Two Perfect Lies
Natalie D. Richards
Published 2026
338 pages
The most popular abuse & violence books of 2026
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 2026.
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Hungry
Katriona O'Sullivan
Published 2026
368 pages
Going, Going, Gone
Nasheema Lennon
Published 2026
352 pages
End Jew Hatred A Manual for Mobilization
Brooke Goldstein
Published 2026
200 pages
You Are Home
Sherrie Campbell PhD
Published 2026
192 pages
Nothing At All
Olivia Tapiero
Published 2026
144 pages
Reimagining Women's Self-Defense With Protective Offense
Tèja VanWicklen
Published 2026
220 pages
How to Deal with Gun Violence
Nick Hunter
Published 2026
48 pages
How to Deal with Drug Wars
Nick Hunter
Published 2026
48 pages
Untrusting In Pursuit of Democratic Policing in Brazil
Marta-Laura Haynes
Published 2026
264 pages
Objects of Atrocity Material Culture and the Challenges of Difficult Histories
Caroline Sturdy Colls, Robert M. Ehrenreich, Jane E. Klinger, Gabriel H. Pizzorno
Published 2026
338 pages
Rural Policing in Global Contexts Exploring the Unheard Voices of Rural Police Officers
Wendell C. Wallace
Published 2026
240 pages
Campus Whisper Networks Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors
Janet Hinson Shope, Richard Pringle
Published 2026
178 pages
A Brilliant Adaptation How Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Power of the Therapeutic Bond Saved Me
Sally Maslansky
Published 2026
200 pages
The Most Wonderful Terrible Person A Memoir of Murder in the Golden State
Debra Miller
Published 2026
256 pages
Music and Silence The Passion and Protest of Pablo Casals
Christy Mihaly
Published 2026
56 pages
American Pogroms
Daniel Byman
Published 2026
320 pages
The Beasts We Raise
D. L. Taylor
Published 2026
288 pages
Sport and Violence Against Women
Martin D. Schwartz, Walter DeKeseredy, Leah Oldham
Published 2026
200 pages
Peace and Conflict Citizens Edition
James R. Adams
Published 2026
288 pages
Ableism as Violence
Angharad E. Beckett, Miro Griffiths, ANGHARAD. GRIFFITHS BECKETT (MIRO.)
Published 2026
176 pages
Anxiety, Psychoanalysis and Law Confronting Chaos
Plinio Montagna, Adrienne Harris, Ronald Doctor
Published 2026
230 pages
Preventing Sexual Violence at Elite UK Universities
Alice Catherine King
Published 2026
240 pages
Spare the Child Ending Childhood Corporal Punishment
Ailsa Watkinson
Published 2026
229 pages