This article presents a list of books in which an adult is portrayed as feeling or acting on a sexual attraction to a pre-pubescent child or an adult sexually abuses a minor child. The pedophilic attraction or sexual abuse may be central to the plot or incidental. The attraction or abuse may be to a single specific individual or to several children.
The list is divided into fiction and non-fiction. Within each alphanumeric division of the list the works are further divided according to the gender of the principal youthful object(s) of the sexual attraction or abuse.
This article lists books. There are equivalent lists of films, songs, and works for the theatre.
The list is almost completely limited to fiction and studies in the English language. Many books on this subject are also available in other languages, both literary and scientific. Most of them have their origin in European languages such as in French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian languages. Some are mentioned on the list when an English translation has been published and made available.
In fiction
0-9
boys
- Orphan boy Custis has been sexually abused from the age of about 10 to 12, but has escaped at the start of the novel.[1]
girls
A
boys
- James Moore is first seduced at a 1950s prep school by a master, Mr Wolfe, at age 9. From age 13 to 15 he is abused by his English public school music teacher Dr Fox [3]
- 14-year-old Wally Day has a sexual relationship with a man called Zandy
- After losing his high school teaching job over an accusation of sexual abuse, a writer assumes a false identity and starts a sexual relationship with another boy in France, 15-year-old Stéphane.
- The American Eagle, the Boy and the Paedophile by D. P. Mak
- 9-year-old Donny is attacked by a known child molester when out riding his bike.
- The Asbestos Diary by Casimir Dukahz
- Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal
- Jeremy becomes infatuated with Max, a 14-year-old at summer camp. Max confides in him that he has been molested by the camp director.
girls
B
boys
- A priest is accused of molesting a troubled boy. [7]
- Bilal's Bread by Sulayman X
- Salim, now 26, has been raping his 16-year-old brother Bilal since he was nine years old.
- The story of the abduction of 12-year-old Billy Neary by Barton Royal, a serial killer of pubescent boys. Royal violently abuses Billy throughout the novel, yet appears to sincerely believe that his victim could love him
- Judge Holden molests children, then kills them.
- Bom-Crioulo : the black man and the cabin boy by Adolfo Caminha
- A sailor falls in love with a beautiful white boy.
- 11-year-old Martin O’Boy and his friend Billy are molested by a church organist[8]
- 12-year-old Josh is molested by his history teacher, Mrs. Sherman.
- Simon has a sexual encounter with an adult during summer school
- 8-year-old Jonathan Tierney is abducted by Lawrence Miller, a child molester acting for a child pornography movie-maker.
- Burn by Jennifer Natalya Fink
- A middle-aged communist widow has an affair with a 13-year-old boy
girls
- 12 year old Mitsuko Souma is raped by three men who are paying her prostitute mother.
- Linda Weyland is wed to Joe Sikes, a character three times her age, and is pregnant by age fifteen.
- There are intimations that Laura Chase was molested by her tutor as a child.
- Cat Ferry is haunted by the abuse she had as a child from her grandfather William Kirkland.
- 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove is raped by her own father, Cholly, becoming pregnant with and later miscarrying his child.
- Bone Flute by N.A. Bourke[10]
- Brass Ring by Diane Chamberlain[11]
- The Burke Series of novels by Andrew Vachss including Strega[12], Down in the Zero[12], and False Allegations[1]
- The series focuses on child abuse and child sexual abuse.[13]
C
boys
- The Capri File by Amanda Prantera
- An author researches an aristcratic paedophile who liked to photograph young boys.
- Tracy Parker has a love affair with Noah, a troubled 15-year-old student at a boys' prep school in upstate New York.
- Cameron Miller is aged 14. He has been sexually abused all his life by his father, a serial killer of more than 20 young boys.[14]
- Edward is sexually attracted to his young nephew George
- A story of sorcery and boy love.
girls
- 10-year-old Ayla is repeatedly raped, less than a week after coming out of menarche, by the leader's son and becomes pregnant, giving birth at 11-years-old.
- 16-year-old Alex rapes two 10-year-old girls.
