The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion features an unusual hero on a mission to find a wife. To increase the efficiency of the process, Don Tillman develops a lengthy questionnaire that will allow him to quickly eliminate women who would be unsuitable. However the Wife Project becomes more complicated when Don begins helping Rosie Jarman to find her biological father. Rosie brings all sorts of chaos into Don’s incredibly regulated life. This first-person novel is rich in dramatic irony as we see the world through Don’s eyes but also pick up on social clues that Don sees but doesn’t understand. It is rich in gentle humour and conveys both the struggles and the richness of having a brain that works differently to the average. There is also a sequel.