Homeboys Forever
Avelardo Valdez
Published 2026
288 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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White Power
Gautham Rao
Published 2026
320 pages
Sexual Violence in Adolescence
Helen Beckett
Published 2026
200 pages
Towards ‘Safe Work’ About and Beyond Workplace Sexual Harassment
Marie Segrave, Shih Joo Tan, Rebecca Wickes, Chloe Keel
Published 2026
224 pages
Reducing Political Violence Narrative Accounts of Crime and Harm
Rafe McGregor
Published 2026
240 pages
Reducing the Risk of Targeted Gun Violence Proactive Organization Policies and Practices to Address Emerging Threats
James F. Kenny
Published 2026
288 pages
Shock and Yawn Resisting Banal Terror Through Queer Storytelling
Megan Sibbett
Published 2026
164 pages
Masculinity, Violence and Power in Modern Russia Men, Guns and Identity
David Gillespie
Published 2026
256 pages
City on Trial Tolerance and Fear in New York
Michael Greenberg
Published 2026
144 pages
Dealing with Cyberbullying
Jennifer Sanderson
Published 2026
48 pages
Bad Kid (a Graphic Memoir) My Life As a "Troubled Teen"
Sofia Szamosi
Published 2026
392 pages
Unsafe The Carceral Roots of the Anti-Trans Backlash
Sarah Lamble
Published 2026
288 pages
Gang Lives Global Portraits from the Streets and Beyond
Dennis Rodgers
Published 2026
304 pages
Texts We Never Sent
G. Forsyth-Read, To Be Confirmed Simon & Schuster Uk
Published 2026
368 pages
Texts We Never Sent The unmissable debut novel from the friendship of Ally & G
G. Forsyth-Read
Published 2026
368 pages
Please Don't Hurt Me Kayla’s true story of horror and abuse
Maggie Hartley
Published 2026
240 pages
Bad Idea, Right?
J. L. Simmonds
Published 2026
320 pages
May the Dead Keep You
Jill Baguchinsky
Published 2026
384 pages
Harm and Punishment Incarcerated Writers on Violence and the US Prison
Elizabeth Hinton, Elsa Julien Lora
Published 2026
304 pages
Democracy’s Subjections Colonial Modernity and the Gendered Subject of Violence
Lyn Ossome
Published 2026
272 pages
Healing from Narcissistic Abuse How to Cope, Survive and Thrive
Daksha Hirani
Published 2026
256 pages
Whidbey 'In the realm of Patricia Highsmith and Gone Girl' (Chelsea Bieker)
T Kira Madden
Published 2026
384 pages
The Breaker How Men Can Overcome Shame and Live in True Freedom
Micah LaCerte
Published 2026
256 pages
A Hymn to Life Shame Has to Change Sides
Gisèle Pelicot
Published 2026
368 pages