If you are a fat author or editor with a book hitting shelves in 2026, hello! Fat Forward Books wants to feature your work!

Fat Forward Books is a community space that celebrates books by fat authors, about fat experiences, and featuring fat characters across every genre and age group. As part of the effort to showcase fat books, we publish a regularly-updated release list of new and upcoming titles. If you are a fat author or editor with a book releasing in 2026 and want your work featured on this list, please fill out the submission form!*

*Fat Forward Books does not accept pro-diet or pro-weight loss content. While we recognize that many stories about fatness (both fiction and nonfiction) discuss dieting, weight loss, and anti-fatness, we will refuse coverage of any work that presents these topics in a positive light. Additionally, Fat Forward Books does not accept racist, transphobic, homophobic, ableist, or classist work, and Fat Forward Books is anti-AI. Please do not submit any work (written or illustrated) that used any amount of generative AI at any point in its creation.

2026 Books by Fat Authors & About Fat Experiences

The following is organized by genre, with titles listed in order of release date.

Nonfiction

• Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane by Lindy West (Grand Central Publishing, March 10)

• Nasty Work: Resist Systems, Explore Desire, and Liberate Yourself by Ericka Hart (Storehouse Voices, April 7)

• Fat and Furious: Igniting Radical Fat Resistance (Paperback) by Breanne Fahs (Beacon Press, June 9)

Adult Fiction

• Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (Avon, January 13)

• Hollow by Celina Myers (Hanover Square Press, January 13)

• The Family Business by Mercy Kay (Self-Published, January 21)

• The Re-Do List by Denise Williams (Berkley, January 27)

• Perfect Scent Match by Emily Antoinette (Self-Published, February 12)

• In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding (Kensington, February 24)

• Caught In His Web: A Hitman Romance by L.M. Whiteley (Self-Published, February 25)

• Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire (Tor Books, March 10)

• Giddy for the Gargoyle by Settle Myer (Self-Published, March 19)

• Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos (Magic: The Gathering) by Seanan McGuire (Random House Worlds, April 7)

• Kiss the Girl by Ellie Harper Smith (Self-Published, April 17)

• Fat Swim by Emma Copley Eisenberg (Hogarth, April 28)

• Carefully Yours by Charlotte Jean (Self-Published, May)

• Chaotic Energy (Paperback) by Stephanie Yeboah (Hachette Mobius, May 5)

• Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham (DAW, May 5)

• The Undergrads: Student Union by Julie Murphy (Balzer + Bray, May 5)

• Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire (Tor Books, June 9)

• Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison (Tachyon Publications, June 23)

• Vera Stein Is Fine by Julie Murphy (Avon, July 21)

• World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon by Olivia Dade (Berkley, August 11)

• Ship Happens by Mason Deaver (Avon, August 18)

• Let My Beloved Come by Charlotte Jean (Self-Published, September 30)

Young Adult Fiction

• According to Plan by Christen Randall (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, February 3)

• How to (Not) Conjure a Boyfriend by Jordon Greene (F/K Teen, March 10)

• Everything the Sun Touches by C. M. Kuhtz (Wollschweber Publishing, March 15)

• How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House by Jenny L. Howe (Delacorte Romance, July 21)

• Natural Selection by Clare Edge (Delacorte Press, August 25)

• Spikes, Dice, and Other Variables by Harper Kinsley (Inked in Gray, Fall)

• Of Snakes and Bones by Ria Parisi (Inked in Gray, November)

Middle Grade Fiction & Chapter Books

Picture & Board Books

• The Bear Fairy written by Paul Coccia and illustrated by Fred Blunt (Tundra Books, February 17)

Comics & Graphic Novels

• Gumshoe by Brenna Thummler (HarperAlley, January 13)

• Books, Iced Coffee, and a Side of Dragons written by Amanda LoveLace and illustrated by Raquel Trave (Andrews McMeel, August 25)

Poetry

• Hound Triptych by Dani Janae (Sundress Publications, March 3)

• The Witch Doesn't Drown in This One by Amanda Lovelace (Andrews McMeel Publishing, March 3)

• Bloodroom by Kay Bancroft (Sundress Publications, June 9)

Tarot & Oracle Decks

This post was last updated on January 14, 2026. If you have a book to add to this list, please reach out via e-mail at fatfwdbooks@gmail.com.