Eating Disorder Books That Are Not YA

1.
I'm Glad My Mom Died
I'm Glad My Mom Died 4.44 avg rating — 1,350,965 ratings
2.
How to Murder Your Life
How to Murder Your Life 3.88 avg rating — 20,210 ratings
3.
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia 4.03 avg rating — 33,834 ratings
4.
Thin
Thin 4.02 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
5.
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted 3.94 avg rating — 269,438 ratings
6.
Empty
Empty 3.78 avg rating — 5,448 ratings
7.
Life-Size
Life-Size 3.87 avg rating — 656 ratings
8.
Milk Fed
Milk Fed 3.56 avg rating — 74,746 ratings
9.
I Must Have You
I Must Have You 3.21 avg rating — 165 ratings
10.
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
by: Mona Awad
3.09 avg rating — 19,474 ratings
11.
Hunger Point
Hunger Point 3.58 avg rating — 2,214 ratings
12.
Men, Women, and Children
Men, Women, and Children 3.42 avg rating — 3,819 ratings
13.
Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia
Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia 3.76 avg rating — 317 ratings
14.
Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America
Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America 4.44 avg rating — 107 ratings
15.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,721 ratings
16.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,274 ratings
17.
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine 3.22 avg rating — 6,800 ratings
17.
Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying
Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying
by: Abby Sher
3.70 avg rating — 655 ratings
19.
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls 3.63 avg rating — 21,133 ratings
20.
The Girls at 17 Swann Street
The Girls at 17 Swann Street 3.97 avg rating — 11,596 ratings
21.
Drinking: A Love Story
Drinking: A Love Story 4.09 avg rating — 21,114 ratings
22.
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Title Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Title Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
by: Joan Ryan
3.97 avg rating — 3,004 ratings
23.
Madness: A Bipolar Life
Madness: A Bipolar Life 4.03 avg rating — 14,674 ratings
24.
White Is for Witching
White Is for Witching 3.54 avg rating — 12,890 ratings
25.
Purged (Black Light #12.5)
Purged (Black Light #12.5) 4.30 avg rating — 323 ratings
25.
All Girls
All Girls 3.22 avg rating — 5,224 ratings
25.
So Sad Today: Personal Essays
So Sad Today: Personal Essays 3.80 avg rating — 17,128 ratings
28.
Thin Girls
Thin Girls 3.86 avg rating — 5,426 ratings
28.
Future Skinny
Future Skinny 3.81 avg rating — 198 ratings
30.
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls 3.82 avg rating — 3,737 ratings
30.
The Passion of Alice
The Passion of Alice 3.60 avg rating — 618 ratings
32.
Insatiable: A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia
Insatiable: A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia 3.60 avg rating — 256 ratings
33.
Elegy for an Appetite
Elegy for an Appetite 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings
34.
Starvation Mode
Starvation Mode 4.12 avg rating — 171 ratings
34.
Appetites: Why Women Want
Appetites: Why Women Want 4.05 avg rating — 3,335 ratings
36.
The Time in Between: A Memoir of Hunger and Hope
The Time in Between: A Memoir of Hunger and Hope 4.11 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
37.
Acceptance: A Memoir
Acceptance: A Memoir 4.20 avg rating — 3,662 ratings
37.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman 3.69 avg rating — 39,572 ratings
39.
The Body Tourist: a Memoir
The Body Tourist: a Memoir 4.04 avg rating — 74 ratings
40.
Binary Star
Binary Star 3.26 avg rating — 2,208 ratings
41.
Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl
Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl 3.91 avg rating — 3,884 ratings
42.
Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors 3.97 avg rating — 720,340 ratings
43.
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 3.83 avg rating — 41,533 ratings
44.
The Book of Proper Names
The Book of Proper Names 3.63 avg rating — 5,338 ratings
45.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
The Solitude of Prime Numbers 3.65 avg rating — 81,964 ratings
46.
How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia
How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia 3.40 avg rating — 852 ratings
47.
Handle with Care
Handle with Care 4.01 avg rating — 136,261 ratings
48.
Heavy
Heavy 4.47 avg rating — 43,667 ratings
49.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,962 ratings
50.
Full: A Memoir of Overcoming an Eating Disorder
Full: A Memoir of Overcoming an Eating Disorder 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
51.
Fullness: A Memoir
Fullness: A Memoir 3.96 avg rating — 587 ratings
52.
Saving Sara: A Memoir of Food Addiction
Saving Sara: A Memoir of Food Addiction 3.55 avg rating — 165 ratings
53.
Where the River Flows: A memoir of loss, love & life with an Eating Disorder
Where the River Flows: A memoir of loss, love & life with an Eating Disorder 4.36 avg rating — 100 ratings
54.
Best Body: Pretty, Miserable, Perfectness a Memoir of an Eating Disorder
Best Body: Pretty, Miserable, Perfectness a Memoir of an Eating Disorder 3.70 avg rating — 44 ratings
55.
Bones: Anorexia, OCD, and Me
Bones: Anorexia, OCD, and Me
by: Jen Dixon
4.23 avg rating — 445 ratings
56.
Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen
Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen 3.73 avg rating — 6,517 ratings
57.
Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together
Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together
by: Kim Krans
4.05 avg rating — 639 ratings
58.
The Wonder
The Wonder 3.64 avg rating — 90,170 ratings
59.
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up 4.53 avg rating — 6,926 ratings
60.
Thin, and I
Thin, and I 3.85 avg rating — 289 ratings
61.
Call Me Anorexic: The Ballad of a Thin Man
Call Me Anorexic: The Ballad of a Thin Man 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
62.
The Monster Within
The Monster Within 3.20 avg rating — 109 ratings
63.
Something Spectacular: The True Story of One Rockette's Battle with Bulimia
Something Spectacular: The True Story of One Rockette's Battle with Bulimia 3.86 avg rating — 130 ratings
64.
Nourishment: Feeding My Starving Soul When My Mind and Body Betrayed Me
Nourishment: Feeding My Starving Soul When My Mind and Body Betrayed Me 3.35 avg rating — 23 ratings
65.
Feast of Famine: A Physician's Personal Struggle to Overcome Anorexia Nervosa
Feast of Famine: A Physician's Personal Struggle to Overcome Anorexia Nervosa 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
66.
Small Acts of Disappearance
Small Acts of Disappearance 4.09 avg rating — 638 ratings
67.
Oh, Never Mind
Oh, Never Mind 3.60 avg rating — 831 ratings
68.
Vibrator
Vibrator 3.19 avg rating — 654 ratings
69.
Strawberry Shortcakes
Strawberry Shortcakes 3.49 avg rating — 72 ratings
70.
In Clothes Called Fat
In Clothes Called Fat 3.50 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
71.
My Sister, Esther
My Sister, Esther 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
72.
Cardboard: A woman left for dead
Cardboard: A woman left for dead 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
73.
Feeding Christine
Feeding Christine 3.09 avg rating — 76 ratings
74.
The Elephant in the Room
The Elephant in the Room really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51 ratings
75.
Shout Her Lovely Name
Shout Her Lovely Name 3.52 avg rating — 917 ratings
76.
The Long Fire
The Long Fire 3.78 avg rating — 69 ratings
77.
See Her Run (Aloa Snow, #1)
See Her Run (Aloa Snow, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,306 ratings
78.
The Twins
The Twins 3.50 avg rating — 5,616 ratings
79.
Women Food and God
Women Food and God 3.68 avg rating — 16,861 ratings
80.
Shell: One Woman's Final Year After a Lifelong Struggle with Anorexia and Bulimia
Shell: One Woman's Final Year After a Lifelong Struggle with Anorexia and Bulimia 3.83 avg rating — 86 ratings
81.
All Good Things Die in L.A.
All Good Things Die in L.A. 3.33 avg rating — 54 ratings
82.
Leaving the Beach: A Novel of Obsession and Music
Leaving the Beach: A Novel of Obsession and Music 3.81 avg rating — 129 ratings
83.
Honey Month
Honey Month 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
84.
The Last Days: A Memoir of Faith, Desire and Freedom
The Last Days: A Memoir of Faith, Desire and Freedom 4.15 avg rating — 726 ratings
85.
Bulimics on Bulimia
Bulimics on Bulimia 3.56 avg rating — 75 ratings
86.
Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders
Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders
by: Aimee Liu
3.80 avg rating — 1,827 ratings
87.
Solitaire: The Compelling Story of a Young Woman Growing up in America and Her Triumph over Anorexia
Solitaire: The Compelling Story of a Young Woman Growing up in America and Her Triumph over Anorexia
by: Aimee Liu
3.56 avg rating — 143 ratings
88.
Good Girls Do Swallow: The Darkly Comic True Story of How One Woman Stopped Hating Her Body
Good Girls Do Swallow: The Darkly Comic True Story of How One Woman Stopped Hating Her Body 3.38 avg rating — 293 ratings
89.
An Apple a Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia
An Apple a Day: A Memoir of Love and Recovery from Anorexia 3.58 avg rating — 1,318 ratings
90.
Eve's Apple
Eve's Apple 3.51 avg rating — 268 ratings
91.
Against Gravity
Against Gravity 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
92.
Full
Full 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
93.
A Blue Sky
A Blue Sky 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
94.
The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite
The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite 4.02 avg rating — 599 ratings
95.
Sweet Desserts
Sweet Desserts 3.34 avg rating — 231 ratings
96.
Table in the Darkness: A Healing Journey Through an Eating Disorder
Table in the Darkness: A Healing Journey Through an Eating Disorder 4.24 avg rating — 129 ratings
97.
The Scent of God: A Memoir
The Scent of God: A Memoir 3.99 avg rating — 764 ratings
98.
Disgust: A Memoir
Disgust: A Memoir 4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings
99.
Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa
Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa 3.81 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
100.
Going Hungry: Writers on Desire, Self-Denial, and Overcoming Anorexia
Going Hungry: Writers on Desire, Self-Denial, and Overcoming Anorexia 3.68 avg rating — 693 ratings
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