Books about Aspergers

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Can anyone recommend me a good book that explains Aspergers and what it's really like to live with it? I'd like something to educate myself about it, because I am pretty certain that I have it, and something that will help me to explain it to my husband. Ideally I'd prefer to buy just one book, but it may be better to get 2 different ones if I really have to.

I've looked at the books available from the website, but it's difficult to know what's best, or if there are others that are better.

Asperger's Syndrome, a guide ... by Tony Atwood is a very great book.
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Not about Asperger's only...but Nobody Nowhere by Donna Williams is a very good and useful book. It is an autobiography by an autistic woman.. After getting really MAD tryign to read books on Asperger's and autism written by normals/neurotypicals, I have gotten to the point where I confine myself to those that are written by someone with actual *expereince* and a true perspective on the subject- our own. (The only thing that even comes close, for irritation value, is reading an account of a girl's weddign night- written by a man! )

You don't necessarily have to buy the books...try searching at you r local library for any books on autism and see what they have. If selection is very limited, you can request that they send to another library for the tome that you want. Anything by Temple Grandin is also good....

Temple Grandin and Edgar Schnider are my heros!

I think people tend to like books that reflect their own situation, like the married/moneyed like books by those are in that situation, the singles with wierd lives like books by others who have shared that kind of life - I spose gays like the gay stories, etc etc etc...so...I guess you'd be looking for books by married women, which uh I think there was one by Diane Willey or someone a couple of years ago.

I liked Gunilla Gerland's book the best, so far, but like I'm saying I think it depends on your own situation, what you like in a book.

PP

Thanks. There's some good ideas there.

Another good author I started reading was Jerry Newport (Aspie) who is married to another another Aspie, Mary Meindel, the upcoming movie "Mozart and the Whale" is based on their real life meeting and all.

"Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome: A Student Guide" is my Bible

Why do you hate Mark Haddon? I loved his book . . . I mean it is clearly fiction but he made Christopher such a likable character . . .

Mark HAddon presents a super exxagerated (sp?) version of AS. When I tell someone that I have AS now, they tend to assume that I'm 'just like Christopher' . *Sigh*

Oh - I see - yeah, he did give Christopher more Kanner's type autistic traits along with the AS . . . I have to explain that sometimes when I ask people to read that book, too . . .

Liane Willey's 'Aperger Syndrome in the Family' is OK, I think, with much practical material. She is an aspie as is one of her daughters. I also thought the Attwood book mentioned by Sparkplugloy is worth reading. I'm not one for Temple Grandin though.

Although I am not in college, this title sounds intriguing. I got along quite well, by my own recollection, until college. Life was never the same after that.

I am currently reading that book, and although there are some things that don't seem to fit, there are often thoughts/perceptions/conversations that I think seem much like my own.

I have read Mark Haddon's book. As a work of fiction, I enjoyed it, but the boy did seem more autistic than Asperger's.

I bought Tony Atwood's book. I've not read much yet, but I'm finding it easy to read and understand so far.

tony attwood's book is good. too advanced for me though lol. also theres some other person liane holliday willey or something like that, she talks about her life. i didn't really feel the same way, like i felt like what happened to her in college applies more to me in high school right now, but it is a good book. i'd reccomend it to someone, because i'm sure everybody can relate somehow!! !