Recommended Readings
Most of the books listed below are available for free check out from SARA's Resource Library.
Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault
Recovering From Rape, by Linda E Ledray
An excellent resource for survivors and their loved ones.
I Never Called It Rape, by Robin Warshaw
This book addresses the prevalence of rape by acquaintance.
I Can’t Get Over It: A handbook for trauma survivors. Aphrodite Matsakis
Adult Male Survivors of Sexual Assault
Victims No Longer: the classic guide for men recovering from sexual child abuse. Mike Lew
Everything You Need to Know When You Are The Male Survivor Of Rape Or Sexual Assault. John La Valle.
Speaking Our Truth: Voices of courage and healing for male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Neal King and Thomas Moore.
Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
The Courage to Heal: A guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse,
by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse,
by Mike Lew
Excelent resource for adult male survivors of child sexual abuse
Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child,
by Laura Davis
Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women,
by Sue E. Blume
Outgrowing the Pain, by Eliana Gil
Written for Survivors of all forms of child abuse
Child Survivors of Sexual Abuse
My Body is Private by Linda Walvorrd Girand
Your Body Belongs to You by Cornelia Spelman
Teen Survivors of Sexual Abuse
How Long Does it Hurt? by Cynthia Mather and Kristina Debye
Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse by Patti Feuereisen
It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse by William Lee Carter
Parents and Caregivers of Child Abuse Survivors
When your Child has been Molested by Katheryn Brohl
Helping your Child Recover from Sexual Abuse by Caren Adams