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My bookshelf

The books I recommend most often. Some are research-heavy, some read like a conversation with a friend, and all of them push back on diet culture. (Yes, I own several of them in more than one format.)

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Intuitive eating

Where I tell almost everyone to start.

Cover of the book titled 'Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach'. The cover features a green background with white, yellow, and teal sections, and includes pictures of two women smiling.
Cover of a workbook titled "The Intuitive Eating Workbook," featuring a green and beige design with a pink circle containing the number 10 and text about principles for nourishing a healthy relationship with food. It lists authors Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch.
Book cover titled "Anti-Diet" by Christy Harrison. The subtitle reads, "Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through INTUITIVE EATING." The cover features a beige background with bold black and red text, and small icons representing a clock, a money bag, a heart rate line, and a smiley face.
Book cover titled 'Gentle Nutrition: A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating' by Rachael Hartley, RD, featuring a bowl of colorful healthy food with crackers and a jar of pink drink.
Book cover titled 'Unapologetic Eating' by Alissa Rumsey, MS, RD. Features a maroon background with a broken white plate and eggshells. Subheadline reads 'Make Peace with Food and Transform Your Life'.
Book cover titled "What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat" by Aubrey Gordon. Red background with white and black text.

Health at Every Size/weight stigma

For understanding why your body was never the problem.

Book cover titled "Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" by Sabrina Strings, featuring an illustration of four historically dressed figures and a person in modern clothing and sunglasses holding a gun.
Book cover titled "Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture" by Amy Erdman Farrell, featuring an illustration of a smiling woman with a sunhat lying on the beach with the ocean and seagulls in the background.
Book cover titled "Body of Truth" by Harriet Brown, featuring a painted woman with long blond hair viewed from behind, and a mirror showing her face.
Book cover titled "FAT TALK: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture" by Virginia Sole-Smith, featuring colorful concentric circles in pink, yellow, white, blue, and teal.

Body image and self‑acceptance

For the days you don't love your body, and want to take care of it anyway.

Book cover titled 'more than a body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament' by Lindsay Kite PhD and Lexie Kite PhD, with a quote by Chelsea Clinton at the top.
Book cover titled 'The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love' by Sonya Renee Taylor. Features a woman with butterfly wings, lying with her arms raised, wearing a sunflower hat and body flowers, against a black background.
Cover of a book titled 'Body Talk' by Katie Sturino, featuring illustrations of three open mouths with red lips and white teeth, yellow banners with black text reading 'How to Embrace Your Body' and 'and Start Living Your Best Life'.
Book cover titled "Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation" by Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC, and Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD. Features a blue abstract illustration of a seated person surrounded by colorful floral patterns.
Book cover titled 'The Body Liberation Project' by Chrissy King, featuring an African American woman with short dreadlocks smiling and sitting on a bed with a beige pillow, in a room with pink and white walls.

Eating disorder recovery

For the hard days in recovery, and for the people supporting you through them.

Book cover titled "8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder" by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb, featuring a person holding their arm in a comforting manner with a background of muted blue and yellow tones.
Cover of a workbook titled "8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder." The cover features a woman holding her stomach and looking down, with a purple and light green color scheme.
Book cover titled 'Life Without Ed' by Jenni Schaefer, celebrating its tenth anniversary edition. Subtitle: How one woman declared independence from her eating disorder and how you can too. Features a small illustration of a woman with blonde hair surrounded by flowers.
Book cover with a pale pink background featuring a spoon with a scoop of vanilla ice cream shaped like a human head. The title reads 'The Inside Scoop on Eating Disorder Recovery' with author names and additional text.

Memoirs

Real stories, told honestly. Memoir is one of my favorite genres, so this shelf is close to my heart.

Book cover of 'Shrill' by Lindy West featuring a woman with blonde hair and red lipstick against a gray background
Book cover titled "things NO ONE will tell FAT girls" by Jes Baker, featuring a silhouette of a woman in pink and black text indicating it is a handbook for unapologetic living.
Book cover of 'Hunger' by Roxane Gay featuring a silver spoon on a white background.
Book cover titled "Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia" by Stephanie Covington Armstrong. The cover is yellow with an edited image of a person's face inside a small circle at the top, black scribbles crossing it, and a hand with two fingers extended at the bottom.
Book cover titled "Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting & Got a Life" by Kelsey Miller, featuring pink and teal background with black and purple text.