D
boys
- A skiing coach becomes sexually involved with a 14-year-old boy.
- Randall Flagg is revealed to have been sodomized at the age of fourteen after running away from home.
- The Deaf-Mute Boy by Joseph Geraci
- Maurice Burke, an archeology professor, is sexually attracted to Nidhal, a 13-year-old Tunisian boy
- A professor has a sexual attraction to two young boys.
- Adolescent Nathan is sexually abused by his drunken father and it is clear that his mother knows, but does nothing. Nathan has a sexual relationship with Roy, an older boy who lives next door
- The Dream Life by Bo Huston
- A 33-year-old tutor Hollis goes off with Jed, a 14-year-old pupil.
girls
E
boys
- Aphias Zhe (Fee) is aged 12 when he and other boys are molested by the choir director Big Eric Gorendt at their school in Maine.[11]
- 27-year-old Ekaterina has a sexual relationship with three 12-year-old boys - Kenny, Jason and then Travis Coe.[15]
- Karl De Man, a 13-year-old pupil at an exclusive boys' school in 1970s South Africa falls in love with Dominic, a boy of his own age, whose parents know he is gay, and has a sexual relationship with his choirmaster, Jacques Cilliers.
- McMullen is molested in a cinema at the age of 8.
- A 19-year-old girl has a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy and describes what she is doing in correspondence with an imprisoned child molester.[16]
girls
- A 12-year-old princess is used to pervert a young priest.
- Mayu is sexually abused by her step-father.
F
boys
- Abuse in the Catholic Church
- A lay provost from a religious sect sexually abuses adolescent boys.[15]
- An English public school Headmaster is forced to resign when his sexual activity with one of the boys is discovered.
- Fenny Skaller by John Henry Mackay from Books of the Nameless Love, translated from German by Hubert Kennedy [2]
- Filth Kiss by C.J. Lines. A young boy is penectomized, sodomized, and murdered by a penis-throated monster.
- Finding the Lost Weekend, by Paul McGill, based on true events about a weekend of debauchery in a Utah Catholic School [3]
- Flannelled Fool, an autobiographical novel by T. C. Worsley
- Worsley describes his fascination with a series of beautiful boys.
- 12-year-old Jeroen has a sexual relationship with a Canadian soldier during World War II.
- 33-year-old Dennis, exposed to child pornography when aged 13, writes about a series of murders he claims to have committed; the murders may be real or be a fantasy.
girls
- A Face at the Window by Dennis McFarland
- Far and Beyon by Unity Dow
- Fatal Convictions: A Novel by Shari P. Geller[5]
- Fault Lines by Anna Salter[5]
- Fifth Born : A Novel by Zelda Lockhart[17]
- Filth Kiss by C.J. Lines. An underage girl has sex with a convicted paedophile, and later dies violently during the birth of their offspring.
- Firefly, by Piers Anthony
- Œnone tells the story of 5-year-old Nymph and her seduction of the much older Maddock, who is on trial for molesting her.
G
boys
- A defrocked priest molests and kills boys
- 12-year-old David has a sexual encounter with a young man.
- 11-year-old London orphan Alan Carey is put into a children's home near the end of the Second World War and is abused by Jacko, a sadistic member of staff
girls
- Jessie was sexually abused by her father when she was aged ten.
- Felicity had been molested by her father when she was younger.
H
boys
- Theo is put into care aged 13 and brutally treated and sexually abused by Mr. Gracie, his caseworker, who protects him from other physical abuse.[11]
- 12-year-old Bobby Garfield is offered $3 for oral sex by a stranger
- The main plot concerns a lawsuit, filed by a group of orphans, alleging sexual abuse against Rae Schipke, executive director of the charitable foundation that supports their orphanage.[19]
- 5-year-old Jeremiah is physically and sexually abused by his prostitute mother and raped by her trucker clients.
- A man murders a young boy's family and takes the child as a sex partner in extreme sadomasochism.[15]
- A High School boy in Boston who has been sodomised by a group of older students develops a crush on Miles Bannon, a popular English teacher. Miles fails to discourage it and this triggers accusations of child molestation when the boy commits suicide.[20] .
