Books for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

By Coll Rowe | March 30 2026 | General

For Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in April, we are sharing a collection of books to educate on sexual and gender-based violence. This collection includes nonfiction and personal stories from survivors of sexual assault that give insight on survivor support and sexual assault prevention.

Know My Name
Know My Name
A Memoir
Chanel Miller
9780735223721
“Miller makes a powerful case for overhauling a system that retraumatizes victims of sexual violence even in successful cases, perpetuating the feedback loop that discourages victims from coming forward to seek justice.”—Mother Jones
$19.00 US
Aug 18, 2020
Paperback
384 Pages
Penguin Books
Unbelievable
Unbelievable
The Story of Two Detectives' Relentless Search for the Truth
Ken Armstrong, T. Christian Miller
9781524759940
Now in paperback and adapted as a Netflix original series, the riveting true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth.
$22.00 US
Sep 03, 2019
Paperback
304 Pages
Crown
Tell Me What You Like
Tell Me What You Like
An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault
Katie Simon
9780806542768

Hopeful, groundbreaking, and anchored in true stories, this much-needed book from sexuality journalist and fellow sexual assault survivor Katie Simon delves into the challenges of moving from trauma to healing. Tell Me What You Like will guide sexual assault survivors toward the sex and relationships they want, and speaks to the shift in sexual culture we all need.

$29.00 US
Jul 29, 2025
Hardcover
240 Pages
Citadel
Believing
Believing
Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence
Anita Hill
9780593298312
“An elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just victims and survivors… It’s at times downright virtuosic in the threads it weaves together.”—NPR
$18.00 US
Sep 27, 2022
Paperback
368 Pages
Penguin Books
Grabbed
Grabbed
Poets & Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing
Richard Blanco
9780807071847
A gender-inclusive anthology of poetry and prose that addresses the physical and psychological act of being "grabbed," or in any way assaulted.
$18.00 US
Oct 06, 2020
Paperback
240 Pages
Beacon Press
Marsha
Marsha
The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
Tourmaline
9780593185667
Black trans luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.
$30.00 US
May 20, 2025
Hardcover
320 Pages
Tiny Reparations Books
Acceptance
Acceptance
A Memoir
Emi Nietfeld
9780593489499
A luminous, generation-defining memoir of foster care and homelessness, Harvard and Big Tech, examining society’s fixation with resilience—and its cost.
$18.00 US
Aug 01, 2023
Paperback
368 Pages
Penguin Books
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