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Pretending to Be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome by Liane Holliday Willey

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informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood

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informative medium-paced

4.0

Super interesting; mostly geared towards parents. Good chapters towards the end regarding adult relationships-- a good resource list at the end. 
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel J. Siegel

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Phenomenal  
The Surrendered Wife: A Practical Guide to Finding Intimacy, Passion and Peace by Laura Doyle

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hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

2.0

Some weird sexism stuff and at times feels culty, but makes good points about respect and love and care. 
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, 3rd Edition: Revised and Updated by Ellen Notbohm

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hopeful informative fast-paced

3.0

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant

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emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.75

Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward

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emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

Good Morning, Monster: Five Heroic Journeys to Recovery by Catherine Gildiner

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves by Stephen Grosz

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emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

This book was contemplative. I had a lot of good notes and insight.  
Codependence and the Power of Detachment by Karen Casey

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emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.25

Solid clear stories of hope.