Books - where to start?

I found Unmasking Autism by Devon Price really helpful. It confirmed for me that my self-identification as autistic was correct: I did still go for official diagnosis for my own peace of mind, but after reading that book I was confident that I was doing it for myself and not to prove anything to others who still might not believe me. It's also got some helpful therapy-style tasks in there.

Hi, one of my starting points was Sara Gibbs, it’s a series of podcasts called Aut-hour. She interviews about 10 different autistic authors, each write books for different ages. Laura James was a favourite, her book is, “ Odd Girl Out.” Sara’s book was the first book I read, “Drama Queen.” Another line of introduction is a BBC Sounds podcast series called 1800 Seconds on Autism. The new series has an interview with Chloe Hayden, she has a good book called, “Different, Not Less,” she is 25 and also an autistic actor in a program called, Heartbreak High. It’s a reboot on Netflix. A very warts and all is Fern Brady’s book, “Strong Female Character.” All the books I have found easier as audiobooks.

I found Odd Girl out by Laura James to be a very good read. I was diagnosed as autistic last year at the age of 57.