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, Available Now)

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

• No Fats, No Fems by Max Hovey (HarperOne, May 19)

• Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology edited by George Abraham and Hannah Moushabeck (Olive Branch Press, June 2)

• 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, Available Now)

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

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

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

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

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

• Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen (Bramble, April 14)

• 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)

• Treading Water by Dean Robert Holmes (Self-Published, May 8)

• Love At Orc's Sight by Robin Jo Margaret (Self-Published, May 26)

• Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology edited by George Abraham and Hannah Moushabeck (Olive Branch Press, June 2)

• Just a Phase by Blake Morgan (Self-Published, June 2)

• 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, 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, 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, Available Now)

Comics & Graphic Novels

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

• The Curie Society, Vol. 3: Game of Code (YA, MIT Press, March 24)
  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, May 5)
  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, July 14)

• 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)

• Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology edited by George Abraham and Hannah Moushabeck (Olive Branch Press, June 2)

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

Tarot & Oracle Decks

This post was last updated on March 18, 2026. If you have a book to add to this list, please reach out via e-mail at fatfwdbooks@gmail.com.