Eating Disorders

Includes anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder / compulsive overeating, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Mental illnesses involving a combination of thoughts / feelings, behaviors, and symptoms linked to eating/food and weight gain/loss and body image and physical symptoms.

Wintergirls
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
The Best Little Girl in the World
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Just Listen
Skinny
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
Thin
Paperweight
Perfect
Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
Elena Vanishing
Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
The Kitten and His Prince by Julie ManninoStarved by Michael SomersNothing by Robin FriedmanThe Art of Starving by Sam J. MillerA Trick of the Light by Lois Metzger
Male Eating Disorder Fiction Books
16 books — 10 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonJust Listen by Sarah DessenAs Beautiful as It Seems by Diana  HawkTwo Girls Staring at the Ceiling by Lucy FrankGirls Under Pressure by Jacqueline Wilson
YA Fiction About Eating Disorders
28 books — 12 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniLooking for Alaska by John  GreenA Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie Jahn
Best Mental Illness and Self-Harm Books
166 books — 164 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonJust Listen by Sarah DessenPerfect by Natasha FriendIdentical by Ellen HopkinsKeeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
YA Eating Disorder Fiction
169 books — 523 voters

French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille GuilianoSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Fatphobic Books
2 books — 1 voter
Go Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksBreaking Bailey by AnonymousLetting Ana Go by AnonymousThe Book of David by AnonymousTreacherous Love by Beatrice Sparks
In the Tradition of Go Ask Alice
13 books — 7 voters

Naomi Wolf
“ We do not have to spend money and go hungry and struggle and study to become sensual; we always were. We need not believe we must somehow earn good erotic care; we always deserved it. Femaleness and its sexuality are beautiful. Women have long secretly suspected as much. In that sexuality, women are physically beautiful already; superb; breathtaking. Many, many men see this way too. A man who wants to define himself as a real lover of women admires what shows of her past on a woman's face, be ...more ”
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Jena Morrow
“ I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth, and when I talk myself into doing so, I taste only shame. I have an eating disorder. ”
― Jena Morrow, Hollow: An Unpolished Tale

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Stick Figure a group about eating disorders, how to spot if someone has one, what to do, and talk about your …more
28 members, last active 12 years ago
Suffering souls group Hi! This group is for people struggling with mental illnesses. Please don’t post anything graphi…more
12 members, last active 2 months ago
Reading Instead of Eating This is a group for people who have a tendency for emotional eating. Whatever you like to read, …more
3 members, last active 15 years ago
NEDA Book Club This is a group started by NEDA volunteers for people who want to learn about books on the treat…more
44 members, last active 14 years ago