what an interesting list. Gotta think about this one.

Emma Sea wrote: "what an interesting list. Gotta think about this one."

Thank you, Emma! I look forward to your further thoughts!

I'm always drawn to struggles that men have compounded due to gender prejudice, such as domestic violence and, as this list reflects, eating disorders.

I was on a webby for eating disorders (http://mengetedstoo.co.uk/stories/per...), looking up information about men and eating disorders, reading the "personal stories" section, and immediately thought an m/m romance could give these issues life.

have to think on this one for a while.

I can't remember the name of the online fic with the guy who is kidnapped and ends up being unable to eat because it's the only control he has. But would that count?

I added Heavyweight. Although YA, the protag has an eating disorder.

Hm Hm, I'm thinking of adding Special Needs The MC has Body Integrity Identity Disorder, and it's huge driver of the story, but it's not a 'coping mechanism for a seemingly unsolvable life situation/problem'. Then again, it could be interesting because of the body image disorder.

Any opinions?

K.A. wrote: "Hm Hm, I'm thinking of adding Special Needs ."

I added it to avoid you having to vote for it as author. Definitely meets the criteria.

Thanks :) It's always tricky about adding your own books.

Yeah, I definitely think it's different if it's a "book that contains xxx" list, rather than a "best books evah!" list, but some readers hate it either way. If some authors could be trusted not to add their books to the latter kind, in "genius" schemes, we wouldn't have this problem.

Sarah_loves_books wrote: "I'd like to add Fracture. But it was not about an eating disorder, or unhealthy exercising. There was some very interesting stuff about how the main character saw himself, and I ver..."

Several of the books that occurred to me involved cutting which seemed in the same kind of spirit, but were not specifically eating disorders.

Note to self: Once Unicorns and Rainbow Poop (YA) by Sam Kadence is released (Nov 2014) and/or added to GR, put that book on this list too.

Niki wrote: "Hello! Somehow my book Thin Ice got added to this list. Can the librarian take it off? Thanks!"

Hi, Niki, your het book is off the list now. Sorry for any confusion. <3 Well wishes to you.

Wow, definitely the list I didn't know I needed!

Mark wrote: "Wow, definitely the list I didn't know I needed!"

Hi, Mark! I hope you find something you enjoy from this list. Please feel free to add any others you may find on your book wanderings! <3