These are books that don’t adhere to a certain genre’s conventions and thus make them harder to label. Some are more literary than others, others include some action, love, female friendships, or a journey, all markers of a genre; yet, these books are not about those characteristics.
Recommended
- Dietland by Sarai Walker
- Fat Girl, Terrestrial by Kellie Wells
- Fat Girl Dances with Rocks by Susan Stinson
- Hometown by Michele Feltman Strider
- Mile End by Lise Tremblay, translated by Gail Scott
- Vow of Celibacy by Erin Judge
To Be Read
- Martha Moody by Susan Stinson
- Venus of Chalk by Susan Stinson
- Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
- Fat Chance by Aviva Orenstein
- The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce — art, prose, and poetry ed. by Angie Manfredi
- All of Me: A Voluptuous Tale by Venise T. Berry
