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A brutally funny, wince-inducing exploration of the inescapable prison of body image and the hollow promise of transformation. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with 13 ways of looking at a fat girl.
- claustrophobic
- uncomfortable
- sharp
- melancholic
- 01
The Edible Woman
Margaret Atwood
A sharp, surreal descent into the suffocating expectations of womanhood, where the body itself decides to go on strike.
- 02
Girl mans up
M-E Girard
A raw, big-hearted exploration of what it costs to be yourself when everyone else wants you to fit into their boxes.
- 03
The Girls at 17 Swann Street
Yara Zgheib
A haunting, poetic exploration of perfectionism, illness, and the fragile but fierce bonds of women fighting for their lives.
- 04
Dumplin'
Julie Murphy
A big-hearted, Dolly Parton-fueled anthem about taking up space and finding the courage to be unapologetically yourself.
- 05
Lives of Girls and Women
Alice Munro
A sharp, unsentimental portrait of a young woman's intellectual and sexual awakening in a suffocatingly small town.
- 06
Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
A sharp, unsentimental excavation of the quiet cruelties of girlhood and the long shadow of memory.
- 07
The upside of unrequited
Becky Albertalli
A warm, witty, and deeply relatable exploration of the terrifying leap between crushing from afar and risking your heart in the real world.
- 08
The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo
A fierce, rhythmic heartbeat of a book about a girl learning to carve out her own space in a world that wants her to shrink.
- 09
Bunny
Mona Awad
A razor-sharp, blood-soaked fever dream exploring the monstrous, saccharine horrors of toxic female friendship.
- 10
The earth, my butt, and other big, round things
Carolyn Mackler
A funny, fiercely honest journey of a girl learning to stop shrinking and start taking up the space she deserves.
- 11
Geek girl
Holly Smale
A hilarious, trivia-filled stumble through the glamorous world of fashion that proves you can outrun your bullies but not your own delightful awkwardness.
- 12
Sad girls
Lang Leav
A heavy, poetic plunge into the messy, guilt-ridden depths of teenage angst and ill-advised first love.
