The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time appears in 23 book lists

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time appears in 23 book lists on Shepherd.

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The best books with autistic characters

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The best books about neurodiversity: our unique and brilliant brains

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The best books with neurodivergent voices: quirky, credible, heartbreaking

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The best novels featuring a child who has a tough journey through life

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The best books with mathematician characters

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The best books to read to make you cherish and enjoy your neurodivergent child

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The best coming of age darkly: fiction about deeply troubled teens

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The best books that explore the human mind

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The best crime mysteries with an extra twist of character

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The best crime fiction books that explore how our brains work

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The best Holocaust memoirs revealing the emotional & mental contours and development of the protagonist

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The best literary novels for inducing laughter and tears on the same page

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The best crime books with neurodiversity plus one

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The best middle grade and YA books with heroes who have a disability

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The best heart-warming middle-grade stories with hints of paranormal activity

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The best books with a unique narrator perspective

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The best YA books on the autistic experience/outsider experiences

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The best novels with devilishly unreliable narrators

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The best books featuring young, precocious characters who have physical or mental anomalies

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