Aimee's Books

I’ve written four acclaimed novels, three nonfiction books on eating disorders, and other books on a variety of psychological topics. They’ve been translated into more than a dozen languages and include several bestsellers. I’ve also taught for 15 years as an MFA creative writing professor and coauthored and ghost-written numerous bestsellers.

Here’s a little more information, plus links to my novels and work on eating disorders.


Novels

Glorious Boy


"The most memorable and original novel I've read... evokes every side in a multi-cultural conversation with sympathy and rare understanding." —- Pico Iyer, author of The Art of Stillness

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BUY Glorious Boy!

"For readers who are unafraid to be swept away." —- Booklist, STARRED review

For fans of Michael Ondaatje's Warlight and Lily King's Euphoria, a World War II story unlike any you've ever read before, with characters and settings you'll never forget.

Glorious Boy is a sweeping tale of war and devotion, longing and loss, and the power of love to prevail.

Flash House

“Set in tumultuous post-WWII Asia, Liu's third novel is a sweeping espionage thriller that traces a woman's efforts to find her husband after he disappears into the back country of Communist China in 1949…The ending is a crescendo of bittersweet revelations, in which Liu's ability to probe issues of East versus West rises to a new level.” —- Publishers Weekly STARRED review

Flash House: A Novel

BUY Flash House!

A Los Angeles Times bestseller!

Flash House is a tale of human frailty and resilience in a world where nothing is as it appears…

"Races forward into territory that, for most of us, is still almost entirely unknown. The result is an education wrapped in an adventure."
—-Jack Miles, Pulitzer prize-winning author of God: A Biography


Cloud Mountain

Literary Guild Super Release!


"Majestic, compelling...a sweeping saga in the truest sense." —- Lisa See, author of On Gold Mountain and Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

Cloud Mountain

BUY Cloud Mountain!

An epic saga of forbidden love that spans decades, cultures, and continents. Cloud Mountain is based on the true story of Aimee Liu's grandparents, a Chinese scholar-revolutionary, and his American teacher, whose courtship blooms during the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and whose life together carries them through China's Warlord Era and the beginning of WWII. As they move from California to China and start to raise a family, their love is tested by prejudice, by revolution, by conflicting loyalties, and their own drastically different traditions.



Face

A B&N Discover Great New Writers pick

“The power of this enchanting debut novel lies in the evanescence of reality and the stealth of truth.” —-Kirkus Review

Face

BUY Face!

A young woman's search for identity in a complex maze of fact, fiction, nightmares, dreams, history, fantasy, hope, lies, and loss.


Eating Disorders


Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

A New York Times Bestseller!

Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

BUY Gaining

If you've ever suffered from an eating disorder-or cared for someone who is anorexic or bulimic-you may think you understand these illnesses. But do you really understand why they occur? Do you know what it takes to fully recover? Do you know how eating disorders affect life after recovery? Now, nearly three decades after she detailed her first battle with anorexia in Solitaire, Aimee Liu presents an emotionally powerful and poignant sequel that digs deep into the causes, cures, and consequences of anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

“Poignant even for those who have not suffered from an eating disorder.” —Publisher’s Weekly


Solitaire

America’s first anorexia memoir.

Solitaire

BUY Solitaire

The groundbreaking memoir of a young woman growing up in the 1970s and her triumph over anorexia nervosa.



Restoring Our Bodies, Reclaiming Our Lives: Guidance and Reflections on Recovery from Eating Disorders

Edited by Aimee Liu

Restoring Our Bodies, Reclaiming Our Lives: Guidance and Reflections on Recovery from Eating Disorders

BUY Restoring Our Bodies

First-person accounts of recovery create a break-through roadmap for healing from an eating disorder. Informative sidebars written by leading professionals in the field, addressing essential topics such as finding the right therapist, the use of medications, exploring complementary treatments, and how family members can help.