Books on Sexual Assault
Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) has made up a list of the best books of sexual assault.
Cultural Examples
- The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
- Sold – Patricia McCormick
- Salvation Black People And Love -Bell Hooks
- Left To Tell – Imacullee llibaigza
- I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse – Lori Robinson
- Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies (2014) – Renee Linklater and Lewis Mehl-Madrona
- Surviving the Silence: Black Women’s Stories of Rape – Charlotte Pierce-Baker
- At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black
- Power – Danielle McGuire
Trauma & Healing
- The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel Van Der Kolk
- One Hour In Paris– Karyn L. Freedman
- The Long Journey Home: Understanding And Ministering To The Sexually Abused – Andrew J. Schmut
- The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse (2012)– Wendy Maltz
- The Courage To Heal: A Guide For Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (2008) – Ellen Bass, Laura Davis
- The Trauma Toolkit– Susan Pease Banitt
Ending Rape Culture
- Asking For It – Kate Harding
- Yes Means Yes: Visions Of Female Power And A World Without Rape – Jaclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti
- Believe Me – Jessica Valenti & Jaclyn Friedman
- What you Really Really Want – Jaclyn Friedman
- Sexual Citizens – Jennifer Hirsch
- Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution – Laurie Penny
- Missoula – Jon Krakauer
- Bad Feminist – Roxane Gay
- Not That Bad – Roxane Gay
- We Should All Be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Yes All Women – Rebecca Solnit
- Representing Rape – Susan Ehrlich
- May I Kiss You? A Candid look At Dating, Respect And Sexual Assault Awareness – Michael Domirtz
- Violated: Exposing Rape At Baylor University Amid College Football’s Sexual Assault Crisis – Paula Lavigne
- I have the Right to : A High School Survivors Story of Sexual Assault, Justice And Hope – Chessy Prout and Jen Abelson
- We Believe You: Survivors Of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out (2016)– Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino
- I Never Called It Rape – Robin Warshaw, Gloria Steinem, Salamisah Tillet
- A False Report : A True Story Of Rape In America – Christian T Miller , Ken Armstrong
- We Believe You – Annie E. Clark
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape – Sohaila Abdulali
LGBTQIA Survivors
- Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices From Within The Antiviolence Movement – Jennifer Paxton
- Written On The Body: Letters From Trans And Non Binary Survivors Of Sexual Assault And Domestic Violence – Lexie Bean, Dean Spade, Nyala Moon
POC Survivors
- I Still Believe Anita Hill: Three Generations Discuss The Legacy Of Speaking – Amy Richards, Cynthia Greenberg
- In a Day’s Work: The Fight To End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most vulnerable Workers – Bernice Yeung
Male Survivors
- Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence
- Joining Forces Empowering Male Survivors – Dr. Howard Bradkin
- Evicting the Perpetrator – Ken Singer
- History of Violence – Edouard Louis
- The Perks Of Being A Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
- Leaping Upon Mountains – Mike Lew
- The Summer of Owen Todd – Todd Abbott
- Victims No Longer : Men Recovering From Incest And Other Sexual Child Abuse– Mike Lew
Young Adult
- Blood Water Paint – Joy McCullough
- Speak – Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Lovely Bones – Alice Seobold
- Asking For It – Louise O’Neil
- The Luckiest Girl Alive – Jessica Knoll
- The Tenth Circle – Jodi Piccoult
- Exit, Pursued A Bear – E.K Johnston
- Just Listen – Sarah Dessen
- Sexual Assault The Ultimate Teen Guide – Olivia Ghafoerkhan
- The Nowhere Girls – Amy Reed
- Strong At Heart: How It Feels To Heal From Sexual Abuse – Carolyn Lehman
- Push – Sapphire
- My Dark Vanessa – Kate Elizabeth Russell
Science Fiction
- The Power – Naomi Alderman Memoir
- A Stolen Life – Jaycee Dugard
- Lucky – Alice Sebold
- Girl In The Woods – Aspen Mathis
- We Believe You : Survivors Of Campus Sexual Assault – Annie Clark & Andrea L Pino
- South Of Forgiveness : A True Story Of Rape And Responsibility – Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger
- Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest For Truth, Authenticity And The Perfect Knuckleball (2012) – R.A. Dickey and Wayne Coffey
- Speaking Truth To Power – Anita Hill
- Dear Sister: Letters From Survivors Of Sexual Violence – Lisa Factora-Borchers and Aishah Shahidah Simmons
- Beads: A Memoir About Falling Apart And Putting Yourself Back Together – Rachel Brooks
Children’s Books
- C Is For Consent – Eleanor Morrison & Faye Orlove
- My Body’s Mine: A Book On Body Boundaries And Sexual Abuse Prevention – Kayla Marnach
- The Summer of Owen Todd – Todd Abbott
- My Body Belongs To Me From My Head To My Toes – Geisler Dagmar
- Not In Room 204: Breaking The Silence Of Abuse – Shannon Riggs
- Hands Are Not For Hurting – Nora Gaydos, Akemi Gutierrez
- It’s My Body – Lory Freeman
- Something Happened And I’m Scared To Tell – Patricia Kehoe, Carol Deach
Advocacy and Other Professionals
- The Revolution Starts At Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities (2016) – Ching-In Chen , Jai Dulani , Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide To Caring For Self While Caring For Others – Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk (2009)
- No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us – Rachel Louise Snyder
- Homegrown: Home Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists (2019) – Joan Smith
Poetry
- Milk & Honey – Rupi Kaur
- The Sun And Her Flowers – Rupi Kaur