Male survivors preferred.
Non-fiction is fine but I’m looking more for fiction.
Memoirs are preferred over self-help books with non-fiction.
Would prefer happy endings with fiction, I’m not trying to re-traumatize myself that much 🙂
“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini has CSA of male characters as a central plot point. I would warn you, though, the ending is not so happy… not horrific, by any means, but just… kinda sad. Melancholy, if you will. But hopeful.
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The Tarot Sequence by KD Edwards has a protagonist who was a CSA victim (at the time of the plot he is in his 30s); it’s not the main story by any means but there are discussions of it + magical flashbacks
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart is more about things as they are happening, it’s very very graphic (be careful!) but has a positive/bittersweet ending
Dust by Dusti Bowling is a middle grade book that deals with CSA (not of the main character) (not revealed until the end)
A major character of All For the Game by Nora Sakavic is a CSA victim, again it’s not the main feature of the plot but it is there
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek (full disclosure I can’t remember how it ends but I don’t remember it being upsetting?)
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi is YA, same as Dust where it does discuss CSA but it does not involve the protagonist (not revealed until the end)
A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian discusses grooming
I believe Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki discusses CSA but I don’t remember how exactly/to what degree it’s depicted
The Fever King/The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee is a YA duology that discusses grooming/CSA, mainly later on in the series (not of protagonist)
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros, not major factor of plot (CSA not of protagonist)
Dark Rise by CS Pacat alludes to CSA, not of protagonist (there is also a sequel but I haven’t read it so I don’t know what it’s got going on)
CS Pacat’s Captive Prince series also discusses past CSA (you don’t really find out until the end)
Also a warning: NOT A LITTLE LIFE BY HANYA YANIGAHARA. I felt like the way she writes and talks about CSA is very disrespectful and I recommend people stay far away from that book
If you have any questions about any of these books let me know! They’ve all done a lot to help me and I hope they can do the same for you too, take care of yourself my friend
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“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini has CSA of male characters as a central plot point. I would warn you, though, the ending is not so happy… not horrific, by any means, but just… kinda sad. Melancholy, if you will. But hopeful.
The Tarot Sequence by KD Edwards has a protagonist who was a CSA victim (at the time of the plot he is in his 30s); it’s not the main story by any means but there are discussions of it + magical flashbacks
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart is more about things as they are happening, it’s very very graphic (be careful!) but has a positive/bittersweet ending
Dust by Dusti Bowling is a middle grade book that deals with CSA (not of the main character) (not revealed until the end)
A major character of All For the Game by Nora Sakavic is a CSA victim, again it’s not the main feature of the plot but it is there
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek (full disclosure I can’t remember how it ends but I don’t remember it being upsetting?)
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi is YA, same as Dust where it does discuss CSA but it does not involve the protagonist (not revealed until the end)
A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian discusses grooming
I believe Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki discusses CSA but I don’t remember how exactly/to what degree it’s depicted
The Fever King/The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee is a YA duology that discusses grooming/CSA, mainly later on in the series (not of protagonist)
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros, not major factor of plot (CSA not of protagonist)
Dark Rise by CS Pacat alludes to CSA, not of protagonist (there is also a sequel but I haven’t read it so I don’t know what it’s got going on)
CS Pacat’s Captive Prince series also discusses past CSA (you don’t really find out until the end)
Also a warning: NOT A LITTLE LIFE BY HANYA YANIGAHARA. I felt like the way she writes and talks about CSA is very disrespectful and I recommend people stay far away from that book
If you have any questions about any of these books let me know! They’ve all done a lot to help me and I hope they can do the same for you too, take care of yourself my friend