A lot of these young adult novels came out just recently, so I have some catching up to do! I’m not a regular reader of YA, but I want to keep up on fat-positive lit, regardless of genre. I also have new adult novels on this page.

Recommended

• Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell (YA)
• Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy (YA)
• Puddin’ by Julie Murphy (YA)
• Fat Angie by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (YA)
• Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (YA)
• Fat Angie: Homecoming by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (YA)
• Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (NA)
• Mammoth by Jill Baguchinsky (YA)
• This Much Space by K.K. Hendin (NA)
• Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell (YA fantasy)
• Venturess by Betsy Cornwell (YA fantasy)
• Dust Bath Revival by Marianne Kirby (YA post-apocalyptic)
• All About Vee by Leigh C. Purtill (YA)
• If We Were Snowflakes by Barbara D’Souza (YA)

To Be Read

• The Summer of Jodi Perez by Amy Spalding
• Just Wreck It All by N. Griffin
• The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
• Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
• If the Dress Fits by Carla de Guzman
• Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
• Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
• Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
• Fat Girl on a Plane by Kelly deVos
• To Be Honest by Maggie Ann Martin
• The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
• There’s Something about Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
• Invisible by Jeanne Bannon
• The Jock and the Fat Chick by Nicole Winters
• My Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
• No Big Deal by Bethany Rutter
• Manstealing for Fat Girls by Michelle Embree
• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
• If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
• Big Bones by Laura Dockrill
• Analee, In Real Life by Janelle Milanes