and the human spirit in the world of Major League baseball.

Autism reviews what is known about adults with autism in terms of their social functioning and their educational and occupational status. Focusing mainly on the problems experienced by people with autism - and those working with and caring for them - the book offers practical ways of dealing with such difficulties. Each chapter makes use of clinical case material to illustrate the kinds of problems faced and ways in which they may be overcome. In addition, first-hand accounts from people with autism on their experiences as adults are included. Links with psychiatric illness in later life are also explored. . Autism aims to inform professionals and carers of what can be achieved by people with autism in adult life and how to cope with their difficulties, and to help those living with autism to achieve greater fulfillment of their potential.

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