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1	Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies & Fat by Hillel Schwartz 3.74 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths and Realities of Dieting by Gina Kolata 3.83 avg rating — 1,001 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce by Angie Manfredi (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 953 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Body Positive: A Guide to Loving Your Body by Emily Lauren Dick (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Politics of Size: Perspectives from the Fat Acceptance Movement [2 volumes] by Ragen Chastain (Goodreads Author) (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Why Diets Make Us Fat: the unintended consequences of our obsession with weight loss — and what to do instead by Sandra Aamodt 3.89 avg rating — 485 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor 4.21 avg rating — 31,777 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	What's Wrong with Fat? by Abigail C. Saguy 4.08 avg rating — 226 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings 4.23 avg rating — 6,946 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Body Positive Power: How to stop dieting, make peace with your body and live by Megan Jayne Crabbe (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 5,477 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight—and What We Can Do about It by Harriet Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 1,005 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass by Jes Baker 3.96 avg rating — 1,791 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight by Linda Bacon 4.19 avg rating — 2,001 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Big Fit Girl: Embrace the Body You Have by Louise Green 3.84 avg rating — 387 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement by Charlotte Cooper (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 127 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body by Jessamyn Stanley (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 3,432 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Revolting Bodies?: The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity by Kathleen LeBesco 4.16 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression by Jana Evans Braziel (Editor) 3.99 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker 3.99 avg rating — 5,240 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture by Amy Erdman Farrell 3.91 avg rating — 545 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts by Hanne Blank 3.83 avg rating — 515 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Fat: The Owner's Manual by Ragen Chastain (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon 4.18 avg rating — 6,111 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Diet Myth: Why America's Obsessions with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health by Paul Campos 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body by Kate Harding (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 850 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Fat Studies Reader by Sondra Solovay (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 294 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture by Samantha Kwan 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan Bordo (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 1,896 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Fat Politics: The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic by J. Eric Oliver 3.65 avg rating — 235 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression by Lisa Schoenfielder (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size by Marilyn Wann 4.13 avg rating — 1,103 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Yoga for Everyone: 50 Poses For Every Type of Body by Dianne Bondy 4.53 avg rating — 374 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Faith, Vol. 1: Hollywood and Vine by Jody Houser (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 3.64 avg rating — 3,389 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies by Andrea Elizabeth Shaw 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West 4.16 avg rating — 64,511 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Big Big Love, Revised: A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size by Hanne Blank 4.13 avg rating — 404 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars