Old God's Time
Sebastian Barry
Published 2023
261 pages
The most popular child abuse books of 2023
These books are about children who were harmed or neglected, and the adults they became. Memoirs and novels describe what happened and the long effort to understand it and heal. They are painful to read, and they are testaments to resilience. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.
Results
Sad Tiger
Neige Sinno, 네주 시노
2023 · 2025 edition
224 pages
Nightbloom
Peace Adzo Medie
2023 · 2024 edition
346 pages
Unwanted
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
336 pages
Unsafe
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
336 pages
Ghosts of the Orphanage
Christine Kenneally
Published 2023
384 pages
Nobody Loves Me
Maggie Hartley
Published 2023
270 pages
Glimmer
Kimberly Shannon Murphy
Published 2023
256 pages
I Want My Daddy
Casey Watson
Published 2023
320 pages
A Good Mom's Guide to Making Bad Choices
Jamilah Mapp
Published 2023
240 pages
Lost Property A Novel
Megan Choritz
Published 2023
336 pages
Fat Off, Fat on A Big Bitch Manifesto
Clarkisha Kent
Published 2023
259 pages
Grow Up Becoming the Parent Your Kids Deserve
Gary John Bishop
Published 2023
176 pages
Unwanted
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
336 pages
I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here Finding My Voice, Finding My People, Finding My Way
Jonathan Conyers
2023 · 2025 edition
320 pages
Unsafe
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
336 pages
Unwanted
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
336 pages
Unsafe
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
Underwater Daughter
Antonia Deignan
Published 2023
280 pages
Unwanted
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
336 pages
The Wild Boy of Waubamik
Thom Ernst
Published 2023
248 pages
Healing Honestly
Alisa Zipursky
Published 2023
288 pages
Broken Water An Extraordinary True Story
Barbara Lane
Published 2023
282 pages
Unsafe
Cathy Glass
Published 2023
336 pages