The most popular French body image books

Books about body image deal with how we feel in our own skin. Weight, beauty standards, aging and the pressure of the mirror and the phone are explored in novels, memoirs and thoughtful nonfiction. They are honest about shame and generous about the way out of it. Only books in French are listed.

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Hunger
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Hunger

Roxane Gay

2016 · 2019 edition

336 pages

Obsession
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Obsession

Nora Roberts

2008 · 2017 edition

414 pages

Wonder
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Wonder

R. J. Palacio

2012 · 2014 edition

504 pages

Faith
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Faith

Peter James

2000 · 2013 edition

576 pages

Le corps
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Le corps

Michel Bernard

1976 · 1995 edition

163 pages

Le corps bafoué
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Le corps bafoué

Alexander Lowen

1976 · 1985 edition

282 pages

Savoir maigrir
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Savoir maigrir

Jean-Michel Cohen

Published 2002

241 pages