- Houses Without Doors (short story: The Juniper Tree) by Peter Straub
- A novelist recalls being sexually molested aged 7 in a movie house by a drifter called Stan.
- Ted Sacks fantasises in chatrooms about molesting boys, then abducts Alex.[16]
- The Hustler by John Henry Mackay, published in German as Der Puppenjunge
- Boy prostitutes in Berlin
girls
- Hallie's Secret by Carole Gift Page[1][4]
- The Handless Maiden, by Loranne Brown[11]
- Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block[4]
- Happy Endings by David Cook
- Headhunter by Roy Lewis[5]
- A History of Silence: a novel by Barbara Neil[11]
- Hot Fudge Sundae Blues : a novel by Bev Marshall[1]
- House with the Blind Glass Windows by Herbjørg Wassmo; translated by Roseann Lloyd and Allen Simpson[1]
- Howtown, a Henry Rios mystery, by Michael Nava[12]
- Hush Little Darlings by Judith Kelman
I
boys
- Michel is sexually attracted to young Arab boys
- A boy's sexual adventures from age 7 to 14 with other children and adult men.
girls
- The unnamed teenage narrator embarks on a psychosexual campaign to emotionally and sexually dominate a male schoolteacher twice her age.
- I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block[1]
J
boys
- Josey Rose: a novel by Jane Wood
- A minister tries to molest 11-year-old Josey Rose who has a sexual relationship with Lily, his adult cousin.[4]
- Jamie is abused by a caretaker at the trailer park where he lives.[1]
girls
K
boys
- Kim, My Beloved by Jens Eisenhardt
- A 28-year-old teacher is sexually attracted to a 14-year-old pupil.
- A man’s sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy in an English psychiatric institute.
- 12-year-old Hassan is raped by Assef, then his son is sexually abused by Assef years later
- A Kind of Hush, an autobiographical novel by Richard Johnson, originally titled as Getting Even.
- A group of boys who have been been sexually abused begin killing child molesters and child pornographers [15]
- Kite Music by Gary Shellhart
- Peter, an American exchange teacher, goes to Thailand and is sexually attracted to Wichai, a 12-year-old boy.
- Kitty's Bazaar by J.St.Daniel.
- Kitty returns after living in hiding for ten years to kill her abusive "dear ol' dad", who imprisoned her, after the age of 13, as his surrogate wife.
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girls
L
boys
- Lamb by Bernard Mac Laverty
- Brother Sebastian (née Michael Lamb) befriends then abducts young Owen Kane from a reformatory. Michael does not molest the boy.
- 14-year-old treble Neil Pritchard sings for composer Euan Bone every afternoon. The relationship develops into one of mutual affection and physical intimacy, but Bone does not abuse the boy. Many years later, Neil discovers than Bone had sexually abused another young boy
- Dave Brewer becomes obsessed with 8-year-old Nathan.
- 11-year-old Blacky Brown is abused by his single mother's boyfriend.[14]
- Livre d'Or des Textes Pédophiles: Des origines à nos jours by P. de Saintogne is an anthology of French literature with pedophile themes.
- Lord Dismiss Us by Michael Campbell
- Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card
- 8-year-old Stevie dreams of imaginary friends, whose names match a child molester and serial killer's victims
- Will and 10-year-old Sander become very close and have a sexual relationship
girls
- Florentino Ariza, already over 80 years old, has an on-going affair with a 12-year-old girl.
M
boys
- Mac is a 14-year-old schoolboy who is sexually assaulted by the school doctor during a routine examination.[1]
- Justin McLeod, jailed for killing a boy in a road accident, spends many hours with the troubled 12-year-old Chuck Norstadt, leading to accusations of sexual abuse.
- 14-year-old Tyl, a boy in a concentration camp has a relationship with a senior Nazi officer.
- Richard 'Red' Rover mentors 12-year-old Jonathan. He falls in love with the boy and the their relationship becomes sexual.
