For a long time now on social media, I have witnessed the rise of the nonfiction autistic author.

More and more autistics are claiming their stories and experiences and writing memoirs or niche books on being autistic. Some are written by autistic advocates who want to help others and some by autistics who only want to get there story out in hopes of connecting with others, to not feel alone.

That’s amazing and much needed considering the shit storm of misinformation that clutters our history.

We don’t need whiny allistic moms of autistic children telling us how miserable their lives are since the phantom vaccine took their child away and ruined their marriages. Or, the politician who wants to be reelected so he picks a phantom menace his followers, er, voters, can rally against.

Let’s not give them any more attention.

Continue to read those nonfiction books by autistic authors. I do even though I’m autistic. The spectrum is so wide and different that I love to learn about my tribe.

But nonfiction is not exclusive to learning about our tribe. Fiction plays a big part of it, too.

Great fiction focuses on a moment of time or experience of the authors through their unique voice. Hence, autistic authors create a story that reflects their experience in that time. As the work of fiction grows older, perhaps the next generation will read it and learn about that part of history, that part of the time.

Here are five to start you off:

I have read these authors and loved the experience. Each one, despite sharing a genre, is different from the other.

Unique.

Like an autistic person.