Harvest House
Cynthia Leitich Smith
2023 · 2024 edition
320 pages
The most popular abuse & violence books of 2023
These books deal with harm done by one person to another, and with surviving it. Novels and memoirs describe violence at home, in institutions and between strangers, and the long work of recovery. They are written with honesty and respect, and many readers find strength in them. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.
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I Love You Because I Love You
Muon Thi Van, Jessica Love
2023 · 2022 edition
32 pages
The Quiet and the Loud
Helena Fox
Published 2023
400 pages
Come Home Safe A Novel
Brian G. Buckmire
2023 · 2025 edition
208 pages
The World and Everything in It
Kevin Henkes
Published 2023
32 pages
Stalker
Eden West
Published 2023
246 pages
Then Everything Happens at Once
M-E Girard
2023 · 2024 edition
432 pages
I Want My Daddy
Casey Watson
Published 2023
320 pages
American Gun The True Story of the AR-15
Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson
2023 · 2024 edition
512 pages
Finding Papa
Angela Pham Krans, Thi Bui
Published 2023
32 pages
Evidence of Things Seen True Crime in an Era of Reckoning
Sarah Weinman, Rabia Chaudry
Published 2023
304 pages
Someone is Watching You
Tess James-Mackey
Published 2023
292 pages
Truth and Repair How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice
Judith Lewis Herman
Published 2023
224 pages
Nobody Loves Me Bobby's True Story of Neglect, Secrets and Abuse
Maggie Hartley
Published 2023
272 pages
I Kick and I Fly
Ruchira Gupta
Published 2023
352 pages
The Making of Yolanda La Bruja
Lorraine Avila
Published 2023
374 pages
Conflict The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
Published 2023
544 pages
The Last Word
Amy Price
Published 2023
336 pages
The Riders Come Out at Night Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland
Ali Winston, Darwin BondGraham
2023 · 2024 edition
480 pages
To the Other Side
Erika Meza
Published 2023
40 pages
Friends Beyond Measure
Lalena Fisher
Published 2023
40 pages
A Thief's Justice A completely gripping historical mystery
Douglas Skelton
Published 2023
336 pages
Dim Sum, Here We Come!
Maple Lam
Published 2023
40 pages
Shattered Lives A Brutal Murder, A Cop On The Edge
Peter Seymour, Jason K. Foster
2023 · 2024 edition
280 pages