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Books with autistic representation releasing in 2021, a thread
ACT YOUR AGE, EVE BROWN by @TaliaHibbert
-adult autistic romance (autistic heroine AND autistic hero)
-grumpy hero x sunshine heroine
-enemies running a bed and breakfast together to lovers
-so much banter, also ducks
March 9th https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51824384-act-your-age-eve-brown?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0L3QFueWPS&rank=1
-adult autistic romance (autistic heroine AND autistic hero)
-grumpy hero x sunshine heroine
-enemies running a bed and breakfast together to lovers
-so much banter, also ducks
March 9th https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51824384-act-your-age-eve-brown?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=0L3QFueWPS&rank=1
THE MANY MYSTERIES OF THE FINKEL FAMILY by @SarahKapit
-middlegrade mystery
-two autistic jewish sisters start their own detective agency to solve mysteries
-one sister is mostly nonverbal and uses a tablet to talk
March 23rd https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51496912-the-many-mysteries-of-the-finkel-family?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ic9hhs6PMX&rank=2
-middlegrade mystery
-two autistic jewish sisters start their own detective agency to solve mysteries
-one sister is mostly nonverbal and uses a tablet to talk
March 23rd https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51496912-the-many-mysteries-of-the-finkel-family?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ic9hhs6PMX&rank=2
MOONWALKING by @zettaelliott and @LMillerLachmann
-middlegrade, historical (1982 Brooklyn)
-written in verse
-Interracial friendship between autistic white boy and Afro-Latinx science geek/graffiti artist who start a band together
Fall 2021 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51087277-moonwalking?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wlljiHy5fZ&rank=1
-middlegrade, historical (1982 Brooklyn)
-written in verse
-Interracial friendship between autistic white boy and Afro-Latinx science geek/graffiti artist who start a band together
Fall 2021 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51087277-moonwalking?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wlljiHy5fZ&rank=1
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN by @ZREllor
-YA contemporary m/m romance
-trans boy mc, autistic li (dual pov)
-a trans teen battles for homecoming king against the boy he dumped the previous summer
May 18th https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54017940-may-the-best-man-win?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=nOaulJ54qH&rank=1
-YA contemporary m/m romance
-trans boy mc, autistic li (dual pov)
-a trans teen battles for homecoming king against the boy he dumped the previous summer
May 18th https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54017940-may-the-best-man-win?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=nOaulJ54qH&rank=1
PETTY POISONS by @DN_Bryn
an autistic mer-snake mc who must lead a poisoned hypocrite through the swampy land that was once his home, in order to find the source of power that holds a cure
Summer 2021 https://dnbryn.com/works-in-progress/our-petty-poisons/
an autistic mer-snake mc who must lead a poisoned hypocrite through the swampy land that was once his home, in order to find the source of power that holds a cure
Summer 2021 https://dnbryn.com/works-in-progress/our-petty-poisons/
THE SECRET LIFE OF KITTY GRANGER by @gdfalksen
-YA historical (London 1967)
-an autistic working class girl whose spent her life masking her autistic traits
-she accidentally uncovers a Russian spy ring and is offered a job in espionage
March 2nd https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49859087
-YA historical (London 1967)
-an autistic working class girl whose spent her life masking her autistic traits
-she accidentally uncovers a Russian spy ring and is offered a job in espionage
March 2nd https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49859087
SHOW US WHO YOU ARE by @BooksandChokers
-MG
-an autistic girl who recently lost her mom befriends a boy w/ adhd whose dad is developing an AI that recreates dead ppl in hologram form
-she discovers eugenics may be among the companies goals
March 4th https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56440612
-MG
-an autistic girl who recently lost her mom befriends a boy w/ adhd whose dad is developing an AI that recreates dead ppl in hologram form
-she discovers eugenics may be among the companies goals
March 4th https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56440612
SOCIAL QUEUE by @kaymariek
-YA romance
-an autistic girl who thinks sheâs never been anyoneâs crush discovers sheâs just been missing the cues
-she looks back on her old crushes, hoping she can make sparks fly with one of them https://www.kaykerr.com/
-YA romance
-an autistic girl who thinks sheâs never been anyoneâs crush discovers sheâs just been missing the cues
-she looks back on her old crushes, hoping she can make sparks fly with one of them https://www.kaykerr.com/
Lmk of any other (FICTION) books with autistic (MAIN CHARACTERS) coming out in 2021 pls!
