Tell me again how free we are

Books that center the individual and societal epidemic of violence against women.

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created by punkerella

last updated July, 2026

11 books

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What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics

Rachael Denhollander

Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Survivors on Life after Sexual Assault

Jen Sookfong Lee

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State

Nadia Murad

Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

Cyntoia Brown-Long

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay

Know My Name: A Memoir

Chanel Miller

A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides

Gisèle Pelicot

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

Virginia Roberts Giuffre

The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny

Laura Bates

No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us

Rachel Louise Snyder

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

Comments

notbillnye

🪑 here to rage with you 😤

nezuu

me too 🫡

OhMyDio

Ohh, an important list! I also recommend What Is A Girl Worth? by Rachael Denhollander. (If you're accepting recs!)

punkerellaOP

Yes to recs! Thank you!

OhMyDio

Also Minor Detail by Adania Shibli Disobedient Women by Sarah Stankorb (not a perfect book, but looks at harm to women specifically done by pastors)

You rock!

nezuu

so relevant! and so upsetting 😔

catsano

i have found myself reading a lot of books about violence against women back to back recently, its been a lot. might i recommend sad tiger

punkerellaOP

I've heard that's excellent! And yes, it does get to be a lot. Remember to take breaks my friend

catsano

im in the trenches of Nobody's Girl and this is a good reminder, i will take a break from this topic for a while after this one.

punkerellaOP

I wanted to read that one but I knew I was not in the right headspace when it was released. Maybe next year for me!