- Autobiographical novel: Childish was sexually abused by a family friend when he was aged 9.[23]
- Neil and Brian are molested by their Little League coach
- Dave is abducted by men posing as police as he is playing on the street with his friends Sean and Jimmy. He is returned home days later, after being molested. Years later, Jimmy's daughter is murdered, and he grows to suspect Dave.
girls
- Grace is first raped by her father when she is aged 13
- The narrator decides to deflower a virgin, barely 14 years old, on the eve of his 90th birthday.
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Midnight Whispers by V.C. Andrews[4]
- Monkey King: A Novel by Patricia Chao
- My Aunt Is a Pilot Whale by Anne Provoost, translated by Ria Bleumer
- Mouthing the Words by Camilla Gibb the protagonist Thelma is molested by her father when a child
N
boys
- A Natural Lizard Activity by B.J. Freedman
- A 13-year-old boy's sexual relationship with a 31-year-old man.
- 13-year-old Johnny Parish has a sexual relationship with Roy Davies.
- A mentally ill woman pretends to be a 13-year-old boy who has been a victim of sexual abuse in order to gain the friendship of a gay writer
girls
- A beautiful 10-year-old prodigy attempts to seduce her piano teacher, then falsely accuses her of molestation
O
boys
girls
P
boys
- The Paper Knife by Marc Talbert
- 10-year-old Jeremy is sexually abused by George, his mother's live-in boyfriend.[1]
- Nathanial, the 5-year-old son of a lawyer specialising in child sexual abuse is himself abused.[9]
- Playing Soldiers in the Dark by Stephen Dueweke
- A Physics teacher is sexually attracted to a pupil, a 14-year-old boy.
- Puts forward the theory that some of Shakespeare's sonnets were dedicated to a beautiful boy actor called Willie Hughes
- A priest with a history of abusing young boys is blackmailed.
- A short story of a tragic love of a priest for a 14-year-old acolyte.
- Abuse in the Catholic Church.[18]
- A sub plot involving a pedophile abusing and killing his victims to prevent them from becoming like him. Another serial killer follows his footsteps and kills the chief detective of every case involving the pedophile's victims.
- Pemberton loves his 11-year-old pupil Morgan Moreen
girls
- Palmers Gate by Barry Varela
- Panic by Charles Spencer[5]
- The Photographer's Sweethearts by Diana Hartog[1]
- The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke (winner of the 2003 Trillum Book Award, the 2003 Commonwealth Book prize for Best Book, and the 2002 Giller Prize)
- Pretty Babies by Julia Grice[1]
- The Primrose Path by Carol Matas[1]
- Prisoner of Innocence by Donna Montegna
- Projection: a novel by Keith R. Ablow[11]
- Promise not to tell by Carolyn Polese, (the maiden name of Carolyn Lehman), written for young children[1]
- Prudence of the Flesh by Ralph McInerny[18]
- Push : a novelby Sapphire[4]
Q
girls
- The Queen of Peace Room by Magie Dominic
R
boys
- Reverend Shelby admits to abusing more than 300 boys[1]
- Reasons of the Heart by Bron Nicholls
- Jonathan, an 11-year-old paper boy, moves with 25-year-old Fred and they live together in a sexual relationship for 5 years.
- A 13-year old boy is taken into care after sexual abuse and then accuses his psychologist of abusing him.
- A 13-year-old boy's story of how he confronts sexual abuse, AIDS, and finds a real family - published as a true story
- Rolling the R's by R. Zamora Linmark
- 10-year-old Edgar, an openly gay boy, has a sexual relationship with the school caretaker.
- A sexual relationship between a young man and a 12/13-year-old boy
girls
S
boys
- David Rogers, a 19-year-old student, falls in love with 13-year-old Antony Sandel and they have a sexual relationship.
- 'Sarah' is a 12-year-old boy dressed as a girl who is forced to be a prostitute.
- 9-year-old William Loveday is sexually abused by Norman, a family friend.
- After abusing a twelve-year-old boy, a child molester is subjected to abusive psychological experiments.[16]
- 13-year-old Ruy is a boy actor playing female roles like Juliet and is portrayed as a willing participant in his sexual adventures.
