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Books That Deal With Sexual Assault and Abuse

One of the best ways to allow sexual harassment, abuse, and assault is for us all to keep quiet about it. The authors of the books below have chosen not to be silent. They chose to include or focus on acts of sexual violence rather than shying away from them, even in fictional narratives they constructed.
These stories need to be told and there need to be more of them written and read.
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
1
Vladimir Nabokov
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
2
Emma Donoghue
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
3
Alan Moore
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
4
Noviolet Bulawayo
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
5
Isabel Allende
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
6
Gabriel García Márquez
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
7
Arundhati Roy
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
8
Haruki Murakami
Out (Natsuo Kirino)
Out
9
Natsuo Kirino
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
10
Ruth Ozeki
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
11
Kathy Acker
The Autumn of the Patriarch (El Otoño Del Patriarca) 1975
The Autumn of the Patriarch (El Otoño Del Patriarca) 1975
12
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
The Round House
13
Louise Erdrich
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
14
Helen Oyeyemi
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
15
Angela Carter
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
16
Vladimir Nabokov
A Discovery of Strangers (Rudy Wiebe)
A Discovery of Strangers
17
Rudy Wiebe
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
18
Edwidge Danticat
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
19
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
20
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
21
Flannery O'Connor
The Vagrants (Yiyun Li)
The Vagrants
22
Yiyun Li
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
23
Margaret Atwood
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
24
Stieg Larsson
Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Speak
25
Laurie Halse Anderson
If You Find Me (Emily Murdoch)
If You Find Me
26
Emily Murdoch
In the Heat of the Night (Novel)
In the Heat of the Night (Novel)
27
Naked
Naked
28
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
29
Stephen Chbosky
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
30
Toni Morrison
Push (Sapphire)
Push
31
Sapphire
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories
32
Mary Gaitskill
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
33
V.C. Andrews
Lucky (Alice Sebold)
Lucky
34
Alice Sebold
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
35
Maya Angelou
Swamplandia (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia
36
Karen Russell
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
37
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
38
Vladimir Nabokov
Pig Tales
Pig Tales
39
Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)
Forrest Gump
40
Winston Groom
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