The Shelves

Sexual Abuse Books

Books selected for readers looking for sexual abuse books.

34 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·1 crossover shelf·131% reader overlap with Physical & Emotional Abuse Books

1. The Secrets We Keep
Cassie Gustafson
Fits this list for its focus on abuse and sexual.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
2. How Girls Are Made
Mindy McGinnis
Fits this list for its focus on abuse.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
3. All the Fighting Parts
Hannah V. Sawyerr
Fits this list for its focus on sexual.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
4. Dear Medusa
Olivia A. Cole
Fits this list for its focus on abuse and sexual.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
5. The Way I Used to Be
Amber Smith
Included for strong high alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
6. Ever Since
Alena Bruzas
Included for strong teen alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
7. More Than We Can Tell
Brigid Kemmerer
Included for strong fiction alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Emotions & Feelings for Teens
8. The Way I Am Now
Amber Smith
Included for strong about alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
9. Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf
Hayley Krischer
Included for strong mental alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
10. Breathing Underwater
Alex Flinn
Fits this list for its focus on abuse.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
11. The Last to Let Go
Amber Smith
Included for strong york alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
12. After the Ink Dries
Cassie Gustafson, Emma Vieceli
Included for strong contemporary alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
13. In Repair
Zach Barela, A. L. Graziadei
Included for strong about alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Mental Illness for Teens
14. The Problem With Forever
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Included for strong love alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
15. Sisters in Sanity
Gayle Forman
Included for strong young alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
16. I Stop Somewhere
TE Carter, T.E. Carter
Included for strong teen alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
17. The Art of Breaking Things
Laura Sibson
Included for strong friendship alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
18. Split
Swati Avasthi
Fits this list for its focus on abuse.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
19. Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Jorjeana Marie, E.K. Johnston
Included for strong friendship alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
20. A Heart in a Body in the World
Deb Caletti
Included for strong award alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
21. After
Amy Efaw
Fits this list for its focus on abuse and sexual.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
22. Chinese Handcuffs
Chris Crutcher
Fits this list for its focus on abuse and sexual.
Shelf signal: Teen Suicide
23. It Happened to Nancy
Beatrice Sparks
Fits this list for its focus on abuse and sexual.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse
24. The Sky Is Mine
Amy Beashel
Included for strong relationships alignment with this sexual abuse list.
Shelf signal: Surviving Sexual Abuse