Books about self-acceptance & self-love

Growing Up Disabled in Australia
Growing Up Disabled in Australia is the fifth book in the highly acclaimed, bestselling Growing Up series. It includes interviews with prominent Australians such as Senator Jordon Steele-John and Paralympian Isis Holt, poetry and...
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Convenience Store Woman
The surprise smash hit - Japan's answer to Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
What happens to our behaviour when we live most of our lives online? What does it mean to 'always be optimising'? And what is it about scams and the millennial generation?
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The Body Is Not an Apology
In a revolutionary departure from everything we've been told about body-positivity, The Body Is Not an Apology founder Sonya Renee Taylor explicitly makes the connection between radical self-acceptance and social...
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Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
A laugh-out-loud feminist memoir from one of the boldest new voices on the web.
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Scatterbrain
In this mind-bending book, award-winning neuroscientist Henning Beck explains why perfectionism is pointless - and argues that mistakes, missteps and flaws are the keys to success.
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Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl
Transposing Virginia Woolf's Orlando to 90s San Francisco, this novel of transgender metamorphosis is a wild, sexy, funny and moving story of living on the edge.
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Over the Top
A memoir from the break-out star of Netflix hit show Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness.
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Beauty
In Beauty Bri Lee explores our obsession with thinness and asks how an intrinsically unattainable standard of physical 'perfection' has become so crucial to so many
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Quiet
Our lives are driven by a fact that most of us can't name and don't understand. It defines who our friends and lovers are, which careers we choose, and whether we blush when we're embarrassed. This title shows how the brain...
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Selfie: How We Became So Self-obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us
A compelling new work about the mysterious power of the self and the danger of our modern obsession with it
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Small Acts of Disappearance
Small Acts of Disappearance is a collection of ten essays that describes the authors affliction with an eating disorder which begins in high school, and escalates into life-threatening anorexia over the next ten years. Fiona...
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One Good Turn: New Drawings by Mary Leunig
Mary Leunig's drawings jump right into the reader's face, demanding attention and challenging the status quo with their content. Drawn in pen and watercolour with black lines and vibrant colours, there's no artist who combines...
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Comfort Food
Following on from the success of her award-winning fiction debut, Heat and Light, Ellen van Neerven announces herself as a talented poet with this intoxicating collection. Moving between places and cultures, Comfort Food...
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Finding the Heart of the Nation
An important and unique book that takes us into the lives of Indigenous people today, and offers constructive ideas about how we can live together, moving beyond the injustices of the past.
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It’s Not About the Burqa
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter?
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Thick: And Other Essays
In these eight ... explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom--award-winning professor and ... author of Lower Ed--embraces her ... role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all...
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Split: True Stories of Leaving, Loss and New Beginnings
In this compelling anthology of personal essays, curated by award-winning author Lee Kofman, some of Australia's most beloved writers reveal, for the first time, powerful, occasionally funny and often heartbreaking stories of...
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Growing Up Queer in Australia
Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law, Growing Up Queer in Australia assembles voices from across the spectrum of LGBTIQA+ identity.
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Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity
An anthology that aims to smash the stereotypes of Arabs in Australia that too often proliferate in mainstream media.
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Body Positive Power
We've been convinced that happiness is something that only comes once we hit that goal weight, get those washboard abs, shrink ourselves down and change every part of ourselves.
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The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid.
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Growing Up African in Australia
Welcome to African Australia. Compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, with curatorial assistance from writers Ahmed Yussuf and Magan Magan, this anthology brings together the regions of Africa, and the African...
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Bolder
Bestselling author of In Praise of Slow investigates one of the last taboos - ageing - and the 'age inappropriate' revolution that is taking place across the globe.
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Keep Clear: My Adventures with Asperger’s
A wonderfully bittersweet, funnystrange account of living unwittingly with Asperger's syndrome.
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The Four Tendencies
The groundbreaking book from the bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before reveals how asking one simple question - how do I respond to expectations? - will transform what you do at home, at work, and in...
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.
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Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear
Gilbert offers insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration, discussing the attitudes, approaches, and habits that are needed in order to live the most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful...
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Love for Imperfect Things
Love for Imperfect Things, by the bestselling Korean monk, Haemin Sunim, shows how the path to happiness and peace of mind includes not only strong relationships with others, but also letting go of worries about ourselves. Packed...
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The Gifts Of Imperfection
Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives, we'd no longer feel...
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women
In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. This book exposes the tyranny of...
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The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir
A contentious, deeply moving ode to friendship, love, and urban life.
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