{"id":6675,"date":"2026-05-18T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2026-05-17T18:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:34:42","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-289-adult-braces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-289-adult-braces\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 289 &#8211; Adult Braces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <em>Adult Braces<\/em> by Lindy West. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-289-adult-braces\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/actress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/actress-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/actress-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/actress-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/actress-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/actress.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/america.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/america-146x220.jpeg\" alt=\"America the Beautiful? One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled by Blythe Roberson\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/america-146x220.jpeg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/america-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/america.jpeg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/eatpraylove.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781668031858\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Actress of a Certain Age<\/em> by Jeff Hiller<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063115514\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>America the Beautiful?<\/em> By Blythe Roberson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780143038412\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Eat Pray Love<\/em> by Elizabeth Gilbert<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/famesick.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/famesick-147x220.webp\" alt=\"Famesick by Lena Dunham\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/famesick-147x220.webp 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/famesick-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/famesick-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/famesick.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goddess.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goddess-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goddess-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goddess-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/goddess.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hostile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hostile-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hostile-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hostile-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hostile-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hostile.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593129326\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Famesick<\/span><\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593129326\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Lena Dunham<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781501170232\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir Through (Un)Popular Culture<\/em> by Guy Branum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593315699\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Quietly Hostile<\/em> by Samantha Irby<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shrill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shrill-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Shrill by Lindy West\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shrill-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shrill-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shrill.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sucker.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weight-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weight-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weight-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weight-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weight.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316348461\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Shrill<\/em> by Lindy West<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250270504\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sucker Punch<\/em> by Scaachi Koul<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780807006474\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People<\/em> by Aubrey Gordon<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Adult Braces by Lindy West. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2700,2261,2411,987,1808,2703,2702,2701,48,30,1322,2646],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-adult-braces","tag-aubrey-gordon","tag-blythe-roberson","tag-elizabeth-gilbert","tag-guy-branum","tag-jeff-hiller","tag-lena-dunham","tag-lindy-west","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-samantha-irby","tag-scaachi-koul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6686,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions\/6686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}