1. Books on autism, ADHD, and other forms of neurodiversity. They can be either general or geared toward self-help.

Criteria: 1) MODERN! They should ideally have been published within the last five years. 2) Written for laypeople, not scientists or medical professionals. 3) NOT looking for pure memoirs like "my life as an autistic person," though elements of memoir are fine.

2. Books on human behavior/neuropsychology that are NOT self-help - think Oliver Sacks, except not actually by Oliver Sacks.

Criteria: 1) Not by Oliver Sacks, V. S. Ramachandran, Atul Gawande, or Robert Sapolsky as I already know about them, but that's the sort of thing I'm thinking of. 2) MODERN! Ideally, published within the last five years. 3) Not bullshit, woo-woo, or otherwise totally unsupported by any factual evidence, I'm looking at you Julian Jaynes. 4) Not right-wing or misogynistic. No "evolutionary biology says women evolved to be sex slaves."

How are Sapolsky's more recent books like Behave? I've only read Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers.

3. Mind-expanding biology books for laypeople. Like Ed Yong and Siddhartha Mukherjee's books, but not by them as I already know about them.

For all of these, I would particularly like books written by women if there's any suitable.
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From: [personal profile] black_bentley


On ADHD, I really like Kat Brown's It's Not a Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult. It only came out last year, and as someone who was diagnosed at 34 I've found it really helpful. And How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis reduced me to tears (in an oh my god this book gets it way).
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Seconding 'How To Keep House While Drowning', I keep my own copy next to my bed.
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I have like How to keep house while drowning a lot.
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