Best Eating Disorder Books

1.
Wintergirls
Wintergirls 3.96 avg rating — 124,798 ratings
2.
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia 4.03 avg rating — 33,834 ratings
3.
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 3.83 avg rating — 41,533 ratings
4.
Just Listen
Just Listen 4.05 avg rating — 249,770 ratings
5.
Thin
Thin 4.02 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
6.
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self 3.70 avg rating — 5,206 ratings
7.
Hunger for Life
Hunger for Life
by: Andy Marr
4.22 avg rating — 509 ratings
8.
The Best Little Girl in the World
The Best Little Girl in the World 3.68 avg rating — 5,499 ratings
9.
Perfect
Perfect 3.77 avg rating — 14,132 ratings
10.
Purge: Rehab Diaries
Purge: Rehab Diaries 3.79 avg rating — 1,855 ratings
11.
Madness: A Bipolar Life
Madness: A Bipolar Life 4.03 avg rating — 14,674 ratings
12.
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too 4.04 avg rating — 4,035 ratings
13.
Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia 3.85 avg rating — 3,331 ratings
14.
Paperweight
Paperweight 3.90 avg rating — 17,336 ratings
15.
Second Star to the Right
Second Star to the Right 3.72 avg rating — 2,363 ratings
16.
Quiet in the Corner
Quiet in the Corner 4.13 avg rating — 84 ratings
17.
Letting Ana Go (Anonymous Diaries)
Letting Ana Go (Anonymous Diaries)
by: Anonymous
4.08 avg rating — 10,368 ratings
18.
Reclaiming Yourself from Binge Eating: A Step-By-Step Guide to Healing
Reclaiming Yourself from Binge Eating: A Step-By-Step Guide to Healing 4.14 avg rating — 118 ratings
19.
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
20.
Skinny
Skinny 3.42 avg rating — 6,901 ratings
21.
Decoding Anorexia
Decoding Anorexia 4.50 avg rating — 189 ratings
22.
Eating in the Light of the Moon
Eating in the Light of the Moon 4.16 avg rating — 3,062 ratings
23.
Eating with Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-Based Treatment and Yours Can Too
Eating with Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-Based Treatment and Yours Can Too 4.18 avg rating — 136 ratings
24.
Skills-Based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method
Skills-Based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder: The New Maudsley Method 4.18 avg rating — 163 ratings
25.
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
26.
Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa
Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa 3.81 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
27.
Slim to None: A Journey Through the Wasteland of Anorexia Treatment
Slim to None: A Journey Through the Wasteland of Anorexia Treatment 3.66 avg rating — 630 ratings
28.
A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness
A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness
by: Tom Davis
3.66 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
29.
Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life
Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life 4.08 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
30.
Keeping the Moon
Keeping the Moon 3.84 avg rating — 69,094 ratings
31.
Identical
Identical 4.29 avg rating — 66,323 ratings
32.
After the Strawberry
After the Strawberry 3.53 avg rating — 282 ratings
33.
The Disappearing Girl
The Disappearing Girl 3.84 avg rating — 963 ratings
34.
Appetites: Why Women Want
Appetites: Why Women Want 4.05 avg rating — 3,335 ratings
35.
Massive
Massive 3.31 avg rating — 2,476 ratings
36.
Elena Vanishing
Elena Vanishing 3.95 avg rating — 5,651 ratings
37.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,272 ratings
38.
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
39.
Please eat...: A mother's struggle to free her teenage son from anorexia
Please eat...: A mother's struggle to free her teenage son from anorexia 4.14 avg rating — 78 ratings
40.
Purge
Purge 3.75 avg rating — 3,061 ratings
41.
Thin
Thin 3.68 avg rating — 2,198 ratings
42.
Anatomy of Anorexia
Anatomy of Anorexia 3.62 avg rating — 234 ratings
43.
Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves
Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves 3.49 avg rating — 2,206 ratings
44.
Perfect (Impulse, #2)
Perfect (Impulse, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 30,794 ratings
45.
Diary of an Anorexic Girl
Diary of an Anorexic Girl 3.54 avg rating — 913 ratings
46.
The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa
The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa 3.70 avg rating — 604 ratings
47.
Starvation
Starvation 4.34 avg rating — 148 ratings
48.
Hunger Point
Hunger Point 3.58 avg rating — 2,214 ratings
49.
Believarexic
Believarexic 4.21 avg rating — 2,265 ratings
50.
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
51.
Skin
Skin 3.89 avg rating — 3,160 ratings
52.
You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir
You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
53.
Throwing Starfish Across the Sea: A pocket-sized care package for the parents of someone with an eating disorder
Throwing Starfish Across the Sea: A pocket-sized care package for the parents of someone with an eating disorder 4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings
54.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman 3.69 avg rating — 39,572 ratings
55.
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder 4.12 avg rating — 252 ratings
56.
Just Tell Her To Stop - Family Stories of Eating Disorders
Just Tell Her To Stop - Family Stories of Eating Disorders 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings
57.
