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Eating Disorders & Body Image Books

Books selected for readers looking for eating disorders & body image books.

33 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·90% reader overlap with Depression Books

1. What I Lost
Alexandra Ballard
Fits this list for its focus on disorders and eating.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
2. Louder Than Hunger
John Schu
Fits this list for its focus on disorders and eating.
Shelf signal: Depression & Mental Health
3. Paperweight
Meg Haston
Fits this list for its focus on body and eating.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
4. Elena Vanishing
Elena Dunkle, Clare B. Dunkle
Fits this list for its focus on body and disorders.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
5. Light Enough to Float
Lauren Seal
Fits this list for its focus on eating.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
6. Radiate
Marley Gibson
Fits this list for its focus on body and disorders.
Shelf signal: YA Illness & Disease Stories
7. The Year I Didn't Eat
Samuel Pollen
Fits this list for its focus on eating.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
8. My Eyes Are Up Here
Kristen DiMercurio, Laura Zimmermann
Fits this list for its focus on body.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
9. Eat, and Love Yourself
Sweeney Boo, Lilian Klepakowsky
Fits this list for its focus on body.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
10. Holding Up the Universe
Jennifer Niven
Included for strong teen alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Teen Suicide
11. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Crystal Maldonado
Fits this list for its focus on body.
Shelf signal: Hispanic & Latino YA
12. Anatomy of a Misfit
Andrea Portes
Included for strong book club alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Depression for Teens
13. Miss You Love You Hate You Bye
Abby Sher
Fits this list for its focus on eating.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
14. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Carolyn Mackler
Fits this list for its focus on body.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
15. Believarexic
J. J. Johnson
Included for strong realistic alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
16. Running Lean
Diana L. Sharples
Fits this list for its focus on body and image.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
17. Love & Other Carnivorous Plants
Florence Gonsalves
Fits this list for its focus on eating.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
18. To Be Honest
Maggie Ann Martin
Included for strong teen alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
19. Someone to Love
Melissa de la Cruz
Included for strong york alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
20. The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
Josh Galarza
Included for strong american alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
21. Finding Normal
Jen Doktorski, Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
Strong fit for this eating disorders & body image list in the eating disorders & body image for teens lane.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
22. Slow Burn
Bethany Rutter
Fits this list for its focus on body.
Shelf signal: Track & Field
23. Sad Perfect
Stephanie Elliot
Included for strong fiction alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
24. Letting Ana Go
Anonymous
Included for strong teen alignment with this eating disorders & body image list.
Shelf signal: Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens