Body Positivity Books

Harper College is screening Your Fat Friend on November 12th at 1pm in Z-102. Visit the event page for more details and sign up information.

Check out our list of books available through the Library about body positivity! Click on the title link of a book to see availability and location information. Titles include both print and electronic books. Happy Reading!

• The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies. Farrell, Amy Erdman.; Farrell, Amy Erdman, editor. 2023 

• EVERY BODY : a first conversation about bodies. Madison, Megan, author.; Ralli, Jessica, author.; Andrews, Tequitia, illustrator. 2023
• The body liberation project : how understanding racism and diet culture helps cultivate joy and build collective freedom King, Chrissy, author.; Penguin Random House, publisher. 2023 
• Body Stories: in and out and with and through fat Andrews, Jill ; Friedman, May; Jill Andrew ; May Friedman. 2020 
• You have the right to remain fat Tovar, Virgie, 1982- author. 2018
• Hot & heavy : fierce fat girls on life, love & fashion Tovar, Virgie, 1982- author. 2012 
• The self-love revolution : radical body positivity for girls of color Tovar, Virgie, 1982- author. 2020 
• Embrace your size : my own body positivity Hara (Mangaka), author.; Nibley, Athena, translator.; Nibley, Alethea, translator.; Christie, Chiho, letterer. 2022 
• The politics of size : perspectives from the fat acceptance movement Chastain, Ragen, editor. 2015
• Fattily Ever After: A Black Fat Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically Yeboah, Stephanie. 2020 
• The body is not an apology: the power of radical self-love Taylor, Sonya Renee. 2018
• The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color Tovar, Virgie. 2020
• The Metamorphoses of Fat : A History of Obesity Vigarello, Georges, author.; Delogu, C. Jon. 2013
• Fat blame : how the war on obesity victimizes women and children Herndon, April Michelle, author. 2014
• Fat on film : gender, race and body size in contemporary Hollywood cinema Plotz, Barbara, author. 2020
• Bodies out of bounds : fatness and transgression Braziel, Jana Evans, 1967-; LeBesco, Kathleen, 1970-. 2001 
• Dumplin' Murphy, Julie, 1985- author. 2015
• Puddin' Murphy, Julie, 1985- author. 2018 
• Fashioning Fat: Inside Plus-Size Modeling Czerniawski, Amanda M. 2015 
• Gabi, a Girl in Pieces Quintero, Isabel. 2014
• Wishbone. Garcia Schaper, Anna. 1920
• The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce Manfredi, Angie. 2019
• Fat chance, Charlie Vega Maldonado, Crystal, author. 2021
• This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare Sidibe, Gabourey. 2017
• Bad fat Black girl : notes from a trap feminist Bowen, Sesali, author. 2021 
• What we don't talk about when we talk about fat Gordon, Aubrey, author. 2020
• Fat off, fat on : a big bitch manifesto Kent, Clarkisha, author. 2023 
• I Do It with the Lights On: And 10 More Discoveries on the Road to a Blissfully Shame-Free Life Thore, Whitney Way. 2016
• Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia Strings, Sabrina. 2019
• Unshrinking : how to face fatphobia Manne, Kate, author. 2024
• "You just need to lose weight" : and 19 other myths about fat people Gordon, Aubrey, author. 2023
• The strange history of Suzanne LaFleshe and other stories of women and fatness Koppelman, Susan. 2003
• Belly of the beast : the politics of anti-fatness as anti-blackness Harrison, Da'Shaun, 1996- author.; Laymon, Kiese, writer of foreword. 2021 
• Feeding Desire: Fatness, beauty, and sexuality among a Saharan people Popenoe, Rebecca. 2004
• The evolutionary biology of human body fatness : thrift and control Wells, Jonathan C. K. 2010 
• Fat : culture and materiality Forth, Christopher E.; Leitch, Alison.; Murray, Samantha, 1978-. 2014
• All the feels : a novel Dade, Olivia, author. 2021 
• Ship Wrecked: A Novel Dade, Olivia. 2022
• If the shoe fits : a meant to be novel Murphy, Julie, 1985- author. 2021
• One to watch : a novel Stayman-London, Kate, author. 2020
• The summer of Jordi Perez (and the best burger in Los Angeles) Spalding, Amy, author. 2018