Here are the adult books I’ve recommended so far!
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
52 Ways to Love Your Body by Kimber Simpkins
Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
A Fat Girl’s Confidence: I’m Fat. So What? by Patrice Shavone Brown
A Life Full of Glitter by Anna O’Brien
Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out- and Never Say Diet Again by Rebecca Scritchfield
Body Wars by Margo Maine
Does My Body Offend You? by Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia Chaudry
Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives by Miguel M. Morales
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation by Anastasia E. B. Kidd
Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley
Fat! So? by Marilyn Wann
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith
Fat: The Owner’s Manual by Ragen Chastain
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters, and the Pursuit of Thinness by Margo Maine
Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion by Virgie Tovar
I’ll be the One by Lyla Lee
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Landwhale by Jes Baker
Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson
Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies & Fat by Hillel Schwartz
Reclaiming Body Trust by Hilary Kinavey and Dana Sturtevant
Shrill by Lindy West
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renée Taylor
The Body Myth by Margo Maine
The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America by Virginia Sole-Smith
The Fat Girl’s Guide to Loving Your Body by K.L. Montgomery
Two Whole Cakes by Lesley Kinzel
The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl: Loving the Skin You’re In by Tess Holliday
The Self-Love Experiment by Shannon Kaiser
The Wellness Trap by Christy Harrison
There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Yoga for Everyone: 50 Poses for Every Type of Body by Dianne Bondy
Yoga Where You Are: Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Your Life by Dianne Bondy
You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar
“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
