Fat Books

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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as fat)
avg rating 4.39 — 17,723 ratings — published 2020
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by (shelved 28 times as fat)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,911 ratings — published 2017
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“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as fat)
avg rating 4.31 — 11,972 ratings — published 2023
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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as fat)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,866 ratings — published 2019
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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as fat)
avg rating 4.21 — 31,664 ratings — published 2018
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Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as fat)
avg rating 4.49 — 2,887 ratings — published 2021
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Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1) Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1)
by (shelved 20 times as fat)
avg rating 3.88 — 92,620 ratings — published 2015
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The Fat Studies Reader The Fat Studies Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as fat)
avg rating 4.23 — 294 ratings — published 2009
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as fat)
avg rating 4.16 — 64,337 ratings — published 2016
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Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as fat)
avg rating 3.99 — 5,237 ratings — published 2015
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Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1) Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as fat)
avg rating 3.60 — 52,640 ratings — published 2020
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Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as fat)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,483 ratings — published 2019
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Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as fat)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,105 ratings — published 2008
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FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as fat)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,103 ratings — published 1998
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The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce
by (shelved 15 times as fat)
avg rating 4.22 — 949 ratings — published 2019
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Fat Chance, Charlie Vega Fat Chance, Charlie Vega (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as fat)
avg rating 3.97 — 12,401 ratings — published 2021
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I'll Be the One I'll Be the One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as fat)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,512 ratings — published 2020
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If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1) If the Shoe Fits (Meant to Be, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as fat)
avg rating 3.88 — 59,409 ratings — published 2021
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Starfish Starfish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as fat)
avg rating 4.42 — 37,455 ratings — published 2021
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One to Watch One to Watch (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as fat)
avg rating 3.87 — 99,072 ratings — published 2020
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You Have the Right to Remain Fat You Have the Right to Remain Fat (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as fat)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,646 ratings — published 2018
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Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body Lessons from the Fat-o-sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as fat)
avg rating 4.03 — 849 ratings — published 2009
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Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as fat)
avg rating 3.78 — 211,423 ratings — published 2019
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Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as fat)
avg rating 3.88 — 127 ratings — published
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Dietland Dietland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as fat)
avg rating 3.56 — 22,597 ratings — published 2015
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All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2) All the Feels (Spoiler Alert, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as fat)
avg rating 3.83 — 26,592 ratings — published 2021
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Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as fat)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,790 ratings — published 2018
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Puddin' (Dumplin', #2) Puddin' (Dumplin', #2)
by (shelved 11 times as fat)
avg rating 3.99 — 20,643 ratings — published 2018
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Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as fat)
avg rating 4.12 — 534 ratings — published 2012
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Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as fat)
avg rating 3.99 — 116 ratings — published 2001
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Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as fat)
avg rating 4.16 — 612 ratings — published 2021
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Heavy Heavy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as fat)
avg rating 4.47 — 46,118 ratings — published 2018
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Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse, #3) Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as fat)
avg rating 3.78 — 77,481 ratings — published 2018
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The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fat)
avg rating 3.83 — 515 ratings — published 2012
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Two Whole Cakes: How to Stop Dieting and Learn to Love Your Body Two Whole Cakes: How to Stop Dieting and Learn to Love Your Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as fat)
avg rating 4.11 — 476 ratings — published 2012
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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as fat)
avg rating 4.03 — 22,807 ratings — published 2010
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At First Spite (Harlot's Bay, #1) At First Spite (Harlot's Bay, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.72 — 14,680 ratings — published 2024
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Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,587 ratings — published 2023
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A Merry Little Meet Cute (A Christmas Notch, #1) A Merry Little Meet Cute (A Christmas Notch, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.32 — 78,894 ratings — published 2022
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Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert, #3) Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.51 — 16,318 ratings — published 2022
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Here the Whole Time Here the Whole Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 4.20 — 16,868 ratings — published 2017
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The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,286 ratings — published 2018
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The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2) The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.88 — 77,551 ratings — published 2017
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Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,430 ratings — published 2015
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Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.91 — 545 ratings — published 2011
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Fat Is a Feminist Issue Fat Is a Feminist Issue (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,302 ratings — published 1978
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Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 3.85 — 376 ratings — published 2005
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Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as fat)
avg rating 4.48 — 75 ratings — published 1983
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Fat Keily Fat Keily (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 7 times as fat)
avg rating 2.88 — 1,259 ratings — published
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Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3) Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as fat)
avg rating 4.07 — 103,110 ratings — published 2021
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Christine Heppermann
“Rubenesque: the word for masterpiece curves. Screw you, unsalted rice cakes.”
Christine Heppermann, Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty

Alice Walker
“Aside from the fact that they say it's unhealthy, my fat ain't never been no trouble. Mens always have loved me. My kids ain't never complained. Plus they's fat.”
Alice Walker, You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Short Stories

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