Kessa
Kessa 3.50 avg rating — 303 ratings
58.
Biting Anorexia: A Firsthand Account of an Internal War
Biting Anorexia: A Firsthand Account of an Internal War 3.78 avg rating — 542 ratings
59.
A Girl Called Tim
A Girl Called Tim 3.67 avg rating — 58 ratings
60.
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body 3.77 avg rating — 1,286 ratings
61.
Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Eating Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings
62.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls 3.89 avg rating — 26,411 ratings
63.
Midlife Eating Disorders: Your Journey to Recovery
Midlife Eating Disorders: Your Journey to Recovery 3.94 avg rating — 34 ratings
64.
Monkey Taming
Monkey Taming 3.75 avg rating — 765 ratings
65.
Life-Size
Life-Size 3.87 avg rating — 656 ratings
66.
Hunger (Riders of the Apocalypse, #1)
Hunger (Riders of the Apocalypse, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 4,335 ratings
67.
Feeling for Bones
Feeling for Bones 3.54 avg rating — 893 ratings
68.
My Sister's Bones
My Sister's Bones 3.67 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
69.
Restricted
Restricted 3.38 avg rating — 100 ratings
70.
What I Lost
What I Lost really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,916 ratings
71.
A Dance of Sisters
A Dance of Sisters 3.75 avg rating — 493 ratings
72.
Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings
73.
Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams
Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams 3.78 avg rating — 2,285 ratings
73.
Born to Be Perfect
Born to Be Perfect 3.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
75.
More Than You Can Chew
More Than You Can Chew 3.79 avg rating — 773 ratings
76.
Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories
Food and Loathing: A Life Measured Out in Calories 3.43 avg rating — 727 ratings
77.
Thinner Than Thou
Thinner Than Thou
by: Kit Reed
3.19 avg rating — 427 ratings
78.
Fat Girl: A True Story
Fat Girl: A True Story 3.32 avg rating — 4,023 ratings
79.
Lighter than My Shadow
Lighter than My Shadow 4.40 avg rating — 6,762 ratings
80.
Bronte's Story: Tears, Trials and Triumphs: A Personal Battle with Anorexia
Bronte's Story: Tears, Trials and Triumphs: A Personal Battle with Anorexia 3.46 avg rating — 207 ratings
81.
Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia--A Practical, Lifesaving Guide
Dying to Be Thin: Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia--A Practical, Lifesaving Guide 3.32 avg rating — 159 ratings
82.
Andrea's Voice: Silenced by Bulimia: Her Story and Her Mother's Journey Through Grief Toward Understanding
Andrea's Voice: Silenced by Bulimia: Her Story and Her Mother's Journey Through Grief Toward Understanding 3.96 avg rating — 184 ratings
83.
Thin... positive: Secrets to Control Hunger and Appetite + Diet Coaching
Thin... positive: Secrets to Control Hunger and Appetite + Diet Coaching 4.37 avg rating — 62 ratings
84.
Mercy, Unbound
Mercy, Unbound 3.36 avg rating — 445 ratings
85.
I'm Glad My Mom Died
I'm Glad My Mom Died 4.44 avg rating — 1,350,921 ratings
86.
Biting the Hand that Starves You: Inspiring Resistance to Anorexia/Bulimia (Norton Professional Books)
Biting the Hand that Starves You: Inspiring Resistance to Anorexia/Bulimia (Norton Professional Books) 3.74 avg rating — 69 ratings
87.
Feed Me!: Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image
Feed Me!: Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image 3.85 avg rating — 201 ratings
88.
Looks
Looks 3.40 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
89.
Girls Under Pressure (Girls, #2)
Girls Under Pressure (Girls, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 10,372 ratings
90.
Starving for Attention
Starving for Attention 3.88 avg rating — 596 ratings
91.
Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia
Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia 4.16 avg rating — 70 ratings
91.
Stalinin lehmät
Stalinin lehmät 3.65 avg rating — 5,076 ratings
91.
Give Food a Chance
Give Food a Chance 4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings
94.
Lesbian Crushes and Bulimia: A Diary on How I Acquired My Eating Disorder
Lesbian Crushes and Bulimia: A Diary on How I Acquired My Eating Disorder 3.29 avg rating — 91 ratings
95.
The Girls at 17 Swann Street
The Girls at 17 Swann Street 3.97 avg rating — 11,596 ratings
96.
Gravity Journal
Gravity Journal 3.72 avg rating — 299 ratings
97.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,946 ratings
98.
Diary of an Exercise Addict
Diary of an Exercise Addict 3.39 avg rating — 662 ratings
99.
The Anorexia Diaries: A Mother and Daughter's Triumph Over Teenage Eating Disorders
The Anorexia Diaries: A Mother and Daughter's Triumph Over Teenage Eating Disorders
by: Linda Rio
3.35 avg rating — 312 ratings
100.
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater 3.70 avg rating — 5,854 ratings
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