Books like Ordeal

Ordeal by Linda Lovelace reads as harrowing, urgent. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

Both explore trauma

55% genome match

Is Rape a Crime?

Michelle Bowdler · 2020

Both explore trauma & feminism

68% genome match

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

Gloria Steinem · 1983

Both explore feminism

64% genome match

Feminism Is for Everybody

bell hooks · 2000

Both explore feminism

58% genome match

When rabbit howls

Truddi Chase · 1987

Both explore trauma & abuse

72% genome match

The second stage

Betty Friedan · 1981

Both explore feminism

60% genome match

Jesus Land

Julia Scheeres · 2005

Both explore abuse & trauma

72% genome match

A child called "it"

David J. Pelzer · 1987

Both explore survival & trauma

68% genome match

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl

Jeannie Vanasco · 2019

Both explore trauma

57% genome match

Our bodies, ourselves

Boston Women's Health Book Collective · 1971

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Both explore survival & trauma

70% genome match

The Price of My Soul

Bernadette Devlin · 1969

Same memoir feel

54% genome match