Start with high-confidence child abuse books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Girl Unbroken
Regina Calcaterra, Rosie Maloney
One Child
Torey Hayden
They Cage the Animals at Night
Jennings Michael Burch
A Gospel of Shame
Elinor Burkett, Frank Bruni
Betrayal Trauma
Jennifer J. Freyd
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
The Mother Next Door
Andrea Dunlop, Mike Weber
A Child Called It
Dave Pelzer
Tears of the Silenced
Misty Griffin, Cassandra Campbell
