I find that's one benefit of reading children's classic stories, the storyline is easier to follow, but they are still great stories, without the over complexities of modern adult novels.

I've just finished Asperger's Syndrome: a guide for parents and professionals* by Tony Attwood, and am now onto Web of Deceit: Britain's real role in the world by Mark Curtis.

* I'm neither of those. Are there any books aimed at Aspies who were diagnosed in adulthood?

I've never seen one, I've seen one for adults with AS, but its written for parents, it was by Patricia Howlin.

What, something along the lines of...
"What your Aspie kid will be like when he/she grows up"
or
"How to get your grown-up Aspie kid to leave home"?

Well she's not bad, but it was a lot of stats of suicide figures, crimes, and advice on coping for the parents.

I was very depressed after reading it.

I like most books. I have a blog of book reviews- http://www.bibliofiles.blogspot.com. I like books with my interests best, but I also like science fiction. I get very mad when books have highly improbable/impossible scenes, and bad puctuation ruins books for me.  After I read books, I often immitate the characters, which gets on my family's nerves, so I try not to read books with weird dialects too often.

I'm currently reading A Girl's Best Friend Is Her Money by Jasmine Birtles and Jane Mack.

I am reading/have read,
Oxford Dictionary Of Biology,
Oxford Dictionary Of Physics,
Strange Worlds Amazing Places: A Tour Of Eath's Marvels And Mysteries,
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians,
The Peoples Of Europe: The Huns,
Hamlet,
Atlas Of World History,
Sphere,
2001,
and The American Heritage Dictionary

After all this I am surprised I don't need glasses yet, though I probably will soon.[i]

You read dictionaries?

Why not, after all every book that have ever been written started as words in a dictionary. There are so many fascinating (e.g. good, great, interesting, neat, pleasant, enjoyable, wonderful, terrific) words to find(e.g. expore, discover, learn of, uncover).

"Expore"? That's a new one. :wink:

I almost never pay any atension (mispelled) to how there spelled. I like the etymology part more.

Etymology fascinates me, I just love language/s.  I can't bring myself to read a dictionary, but I love flipping through and reading the definitions of incredibly obscure words.  I haven't even got around to reading the bible yet, so I don't know when I'll get to the dictionary.

As for what books I read, I like 'classic' science fiction (as opposed to 'sci-fi').  Stuff like Isaac Asimov (now, did he have an ASD?  I read his autobiography, and he sounds suspicious to me, as does his son) Arthur C Clarke and Robert Heinlein.  I've got a wonderful big book with every short story of Arthur C Clarke's, which I adore, and I've got about 60 books by Isaac Asimov on my shelf.  Also, I love JRR Tolkien, I've got most of his books.

Yay! a book thread! working in a Lib i am spoilt for choice.
The Curious incident of the dog in the night time. i raved about this to anyone who would listen. probably put them off it and me. :-(
the pratchett man saved me 10 years ago when i was deep in hell.
have become bored with his adult discworld stuff now, but am enjoying his foray into girlwitches as this is at about my emotional growth level. quietly brilliant and lots of granny weatherwax wisdom.mmmm.
Douglas Adams for years. Jeff Noon. Not so amusing but peculiar concepts. etc.
Tend to read two different types. I read for my emotional age, because i am trying to do some bits i missed out on. I have learnt about showing and telling and friendship. I also love Rhyme out loud like Roald Dahl and Dr Suess. Have a particular fondness for certain picture books. A good kids book should appeal to adults too.

Then i read for my intellectual age, mostly biological sciences and other cultures. i enjoy writers with a sense of humour or who are obviously addicted to their topic. I  like Bill Bryson and Oliver Sacks. David Horrobin wrote a thought provoking theory about what we call schizophrenia, from an evolutionary perspective, The Madness of Adam and Eve.
I am currently reading Mad in America, a history of psychiatric treatment. It is depressing but want to find out where it all went wrong and why.

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I recently found (but didn't buy) a book that I had been I just want find for some time. Birds of the West Indies, by James Bond . The author of the Bond books (I forgot his name) desided that the name sounded boring enough to use for a for his main character.