Sexual Harassment & Violence

We've carefully curated a Collection of titles that center the experiences and impacts of Sexual Harassment & Violence. Representing a broad range of voices and genres, these titles explore the personal and social effects of violation through violence and sexual harassment through literary forms that include memoirs, poetry, and fiction.

Those Empty Eyes

by Charlie Donlea

Publication year 2023

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Truth & Lies, Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Guilt, Memory, Revenge, Childhood & Youth, Coming of Age, Death, The Past, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Community, Justice, Power & Greed, Safety & Danger, Trust & Doubt

Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Trauma & Abuse

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Three Little Words

by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Publication year 2008

Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction

Themes Mothers, Trust & Doubt, Family, Community

Tags Parenting, Trauma & Abuse, Biography

An international bestseller, Ashley Rhodes-Courter’s 2008 memoir, Three Little Words, provides a moving account of her early life in the foster care system. Ashley is born to a teenage mother, Lorraine, who is not well placed to look after her. After her mother’s new partner, Dusty, moves in, things soon deteriorate. When the family moves to Florida, Lorraine and Dusty are both arrested, and Ashley is placed in foster care along with her younger brother... Read Three Little Words Summary

Three Women

by Lisa Taddeo

Publication year 2019

Genre Biography, Nonfiction

Themes Femininity, Sexual Identity, Masculinity

Tags Love & Sexuality, Gender & Feminism, Trauma & Abuse, Women`s Studies, Modern Classic Fiction, Biography

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Throne of Glass

by Sarah J. Maas

Publication year 2012

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Trust & Doubt, Coming of Age, Politics & Government

Tags Fantasy, Fairy Tale & Folklore, Coming of Age, Romance, Love & Sexuality, Trauma & Abuse, Politics & Government, American Literature

Throne of Glass is the first novel in the eight-book young adult (YA) fantasy series of the same name by author Sarah J. Maas. First published in 2012, the novel is loosely based on the Cinderella story. Throne of Glass was critically well-received. In 2016, Disney purchased the rights to a television adaptation. In addition to the Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas is the author of a second High Fantasy series, A Court... Read Throne of Glass Summary

Through My Eyes

by Ruby Bridges

Publication year 1999

Genre Biography, Nonfiction

Themes Fear, Hate & Anger, Equality, Justice, Safety & Danger, Truth & Lies

Tags Civil Rights & Jim Crow South, US History, Trauma & Abuse, Race & Racism, Bullying, Black Lives Matter, Education

Through My Eyes is the autobiography of Ruby Bridges. In 1960, Bridges became the first African American child to integrate an elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana following a court mandate for the state to desegregate its public school system. Louisiana trailed segregation effort in neighboring states, such as the nine Black high school students known as the “Little Rock Nine” who integrated a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.Bridges’s autobiography, published in... Read Through My Eyes Summary

Thyestes

by Seneca

Publication year 65

Genre Play, Fiction

Themes Revenge, Siblings, Fate, Good & Evil, Power & Greed, Order & Chaos

Tags Tragedy, Ancient Rome, Classical Period, Trauma & Abuse

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Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

Publication year 1594

Genre Play, Fiction

Themes Revenge, Justice, Order & Chaos, Power & Greed

Tags Classic Fiction, Tragedy, Historical Fiction, Trauma & Abuse, British Literature, Education, Education, Dramatic Literature

Titus Andronicus is a tragedy generally thought to have been written between 1588 and 1593 and is usually credited to William Shakespeare. The play is set in an undefined time in imperial Rome. Roman General Titus Andronicus returns victorious from a long war. Tamora, Queen of the Goths, is his prisoner, along with her family and retinue. He authorizes the execution of one of her sons by his sons. This begins a vicious cycle of... Read Titus Andronicus Summary

Truly Madly Guilty

by Liane Moriarty

Publication year 2016

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Marriage, Friendship, Truth & Lies

Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Relationships, Psychological Fiction, Trauma & Abuse, Parenting, Love & Sexuality

Truly Madly Guilty is Liane Moriarty’s seventh adult novel, published in 2016. The work uses suspense elements and a nonlinear timeline to tell a story of a backyard barbecue and its deep emotional and psychological repercussions for the attendees. The book explores themes of friendship, marriage, and parenthood through the relationships of three couples, Erika and Oliver, Clementine and Sam, and Tiffany and Vid.The edition referenced is the first US e-book edition from Flatiron Books.Plot... Read Truly Madly Guilty Summary

Twisted Love

by Ana Huang

Publication year 2021

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Truth & Lies, Self Discovery, Revenge

Tags Romance, Love & Sexuality, Trauma & Abuse, Asian History, Education, Education, Modern Classic Fiction

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Two or Three Things I Know for Sure

by Dorothy Allison

Publication year 1995

Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction

Themes Sexual Identity, Family, Gender Identity, Femininity, Masculinity, Race, Good & Evil, Literature, Loyalty & Betrayal, Trust & Doubt, Truth & Lies, Self Discovery

Tags LGBTQ+, Gender & Feminism, Trauma & Abuse, Women`s Studies, Love & Sexuality, Biography

Two or Three Things I Know for Sure is a 1995 memoir by American author and activist Dorothy Allison, a native of Greenville, South Carolina. A coming-of-age story that examines feminism and lesbian identity in the context of the patriarchal norms of the South, the book uses both narrative and photographs to tell the stories of the women in Allison’s family and their complex relationships with the men who both loved and abused them. Her... Read Two or Three Things I Know for Sure Summary

Unstoppable

by Tim Green

Publication year 2012

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Perseverance, Disability, Coming of Age, Family, Teamwork, Self Discovery

Tags Sports, Realistic Fiction, Children`s Literature, Trauma & Abuse

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Until Friday Night

by Abbi Glines

Publication year 2015

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Love, Mental Health, Childhood & Youth, Coming of Age, Self Discovery

Tags Romance, Trauma & Abuse, Sports, Modern Classic Fiction

Abbi Glines’s Until Friday Night is a young adult romance novel that follows the relationship between the two protagonists, Maggie Carlton and West Ashby. Maggie’s and West’s alternating first-person narratives reveal their complex feelings for each other and their struggles to navigate falling in love. Their evolving dynamic is the basis for the novel’s themes of Coping with Grief and Trauma, The Development of Teenage Romantic Relationships, and The Role of Communication in Healing. This... Read Until Friday Night Summary

Valentine

by Elizabeth Wetmore

Publication year 2020

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Friendship, Community, Safety & Danger, Coming of Age, Forgiveness, Revenge, Love, Mothers, Family, Guilt, Hate & Anger, Fear, Justice, Equality, Good & Evil, Marriage, Truth & Lies, Perseverance, Conflict, Loneliness, Hope, Gratitude

Tags Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Coming of Age, Relationships, Race & Racism, Trauma & Abuse, Love & Sexuality, Social Justice, Modern Classic Fiction, World History

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