The Best ADHD Books of 2025 (So Far)
If you're anything like me, you probably have a shelf (or a digital pile) of books you've started but never quite finished. That’s especially true when it comes to books about ADHD. Ironically, the very thing they're trying to help with can make them hard to read.
But 2025 has delivered some real standouts: books that don’t just inform, but resonate. Whether you're newly diagnosed, supporting a loved one, or deep into your own ADHD journey, here are some of the most impactful ADHD books of the year so far.
1. Allow Me to Interrupt: A Psychologist Reveals the Emotional Truth Behind Women's ADHD
By Gilly Kahn, Ph.D.
This book brings an empathetic and gender-aware lens to ADHD. Dr. Kahn explores the emotional experiences behind the diagnosis—overwhelm, perfectionism, and self-doubt—drawing from her clinical practice and personal insight.
Why it’s worth reading:
A compassionate deep-dive into women’s experiences with ADHD that goes beyond checklists and clinical jargon.
2. The ADHD Focus Friend
By Grace Koelma
Designed as a science-backed workbook, this book helps women reframe their ADHD experience, reduce shame, and build practical, doable habits. Each chapter includes thoughtful prompts and exercises that meet you where you are.
Why it’s worth reading:
Gentle and validating, this one is perfect if you want to work on your mindset, self-trust, and focus.
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3. Searching for Normal: A New Approach to Understanding Mental Health, Distress and Neurodiversity
By Dr. Sami Timimi
Rather than offering standard coping strategies, this book reframes ADHD and neurodiversity through a critical, trauma-informed lens. Dr. Timimi challenges psychiatric assumptions and calls for more humane, relational approaches to mental health.
Why it’s worth reading:
If you’ve ever questioned the system behind your diagnosis, this book offers clarity and compassion without pathologizing.
Where to Start?
If you’re overwhelmed by the list (been there), I’d start with whichever one speaks to your current season. Are you trying to understand your own late diagnosis? Curious about how ADHD impacts your emotions? Or maybe you just need a book that helps you reframe your self-talk.
These aren't magic fixes, but they’re powerful companions.
