The Broken Mirror Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Katharine A. Phillips M.D.
1996 · 2005 edition
412 pages
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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Big Big Love
Hanne Blank
2011 · 2015 edition
200 pages
You Are Not What You Weigh
Lisa Bevere
2007 · 2013 edition
194 pages
Adam's Navel
Michael Sims
2003 · 2010 edition
368 pages
Yoga from the Inside Out
Christina Sell
2003 · 2013 edition
148 pages
Operation Beautiful
Caitlin Boyle
Published 2010
272 pages
Breathless (Orca Soundings)
Pam Withers
Published 2005
128 pages
Embrace
Taryn Brumfitt
Published 2015
188 pages
A Big Fat Crisis
Deborah Cohen
Published 2013
272 pages
The Perfect 10
Louise Kean
Published 2005
400 pages
Embody Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and Quiet That Critical Voice!)
Connie Sobczak
Published 2014
255 pages
The Laura Line
Crystal Allen
Published 2013
336 pages
The Woman in the Mirror
Cynthia M. Bulik
Published 2012
272 pages
Things You Either Hate Or Love
Brigid Lowry
2005 · 2006 edition
32 pages
Real Gorgeous The Truth about Body and Beauty
Kaz Cooke
1994 · 1997 edition
309 pages
Face Value The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives
Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
Published 2016
288 pages
Lit From Within Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty
Victoria Moran
Published 2001
256 pages
Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Janice Hesse-Biber
1996 · 1997 edition
191 pages
This Is Who I Am Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes
Rosanne Olson, Rita Charon
Published 2008
116 pages
DEL-Adios, Barbie
Ophira Edut
Published 1998
256 pages
I'd Rather Be Short 100 Reasons Why It's Great to Be Small
Becky Murphy
Published 2013
112 pages
The Obesity Paradox When Thinner Means Sicker and Heavier Means Healthier
Carl J. Lavie, Kristin Loberg
Published 2014
268 pages
The Betrayal of the Body
Alexander Lowen
2005 · 1969 edition
308 pages
Aching for Beauty
Ping Wang
2000 · 2002 edition
288 pages