Burned
Ellen Hopkins
Published 2006
544 pages
The most popular abuse & violence books
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.
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Barely Breathing
Rebecca Donovan
2012 · 2013 edition
502 pages
Identical
Ellen Hopkins
2008 · 2010 edition
592 pages
Hate List
Jennifer Brown
Published 2009
405 pages
The Hour I First Believed
Wally Lamb
2008 · 2009 edition
632 pages
The Problem with Forever
Jennifer L. Armentrout
2016 · 2017 edition
443 pages
Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky
2018 · 2019 edition
705 pages
Missoula
Jon Krakauer
Published 2015
368 pages
Push (Vintage Heroines)
Sapphire
1996 · 2021 edition
192 pages
The Redemption of Callie & Kayden
Jessica Sorensen
Published 2013
404 pages
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (The Norton Library)
Harriet Ann Jacobs
1973 · 2025 edition
272 pages
If There Be Thorns
V.C. Andrews
1981 · 2014 edition
374 pages
By Your Side
Kasie West, Кейси Уэст
2017 · 2025 edition
352 pages
Goodnight Mister Tom (A Puffin Book)
Michelle Magorian
1981 · 2021 edition
400 pages
One Week Girlfriend
Monica Murphy, Моника Мерфи
Published 2013
290 pages
The Gift of Fear
Gavin De Becker
1997 · 2021 edition
400 pages
Fade
Lisa McMann
2009 · 2010 edition
248 pages
Shelter Mountain
Robyn Carr
2007 · 2023 edition
368 pages
Good Inside
Becky Kennedy
2021 · 2022 edition
336 pages
The Atonement Child
Francine Rivers
1997 · 2005 edition
384 pages
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Matthew Quick
Published 2013
273 pages
King
T.M. Frazier
2015 · 2016 edition
302 pages
A Drink Before the War
Dennis Lehane
1994 · 2021 edition
336 pages
The 57 Bus
Dashka Slater
Published 2017
320 pages