Biographies and Personal Experiences
Individual accounts, exploration and collections of first-hand experience of face blindness, written by people who are face blind themselves.
Face Blind!
Bill Choisser (1997-2009)
The first book on face blindness, written by the first lay person to be identified with the condition (only available online).
What It’s Like to be Face Blind
Edited by Jo Livingston (2012)
Stories from around the world, told by a few of the millions who are face blind.
You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know
Heather Sellars (2010)
A true story of family, face blindness and forgiveness.
The Faces of Prosopagnosia: Without the Science
B. Gilzene (2013)
A collection of anecdotes illustrating the experiences of people with face blindness.
BrainStorming: Functional Lessons from a Dysfunctional Brain
Tara Fall (2014)
Neurology patient surviving epilepsy, faceblindness and stroke.
Fiction
Fiction where the main character has face blindness.
Mapping Charlie
Jane Meyerding (2010)
A murder mystery with a main character who is face blind and has Asperger’s syndrome.
Sequel (2012) Forest for the Trees
Holding Up the Universe
Jennifer Niven (2016)
A story of two teenagers, each with their own challenges.
The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder
Sarah J Harris (2018)
A murder mystery with the only witness a boy with face blindness, autism and synaesthesia.
Fact
Explaining and exploring face blindness.
Prosopagnosia, Face Blindness Explained
Lyndsay Leatherdale (2013)
Prosopagnosia types, tests, symptoms, causes, treatment and research.
Understanding Facial Recognition Difficulties in Children
Nancy Mindick (2011)
Prosopagnosia management strategies for parents and professionals.
Face Recognition & its disorders
Sarah Bate (2013)
Cognitive, developmental and clinical exploration for practitioners, students and academics.
The Mind’s Eye
Oliver Sacks (2010)
Psychological adjustment of individuals whose visual perception of the world is impaired – including one chapter related to the capacity to recognise faces.
