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The character struggles with self-esteem and has a body image disorder such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, anorexia athletica, orthorexia, or any other sort of dysfunctional behaviour around fixated eating and/or exercising.
The disorder is usually an extensive coping mechanism for a seemingly unsolvable life situation/problem, a method of dealing with unapproachable long-term trauma.
The disorder is usually an extensive coping mechanism for a seemingly unsolvable life situation/problem, a method of dealing with unapproachable long-term trauma.
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Empty Net (Scoring Chances, #4)
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Avon Gale (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 4,925 ratings
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Unicorns and Rainbow Poop (Vocal Growth #2)
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Sam Kadence (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 153 ratings
score: 498,
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The Impossible Boy (The Impossible Boy #1)
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Anna Martin (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
score: 496,
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The Kitten and His Prince
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Julie Mannino (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 122 ratings
score: 400,
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By His Rules
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J.A. Rock (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 2,379 ratings
score: 399,
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Spiders and Snakes
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Wanda Walker (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Foxes
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Suki Fleet (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 933 ratings
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The Art of Starving
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Sam J. Miller (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 5,239 ratings
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The Way You Are
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Training Season (Training Season, #1)
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Leta Blake (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
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Back Piece (Skin Deep Inc., #1)
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L.A. Witt (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 1,759 ratings
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Heavyweight
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M.B. Mulhall (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 243 ratings
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Fading
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Cravings of the Heart (Trials of Fear #5)
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Nicky James (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 1,417 ratings
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Special Needs: The Complete Story
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K.A. Merikan (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Hard Light
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Sierra Riley (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Shape of You
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Felice Stevens (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
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A Trick of the Light
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Lois Metzger (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 1,404 ratings
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Training Complex (Training Season, #2)
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Leta Blake (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 915 ratings
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Little Mouse
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The Imperfection of Swans
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Brandon Witt (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 704 ratings
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To Be Alive
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B. Rourke (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Ravenous (The Pointe of Love #2)
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Sonia Blue (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Ravenous
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Alexandra Blunt (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Don't Let the Forest In
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C.G. Drews (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 35,120 ratings
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Make Me Skin & Bones
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Starving for Love
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L.T. Ville (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings
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All You Can Eat
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...And All Shall Fade to Black
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Layla Dorine (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Omega Revealed (Omega Reimagined #2)
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Tanya Chris (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 345 ratings
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Arctic Sun (Frozen Hearts, #1)
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Annabeth Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
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Storm Clouds and Devastation (Hidden Affairs #2)
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Ashley James (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,936 ratings
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Whisper (Skins, #2)
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Garrett Leigh (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,251 ratings
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Sep 25, 2014 01:58PM
what an interesting list. Gotta think about this one.
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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.
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
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