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. by Mike Lew

Everything You Need to Know When You Are The Male Survivor Of Rape Or Sexual Assault. by John La Valle.

Speaking Our Truth: Voices of courage and healing for male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. by 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