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Suffering from a psychological or psychiatric disorder can be a distressing and bewildering experience. From psychological trauma, to depression, to impairments of cognitive processing and psychosomatic illness, the dysfunction of our ways of thinking or neurochemistry can be extremely disruptive. It too, however, can tell us much about the function of the brain – ‘healthy’ or ‘unhealthy’ – while congenital conditions like autism cause us to question what it really means to be ‘normal’. Steve Silberman, author of the prizewinning book Neurotribes – explored this idea of ‘neurodiversity’, in his interview with us on the subject of autism.

    The best books on Synaesthesia, recommended by Lydia Ruffles

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    Wednesday is Indigo Blue
    by David M. Eagleman & Richard E. Cytowic

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    The Mirror
    by Richard Skinner

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    The Book Thief
    by Marcus Zusak

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    Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Painting in Particular
    by Wassily Kandinsky

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    If Not Winter: Fragments of Sappho
    by Anne Carson & Sappho

The best books on Synaesthesia, recommended by Lydia Ruffles

How does someone with synaesthesia see the world? How does it contribute to creativity and expression? Author Lydia Ruffles recommends books and suggests an intriguing list of artists who may have been synaesthetes.  

    Steve Silberman recommends the best New Books on Autism

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    Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life
    by Cynthia Kim

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    The Real Experts: Readings for Parents of Autistic Children
    by Michelle Sutton (editor)

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    Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
    by Barry Prizant and Tom Fields-Meyer

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    Autism Adulthood: Strategies and Insights for a Fulfilling Life
    by Susan Senator

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    The Eagle Tree
    by Ned Hayes

Steve Silberman recommends the best New Books on Autism

Writing about autism has undergone an important shift, finally giving a voice to people with autism, says Steve Silberman, the winner of the 2015 Baillie Gifford Prize for his book tracing the history of autism, NeuroTribes. He picks the best new books on autism.

    The best books on Psychosomatic Illness, recommended by Suzanne O'Sullivan

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    Studies in Hysteria
    by Josef Breuer & Sigmund Freud

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    Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
    by Asti Hustvedt

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    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
    by Oliver Sacks

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    Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology
    by Paul Broks

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

The best books on Psychosomatic Illness, recommended by Suzanne O'Sullivan

We still understand very little about the workings of the brain, and yet we dismiss the tricks it can play on us as undeserving of the same sympathy as physical illness. Neurologist and author Suzanne O’Sullivan recommends the best books on psychosomatic illness.

    The best books on Autism, recommended by Barry Prizant

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    Following Ezra
    by Tom Fields-Meyer

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    Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently
    by Steve Silberman

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    Seven Keys to Unlock Autism
    by Elaine Hall

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    Understanding Autism for Dummies
    by Stephen Shore and Linda Rastelli

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    Asperger's from the Inside Out
    by Michael John Carley

The best books on Autism, recommended by Barry Prizant

The award-winning clinical scholar and author of Uniquely Human, Barry Prizant, chooses his top five books on autism.

    The best books on Autism, recommended by Uta Frith

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    Fairy Tales
    by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

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    The Siege
    by Clara Claiborne Park

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    Little Flowers (Fioretti)
    by St Francis of Assisi

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    A Real Person
    by Gunilla Gerland

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    Soul Made Flesh
    by Carl Zimmer

The best books on Autism, recommended by Uta Frith

The author of Autism and Talent and Autism in History puts her subject into historical context and tells us why studying the development of the mind continues to fascinate her

    The best books on Autism and Asperger Syndrome, recommended by Simon Baron-Cohen

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    by Mark Haddon

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    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
    by Werner Herzog

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    The Language Instinct
    by Steven Pinker

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    The Intentional Stance
    by Daniel C Dennett

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    Attachment
    by John Bowlby

The best books on Autism and Asperger Syndrome, recommended by Simon Baron-Cohen

The head of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University tells us about myths surrounding autism and Asperger’s, and what inspired his own research into the subject

    The best books on The Miracle of Autism, recommended by Rupert Isaacson

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    The Master and Margarita
    by Mikhail Bulgakov

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    The Once and Future King
    by T H White

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    By Night Under the Stone Bridge
    by Leo Perutz

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    The Hummingbird’s Daughter
    by Luis Alberto Urrea

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    Anna Karenina
    by Leo Tolstoy

The best books on The Miracle of Autism, recommended by Rupert Isaacson

The respected author in an intimate discussion about his personal views on autism, prompted by his relationship with his own autistic son. Discusses books that reflect the values of empathy and authenticity

    The best books on Mental Illness, recommended by Samantha Harvey

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    Blindness
    by Jose Saramago

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    The Forgetting
    by David Shenk

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    Iris
    by John Bayley

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    Nausea
    by Jean-Paul Sartre

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    Life and Times of Michael K
    by J.M. Coetzee

The best books on Mental Illness, recommended by Samantha Harvey

The author discusses books on mental illness, explaining the conditions that keep us sane and the effects of removing them. Recommendations include Sartre, Coetzee, and John Bayley on Iris Murdoch

    The best books on Psychoanalysis, recommended by David Bell

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    Sigmund Freud
    by Richard Wollheim

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    Civilisation and Its Discontents
    by Sigmund Freud

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    Eichmann in Jerusalem
    by Hannah Arendt

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    Envy and Gratitude
    by Melanie Klein

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    Learning From Experience
    by Wilfred Bion

The best books on Psychoanalysis, recommended by David Bell

The well-known psychoanalyst explains which books he believes deserve to be the most read on psychoanalysis. His choices include books by Freud, Klein, Bion, Arendt and explanations of why they must be included.

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