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

• Good Woman: A Reckoning by Savala Nolan (Mariner Books, Available Now)

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

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

• No Fats, No Fems by Max Hovey (HarperOne, Available Now)

• Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology edited by George Abraham and Hannah Moushabeck (Olive Branch Press, Available Now)

• Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma by Wednesdae Reim Ifrach (North Atlantic Books, Available Now)

Adult Fiction

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

• Hollow by Celina Myers (Hanover Square Press, Available Now)

• The Family Business by Mercy Kay (Self-Published, Available Now)

• On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield (S&S/Saga Press, Available Now)

• The Re-Do List by Denise Williams (Berkley, Available Now)

• It's All in Your Head by Sabina Nordqvist (Grand Central Publishing, Available Now)

• Perfect Scent Match by Emily Antoinette (Self-Published, Available Now)

• In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding (Kensington, Available Now)

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

• A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert (Sourcebooks Casablanca, Available Now)

• Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire (Tor Books, Available Now)

• Giddy for the Gargoyle by Settle Myer (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Nothing Tastes As Good by Luke Dumas (Atria Books, Available Now)

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

• Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen (Bramble, Available Now)

• Kiss the Girl by Ellie Harper Smith (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Love Galaxy by Sierra Branham (DAW, Available Now)

• Fat Swim by Emma Copley Eisenberg (Hogarth, Available Now)

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

• Chaotic Energy (Paperback) by Stephanie Yeboah (Hachette Mobius, Available Now)

• The Undergrads: Student Union by Julie Murphy (Balzer + Bray, Available Now)

• Treading Water by Dean Robert Holmes (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Love & Lattes by Ellie Harper Smith (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Tangled At the Root by Viano Oniomoh (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Love At Orc's Sight by Robin Jo Margaret (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Beast Mode (The Grimm Reapers, Book 2) by Mary Warren (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology edited by George Abraham and Hannah Moushabeck (Olive Branch Press, Available Now)

• Just a Phase by Blake Morgan (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire (Tor Books, Available Now)

• Volik: Bonded Souls Book One by S.J. Tilly (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Flirting With Adventure by Ashanti Ramsey (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison (Tachyon Publications, Available Now)

• Sparks Will Fly by Laurel Holl (Self-Published, Available Now)

• Vera Stein Is Fine by Julie Murphy (Avon, Available Now)

• Doing It for the Plot by Stephanie Yeboah (Orion, Available Now)

• Second First Dates by Gabriella Gamez (Forever, Available Now)

• The Iron Hex by Victoria S. Walsh (Mira Books, August 4)

• The Replay (The Seattle Strike, Book 4) by Leonor Soliz (Self-Published, August 11)

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

• Vanilla (With Sprinkles) by Rosemary Victus (Self-Published, August 14)

• The Way We Used to Be by Amarie Wheeler (Self-Published, August 15)

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

• Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher (Bramble, August 25)

• A Spell of Heart & Havoc by Kristen Vale (Forever, September 15)

• Robbin' the Rich (The Grimm Reapers, Book 3) by Mary Warren (Self-Published, September 17)

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

• Drown the Bones by Alexandra Kennington (Berkley XO, November 3)

• The Beckoned and the Bound by Nicole Evans (Self-Published, November 10)

Young Adult Fiction

• According to Plan by Christen Randall (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Available Now)

• Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow (Feiwel & Friends, Available Now)

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

• Everything the Sun Touches by C. M. Kuhtz (Wollschweber Publishing, Available Now)

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

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

• Spikes, Dice, and Other Variables by Harper Kinsley (Inked in Gray, September 15)

• It's Only Dancing by Jasmine Guillory (Scholastic Press, October 6)

Middle Grade Fiction & Chapter Books

• The Dog Heist by Dani Jansen (Second Story Press, September 1)

Picture & Board Books

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

• Family Found: A Queer Friendsgiving Celebration by Joanna McClintick and illustrated by Keisha Morris (Candlewick Press, September 1)

• Some Body, Every Body! by Roz MacLean (Bloomsbury Children's, September 15)

Comics & Graphic Novels

• The Goblin Throne by Mel Gillman (Adult)
  Webcomic: Read Here
  Print Edition from Iron Circus Comics: Available via Kickstarter

• Gumshoe by Brenna Thummler (Middle Grade, HarperAlley, Available Now)

• The Curie Society, Vol. 3: Game of Code (YA, MIT Press, Available Now)
  Written by Barbara Perez Marquez, Heather Einhorn, Adam Staffaroni
  Illustrated by Sonia Liao, Jane Mcilvaine

• To All the Boys I've Loved Before (YA, S&S BYR, Available Now)
  Written by Jenny Han
  Adapted by Barbara Perez Marquez
  Illustrated by Akimaro, Li Liu

• To Dance the Moon and Stars written by Barbara Perez Marquez and illustrated by Tasia M S (YA, Joy Revolution, Available Now)

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

• The Library of Memories written by Barbara Perez Marquez and illustrated by Lissy Marlin (Children's, Little, Brown Ink, August 25)

Poetry

• Hound Triptych by Dani Janae (Sundress Publications, Available Now)

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

• The Way Disabled People Love Each Other by Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Arsenal Pulp Press, Available Now)

• Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology edited by George Abraham and Hannah Moushabeck (Olive Branch Press, Available Now)

• Bloodroom by Kay Bancroft (Sundress Publications, Available Now)

Cookbooks

• Small-Batch Breads: 50 Recipes for Loaves, Buns, and Flatbreads Made with One Cup of Flour by Rebecca Eisenberg (Ten Speed Press, August 18)

This post was last updated on July 31, 2026. If you have a book to add to this list, please reach out via e-mail at fatfwdbooks@gmail.com.