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Anonymous 8/13/2025, 3:22:38 PM No.24634600 >>24634878 >>24634946 >>24636035 >>24636067 >>24636397

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What are some books where the protagonist is good at reading social cues? Basically someone who is the opposite of an autist?

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 5:56:38 PM No.24634878

>>24634600 (OP)
Jane Austen novels

Anonymous 8/13/2025, 6:28:34 PM No.24634946

>>24634600 (OP)
detective novels

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 2:59:31 AM No.24636035

>>24634600 (OP)
American Psycho, although his over analyzations could come off as being autistic.

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 3:06:31 AM No.24636045

Henry James, his late works in particular. The Ambassadors is my favorite.

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 3:18:01 AM No.24636067 >>24636370

>>24634600 (OP)
Dostoyevsky's The Idiot on a meta-cognitive level with Myshkin.
Remember, that really smart/wise people can fake being foolish and/or autistic.

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 6:56:55 AM No.24636370 >>24636410

>>24636067
what about someone who can't, is told how to but chooses not to out of pure spite?

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 7:15:04 AM No.24636397

>>24634600 (OP)
The Sun Also Rises

Anonymous 8/14/2025, 7:24:22 AM No.24636410

>>24636370
well isn't that the million dollar question: can a dumb person change their nature into a smart one?
show don't tell ;)