Read MORE THAN A BODY: YOUR BODY IS AN INSTRUMENT, NOT AN ORNAMENT

LOOK AT ME

by Jennifer Egan

(£9.99, Little,

Brown Book Group)

Bump this to the top of your book club list; it’s a novel that’s sure to challenge you to think about body image in new and imaginative ways. Look At Me starts with a model, Charlotte Swenson, emerging from a car accident so badly injured that doctors had to use 80 titanium screws to reconstruct her face. What follows is a dark, delicious thriller that weaves Charlotte’s story together with three other tales that tackle society’s obsession with image and selfinvention head on.

NO SUCH THING AS NORMAL: WHAT MY MENTAL ILLNESS HAS TAUGHT ME ABOUT MENTAL WELLNESS

by Bryony Gordon

(£14.99, Headline)

You might know Bryony for her award-winning writing, podcasting and mental health campaigning. Or you might know her for running the London Marathon in her bra and pants. (Legend). Either way, No Such Thing As Normal deserves a place on your bookshelf. It’s a practical guide to improving your mental health, including a chapter on self-image, from a woman who’s battled with bulimia, addiction and debilitating OCD. If you’ve found yourself in a bit of a rut of late, these warm, wise words could be just what you need. She’s properly funny, too.

by Dr Lindsay Kite and Dr Lexie Kite (£20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Resilience is in short supply right now. Drs Lexie and Lindsay Kite, identical twins with Phds in body image research, are here to help. Their actionable approach to selfacceptance has won them legions of fans, and More

Than A Body is a rallying cry for girls and women to internalise a positive body image. The Kites are world leaders in the field of body resilience and this book is filled with practical tips to help you start truly appreciating your body for what it enables you to do, rather than how it looks.

MOVE! THE NEW SCIENCE OF BODY OVER MIND

by Caroline Williams (£12.99, Profile), out 15 April

You don’t need us to tell you about the transformative mind-body benefits of a good sweat; 38% of the women surveyed for Project Body Love research said exercise was their top body-confidence booster. But did you know that walking can improve your cognitive skills? Or that strengthening your muscular core reduces anxiety? In Move!, Caroline Williams (a writer for New Scientist magazine) has picked the brains of leading researchers so everyone can learn, in fascinating detail, the impact that moving your body can have on your mind.