Recommended Reads
We’ve put together a list of Books that come highly recommended.
Note: The opinions stated in the books are entirely the authors. We do not endorse statements or opinions that are not our own.
The body is not an apology: The power of radical self-love
Sonya Renee Taylor
Anti-Diet: Reclaim your time, money, well-being & Happiness through intuitive eating
Christie Harrison
You have the right to remain fat
Virgie Tovar
Body positive power: how to stop dieting, make peace with your body and live
Megan Jayne Crab
You Are Not A Before Picture: How To Finally Make Peace with Your Body for Good
Alex Light
Fearing the black body: The racial origins of fatphobia
Sabrina Strings
More than a body: Your body is an instrument, not an ornament
Lexie & Lindsay Kite
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection Through Embodied Living
Hillary L. McBride
Belly of the beast
Da’Shaun L. Harrison
Fat activism: A radical Social movement
Charlotte Cooper
Fat girls in black bodies: Creating communities of our own
Joy Arlene Renee Cox
Revolting bodies? The struggle to redefine fat identity
Kathleen LeBesco
The little book of big lies
Tina Lifford
#VeryFat #VeryBrave
Nicole Byer
What we don’t talk about when we talk about fat
Aubrey Gordon
Big Girl: How i gave up dieting and got a life
Kelsey Miller
Happy Fat: Taking up space in a world that wants to shrink you
Sofie Hagen
Hunger: A memoir of (my) Body
Roxanne Gay
Shrill: Notes from a loud woman
Lindy West
BIG: Stories about life in plus-sized bodies
Christina Myers
Thick: And other essays
Tressie McMillan Cottom
A Beautiful work in progress
Mirna Valerio
Curvy yoga
Anna Guest-Jelley
Big fit girl: Embrace the body you have
Louise Green
Things no one will tell fat girls: A handbook for unapologetic living
Jes Baker
Beyond beautiful: A practical Guide to being happy, Confident and you in a looks-obsessed world
Anuschka Rees
A body to love: Cultivate community, body positivity, and self-love in the age of social media
Angelina Caruso
Hot & Heavy: Fierce fat girls on love life & Fashion
Virgie Tovar
Unashamed: Musings of a fat, black muslim
Leah Vernon
This is just my face: Try not to stare
Gabourey Sidibe
Fattily ever after: A black fat girl’s guide to living life unapologetically
Stephanie Yeboah
Beautiful You: A daily guide to radical self-acceptance
Rosie Molinary
Do you have a favourite body-positive read? One from above or something not on our list? We would love to hear about it!