Read-alikes and related books

Books like A Child Called ‘It&#8217

24 titles for readers of A Child Called ‘It&#8217 by Dave Pelzer, selected for shared themes: Prostitution & Sex Trade, Sexual Assault, Survival, and Child Abuse.

Prostitution & Sex Trade Sexual Assault Survival Child Abuse Abuse True Crime Family & Relationships Reference Social Science Biography & Autobiography

Top related books to A Child Called ‘It&#8217

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Enslaved A Shocking True Story of Survival

Emily Vaughn

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

Above Water A Stolen Childhood, an Enduring Scandal, a Survivor’s Story

Trish Kearney

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

Let Me Go Abused and Afraid, She Has Nothing to Live For

Casey Watson

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

Tears of the Silenced An Amish True Crime Memoir of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Brutal Betrayal, and Ultimate Survival

Misty Griffin

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

Lost Girls An American Mystery

Robert Kolker

Themes: Prostitution & Sex Trade • Child Abuse • Abuse

A Family Secret My Shocking True Story of Surviving a Childhood in Hell

Maureen Wood

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

Rotten Fruit is Falling Down Because I Shake the Tree

Erin Arvizu

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

Donde Termina El Silencio

Angela Ruiz

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

American Daughter A Memoir

Stephanie Thornton Plymale

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

#10

Lost Girls An Unsolved American Mystery

Robert Kolker

Themes: Prostitution & Sex Trade • Child Abuse • Abuse

#11

The Forgotten Child The Powerful True Story of a Boy Abandoned as a Baby and Left to Die

Richard Gallear

Themes: Survival • Child Abuse • Abuse

#12

The Franklin Scandal A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse and Betrayal

Nick Bryant

Themes: Prostitution & Sex Trade • Child Abuse • Abuse

#13

Against Her Will Groomed, Trapped and Abused. This Is My True Story of Survival

Sophie Crockett

Themes: Sexual Assault • Survival • Abuse

#14

Dave Pelzer’s Life Lessons

Dave Pelzer

Themes: Survival • Child Abuse • Abuse

#15

The Missing Girls A Shocking True Story of Abduction and Murder

Rick Watson

Themes: Sexual Assault • Child Abuse • Abuse

#16

I Want My Daddy

Casey Watson

Themes: Survival • Child Abuse • Abuse

#17

The Invisible Girl The True Story of an Unheard Voice

Torey Hayden

Themes: Survival • Child Abuse • Abuse

#18

The Inner Truth The Amazing True Story of a Woman who Survived Both Sexual and Physical Abuse While Suffering from Personality Disorders

Gracie Alison

Themes: Prostitution & Sex Trade • Child Abuse • Abuse

#19

Saving Danny

Cathy Glass

Themes: Survival • Child Abuse • Abuse

#20

Daddy’s Little Princess

Cathy Glass

Themes: Survival • Child Abuse • Abuse

#21

Assume Nothing A Story of Intimate Violence

Tanya Selvaratnam

Themes: Sexual Assault • Abuse • True Crime

#22

A Stolen Life A Memoir

Jaycee Dugard

Themes: Child Abuse • Abuse • True Crime

#23

Abducted

Charlene Lunnon

Themes: Child Abuse • Abuse • True Crime

#24

Stolen Innocence My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

Elissa Wall

Themes: Survival • Abuse • True Crime

If A Child Called ‘It&#8217 by Dave Pelzer is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Prostitution & Sex Trade, Sexual Assault, Survival and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Emily Vaughn, Trish Kearney, Casey Watson, Misty Griffin, and others.