9 books
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4 voters
Popular Domestic Violence Books
Popular Domestic Violence Books
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1-50
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1,216)
Backseat Saints (Hardcover)
by Joshilyn Jackson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 5 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,181 ratings — published 2010
Black and Blue (Paperback)
by Anna Quindlen (shelved 5 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.77 — 41,859 ratings — published 1998
Dreamland (Paperback)
by Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author) (shelved 4 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.88 — 54,945 ratings — published 2000
Whose Face is in the Mirror?: The Story of One Woman's Journey from the Nightmare of Domestic Abuse to True Healing (Paperback)
by Dianne Schwartz (shelved 3 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.50 — 58 ratings — published 2000
Split (Hardcover)
by Swati Avasthi (Goodreads Author) (shelved 3 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.09 — 9,111 ratings — published 2010
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men (Paperback)
by Lundy Bancroft (shelved 3 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,569 ratings — published 2002
Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1)
by Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.11 — 30,351 ratings — published 2008
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond (Paperback)
by Patricia Evans (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,380 ratings — published 2010
Nobody But Us (Paperback)
by Kristin Halbrook (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.55 — 9,074 ratings — published 2013
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.26 — 240,161 ratings — published 2012
The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden (The Coincidence, #1)
by Jessica Sorensen (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.41 — 52,532 ratings — published 2012
Truth (Consequences, #2)
by Aleatha Romig (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.57 — 12,043 ratings — published 2012
Consequences (Consequences, #1)
by Aleatha Romig (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.17 — 18,802 ratings — published 2011
The Magician's Assistant
by Ann Patchett (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.62 — 15,602 ratings — published 1997
In Bed with a Highlander (McCabe Trilogy, #1)
by Maya Banks (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,783 ratings — published 2011
Skin Deep (Fae, #1)
by S.W. Vaughn (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,220 ratings — published 2009
The Rules of Survival (Hardcover)
by Nancy Werlin (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.94 — 13,812 ratings — published 2006
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by Alice Walker (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.12 — 261,603 ratings — published 1982
Simply Irresistible (Lucky Harbor, #1)
by Jill Shalvis (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.96 — 21,712 ratings — published 2010
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
by Stieg Larsson (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.17 — 371,200 ratings — published 2006
Bitter End (Hardcover)
by Jennifer Brown (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.86 — 6,363 ratings — published 2011
Dolores Claiborne (Paperback)
by Stephen King (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.68 — 59,626 ratings — published 1992
Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor's Story (Paperback)
by Lynn C. Tolson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.06 — 102 ratings — published 2003
Crazy Love (Hardcover)
by Leslie Morgan Steiner (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.61 — 2,165 ratings — published 2009
If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation (Hardcover)
by Janine Latus (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.41 — 5,483 ratings — published 2007
Because I Am Furniture (Hardcover)
by Thalia Chaltas (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.77 — 6,695 ratings — published 2009
The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics (Paperback)
by Lundy Bancroft (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.41 — 88 ratings — published 2002
Woman's Inhumanity to Woman (Paperback)
by Phyllis Chesler (Goodreads Author) (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.89 — 242 ratings — published 2002
Trauma and Recovery (Paperback)
by Judith Lewis Herman (shelved 2 times as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,909 ratings — published 1992
Ain't No Sunshine (Paperback)
by Candice Dow (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.03 — 129 ratings — published 2006
Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It (Hardcover)
by J.D. Mason (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.00 — 153 ratings — published 2010
The Bachelorette Party: A Novel [title page only] (Paperback)
by Donald Welch (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 2.87 — 30 ratings — published 2008
Joy & Pain (Paperback)
by Franklin White (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.12 — 33 ratings — published
Rule (Marked Men, #1)
by Jay Crownover (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,038 ratings — published 2012
In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
by Tana French (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.68 — 120,854 ratings — published 2007
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by Emily Brontë (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.76 — 530,186 ratings — published 1847
Rebecca (Paperback)
by Daphne du Maurier (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.16 — 195,910 ratings — published 1938
The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.97 — 336,788 ratings — published 1985
Hamlet (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.98 — 306,486 ratings — published 1602
Melissa (Hardcover)
by Taylor Caldwell (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.69 — 143 ratings — published 1948
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by Sue Monk Kidd (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.92 — 757,392 ratings — published 2002
The Boy From the Basement (Paperback)
by Susan Shaw (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,060 ratings — published 2004
Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #5)
by J.R. Ward (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.33 — 67,805 ratings — published 2007
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Paperback)
by Gavin de Becker (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,025 ratings — published 1997
You Can't Say That to Me: Stopping the Pain of Verbal Abuse--An 8- Step Program (Paperback)
by Suzette Haden Elgin (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.29 — 39 ratings — published 1995
Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try to Control You (Paperback)
by Patricia Evans (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.71 — 296 ratings — published 2002
Verbal Abuse: Survivors Speak Out on Releationship and Recovery (Paperback)
by Patricia Evans (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.11 — 103 ratings — published 1993
Picture Perfect (Paperback)
by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.48 — 39,810 ratings — published 1995
Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1)
by S.C. Stephens (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 4.29 — 51,795 ratings — published 2009
Damaged (Damaged, #1)
by H.M. Ward (Goodreads Author) (shelved 1 time as domestic-violence)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,810 ratings — published 2013
“She serves me a piece of it a few minutes
out of the oven. A little steam rises
from the slits on top. Sugar and spice -
cinnamon - burned into the crust.
But she's wearing these dark glasses
in the kitchen at ten o'clock
in the morning - everything nice -
as she watches me break off
a piece, bring it to my mouth,
and blow on it. My daughter's kitchen,
in winter. I fork the pie in
and tell myself to stay out of it.
She says she loves him. No way
could it be worse.”
― Raymond Carver
out of the oven. A little steam rises
from the slits on top. Sugar and spice -
cinnamon - burned into the crust.
But she's wearing these dark glasses
in the kitchen at ten o'clock
in the morning - everything nice -
as she watches me break off
a piece, bring it to my mouth,
and blow on it. My daughter's kitchen,
in winter. I fork the pie in
and tell myself to stay out of it.
She says she loves him. No way
could it be worse.”
― Raymond Carver
“His hands struck her any hour of the day, like hands that strike a clock, whether early, whether late; they strike, they strike.”
― Anthony Liccione
― Anthony Liccione











