Faith
Jennifer Haigh
Published 2011
336 pages
The most popular child abuse books
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.
Results
The Witness Wore Red
Rebecca Musser
Published 2013
332 pages
Mysterious Skin
Scott Heim
1995 · 2026 edition
336 pages
Sophie & Carter
Chelsea Fine
2011 · 2012 edition
156 pages
Belinda
Anne Rampling
1986 · 2001 edition
640 pages
The Accident Season
Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Published 2015
282 pages
Filthy Rich
James Patterson, John Connolly, Tim Malloy
2016 · 2026 edition
336 pages
Don't Tell Mummy
Toni Maguire
2005 · 2006 edition
306 pages
Devil's Waltz
Jonathan Kellerman
1993 · 2008 edition
544 pages
Dragon Keeper
Carole Wilkinson
2003 · 2005 edition
346 pages
The Deepest Well
Nadine Burke Harris, Bjork Kharris Nadin
2016 · 2018 edition
272 pages
Malice
Danielle Steel
1996 · 2006 edition
432 pages
[(Running on Empty
Jonice Webb, Christine Musello
2012 · 2014 edition
250 pages
The Rules of Survival
Nancy Werlin
2006 · 2022 edition
278 pages
Predatory Game
Christine Feehan
Published 2008
313 pages
The Long Road Home
Danielle Steel
1998 · 2006 edition
464 pages
The End of Alice
A. M. Homes
1996 · 2021 edition
252 pages
Sex Cult Nun
Faith Jones
Published 2021
400 pages
Secrets of the Morning (Cutler)
V.C. Andrews
1991 · 2013 edition
416 pages
Ghost Girl
Haydenm Torey L.
1991 · 2006 edition
407 pages
God Don't Like Ugly
Mary Monroe
2000 · 2024 edition
429 pages
Tell Me
Lisa Jackson
2013 · 2024 edition
400 pages
Judgment Road
Christine Feehan
Published 2018
449 pages
Slave
Damien Lewis, Mende Nazer
2002 · 2005 edition
367 pages