The most popular 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.

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Lilly Takes the Lead
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Lilly Takes the Lead

Brenda Bellingham, Clarke MacDonald

2006 · 2012 edition

64 pages

Big Yoga
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Big Yoga

Meera Patricia Kerr

2010 · 2012 edition

240 pages

Well Rounded
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Well Rounded

Catherine Lippincott

Published 1997

272 pages

Weight Wisdom
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Weight Wisdom

Kathl Kingsbury

Published 2003

176 pages

Weight And Wisdom
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Weight And Wisdom

Nancy Ellis-Ordway, Tigress Osborn

Published 2024

The Whale
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The Whale

Samuel D. Hunter

Published 2014

89 pages

Read My Hips
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Read My Hips

Kim Brittingham

Published 2011

162 pages