Best books on anorexia nervosa treatment and recovery

Start here: Anorexia Nervosa: A Recovery Guide for Sufferers, Families and Friends by Janet Treasure. It's the one book that works for everyone in the room — written by a leading clinician, it explains what keeps anorexia going and gives practical steps for the person affected and the people supporting them.

Who the others suit:

• Clinicians and therapists: the Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa (family-based approach) is the standard clinical protocol; the Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy Workbook is for structured one-to-one work.
• Someone in early recovery who wants a workbook: Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa or the Anorexia Nervosa Recovery Handbook — plain, step-by-step, less clinical.
• Parents and partners who want the basics first: Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa or Dying to Be Thin.
• Wanting to hear it from people who've been there: Eating Disorders Anonymous — 544 pages of first-person recovery stories.
• A gentle, hopeful read: Anorexia Nervosa: Hope for Recovery by Agnes Ayton.