My Body

By Emily Ratajkowski,

Book cover of My Body

Book description

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any…

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked My Body as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I knew this book was going to grab me from the first lines, and it held my attention the whole way, through essays on a singularly hyperbolic experience of being a woman in a body.

There is a frankness here, and a persistent scratching at the surface of her own motivations and complicities, that helped me understand some of my own complicated feelings about attention, and insecurity, and what it means to be a creative. If you’ve ever had an uncomfortable relationship to your own beauty, this book is a floodlight and a microscope for that experience. 

Want books like My Body?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like My Body.

Browse books like My Body

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in feminism, social media, and women?

Feminism 359 books
Social Media 149 books
Women 648 books