- Three 13-year-old friends struggle with the revelation that one of them, an altar boy, is being sexually abused by a priest
- Four boys are sent to a juvenile detention center where they are physically and sexually abused by four of the guards
- 10-year-old Marnus is devastated when he discovers that his Dad is abusing his best friend Frikkie. He spies his Dad sodomising Frikkie in the spare bedroom in the family home.
- Gabriel starts to suspect that he is not like other boys during puberty, and enjoys a series of childhood sex games with Noel, a young male friend, and also his cousin Connor. Gabriel is later abused at school by a priest, Father Cornelius
- A future world of questionable morality where children ("Songbirds") are given drugs to delay puberty, then sold to wealthy patrons, some of whom abuse them sexually
- An adolescent boy is sent to live with a 35-year-old priest, who becomes his teacher and spiritual mentor, but also abuses him physically and sexually
- Two French schoolboys have an intense, nonsexual, relationship which is destroyed by Father Lauzon, who is also secretly in love with the younger boy, Alexander Motier
- Spur Piece from Derricks, 1951, a collection of short stories by James Barr (pseudonym of James Fugaté)
- A relationship, set in 1946, between Tom, recently discharged from the US Navy and 13-year-old Chris who works on the family farm. Tom suppresses his sexual feelings for four years.
- Still Missing by Beth Gutcheon
- A gay housekeeper is suspected of molesting and kidnapping a 6-year-old boy
girls
- StarDrifter, a powerful magician, is seduced by RiverStar, his 13-year-old granddaughter
- Small Pleasures: Mya's Story by Darnishia Bolden
- Mya's grandfather takes a special interest in her. By the age of ten, he is so tempted by her development that he builds her a cherished doll house, lures her to the basement, then rapes her.
- Snapshots by Kimbra Martin
- Solitary Secret by Patricia Hermes[4]
- The Storm's Crossing by Reanne S. Singer[1][4]
- Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess
- Meredith is raped by her father from when she was very young to age 12. He goes to jail, but gets out 3 years later. Now her father has his eyes on her again.[25]
- Surrounded by strangers by Josi Kilpack[9]
T
boys
- Peter Moran, convicted of sexual offences against a young boy, attempts to molest 14-year-old Charles Mablethorpe.
- Jared is sexually abused by Julian Clay, the new curator of the local museum.
- Child molester Jerry Houseman is in love with 12-year-old Robbie and doesn't understand why the rest of the world can't accept that the boy loves him back.[1] [6]
- A husband and wife are found imprisoned and their young son, Rory, is missing.
- 12-year-old Moran is abused by Bob Doyle at his new boys’ camp. The sexual relationship lasts till Moran is 15.[26]
girls
- A modernized version of King Lear where Virginia and Rose recall being sexually abused by their father.
- The main character, Lynette, was raped by a friend of her father when she was a teenager
- Rowena, an eleven-year-old witch, assumes the appearance of an adult woman through magic. Not knowing her true nature, Quentin, a thirty-five-year-old virgin, falls in love with her, has intercourse with her, and marries her.
- The Trouble With Wednesdays by Laura Nathanson[1]
- Taming the Beast* by Emily Maguire. Sarah Clark is fourteen years old when she is seduced by her 38 year old English teacher.
- Twilight* by Stephenie Meyer. Two members of the local shapeshifter pack "imprint" on a two year old and an infant.
U
boys
- Five-year-old Jack is sexually abused by the girls at school as well as by the teachers
girls
- Uncle Vampire by Cynthia D. Grant[4]
V
boys
- Daniel was physically and sexually abused by his father from when he was an infant up to when he was a 5-year-old.[4]
girls
- Vodka doesn't freeze by Leah Giarratano
W
boys
- Mr. Forster, a known homosexual, befriends 12-year-old Louis Lamb, and is falsely suspected of inappropriate behaviour towards the boy
- Rocket, a 14-year-old punk, turns tricks in Hollywood
- 13-year-old Jeff was kidnapped by Ray from a roadside rest stop, and spent two and a half years locked in a dark basement. He was physically and sexually abused.[1]
- Serge is aged 8 when Jonathan starts a sexual relationship with him and this continues until Serge is 10.
