Best Books Involving Sexwork (Fiction and Nonfiction)

1.
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 83,238 ratings
2.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,370 ratings
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Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 41,467 ratings
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Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3)
Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 37,558 ratings
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Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 3.27 avg rating — 13,096 ratings
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Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders 3.51 avg rating — 48,076 ratings
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The Las Vegas Madam: The Escorts, The Clients, The Truth
The Las Vegas Madam: The Escorts, The Clients, The Truth 3.87 avg rating — 352 ratings
8.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating — 44,669 ratings
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The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness (The Black Jewels, #1-3)
The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness (The Black Jewels, #1-3) 4.39 avg rating — 14,167 ratings
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In the Company of the Courtesan
In the Company of the Courtesan 3.79 avg rating — 25,811 ratings
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Slammerkin
Slammerkin 3.75 avg rating — 17,131 ratings
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,641 ratings
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,950 ratings
14.
Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet 4.05 avg rating — 76,495 ratings
15.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,580 ratings
16.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York 3.63 avg rating — 2,961 ratings
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Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper 3.57 avg rating — 13,657 ratings
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul 3.63 avg rating — 13,092 ratings
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,992 ratings
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The Happy Hooker
The Happy Hooker 3.37 avg rating — 2,911 ratings
21.
On Black Sisters Street
On Black Sisters Street 3.88 avg rating — 2,699 ratings
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Rent Girl
Rent Girl 3.80 avg rating — 2,539 ratings
22.
The City of Earthly Desire
The City of Earthly Desire 3.93 avg rating — 70 ratings
22.
Paulyanna International Rent-boy
Paulyanna International Rent-boy 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings
25.
Bridget's Calling (Free Spirits #2)
Bridget's Calling (Free Spirits #2) 4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings
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How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir
How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir 4.15 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
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Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl (Belle De Jour #1)
Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl (Belle De Jour #1) 3.33 avg rating — 9,335 ratings
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Zoe's Quest (Free Spirits #6)
Zoe's Quest (Free Spirits #6) 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings
29.
The Dress Lodger
The Dress Lodger 3.56 avg rating — 8,048 ratings
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Laurie's Liberation (Free Spirits #5)
Laurie's Liberation (Free Spirits #5) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
31.
Whores and Other Feminists
Whores and Other Feminists 4.17 avg rating — 583 ratings
32.
Geisha of Gion
Geisha of Gion 3.93 avg rating — 26,806 ratings
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Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex
Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex 3.71 avg rating — 351 ratings
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Traci Lords: Underneath It All
Traci Lords: Underneath It All 3.54 avg rating — 2,006 ratings
35.
Girls Like Us
Girls Like Us 4.36 avg rating — 4,793 ratings
36.
Around the World in 80 Men (#1)
Around the World in 80 Men (#1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 449 ratings
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The Brothel (Confidante Trilogy #1)
The Brothel (Confidante Trilogy #1) 3.56 avg rating — 587 ratings
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Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life
Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life 3.63 avg rating — 3,987 ratings
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Wounded
Wounded 3.96 avg rating — 8,225 ratings
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La dame aux camélias
La dame aux camélias 4.04 avg rating — 59,085 ratings
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Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women
Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women 3.71 avg rating — 1,912 ratings
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Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows 3.58 avg rating — 440 ratings
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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love So Much More 4.30 avg rating — 16,468 ratings
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Adara's Apostasy (Free Spirits #8)
Adara's Apostasy (Free Spirits #8) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
45.
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem 3.35 avg rating — 8,987 ratings
46.
Forever Amber
Forever Amber really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,447 ratings
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Six Moon Dance
Six Moon Dance 3.80 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
48.
Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America
Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America 3.65 avg rating — 1,407 ratings
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The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,677 ratings
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Valencia
Valencia 3.78 avg rating — 6,030 ratings
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Sugarbabe
Sugarbabe 3.05 avg rating — 838 ratings
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Cop to Call Girl: Why I Left the LAPD to Make an Honest Living as a Beverly Hills Prostitute
Cop to Call Girl: Why I Left the LAPD to Make an Honest Living as a Beverly Hills Prostitute 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings
53.
Confessions of a Rentboy
Confessions of a Rentboy 3.67 avg rating — 86 ratings
53.
Play Something Dancy
Play Something Dancy
by: Dee Simon
3.63 avg rating — 205 ratings
53.
Hades' Disciples (The Legacy of the Gods, #2)
Hades' Disciples (The Legacy of the Gods, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Changing His Game (The Reynolds Brothers, #1)
Changing His Game (The Reynolds Brothers, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
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The Submission of Giuliana (Anam Céile Chronicles, #7)
The Submission of Giuliana (Anam Céile Chronicles, #7) 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Sexy Serenity: A Memoir
Sexy Serenity: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
The White Man and the Pachinko Girl
by: Vann Chow
3.29 avg rating — 105 ratings
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DIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL
DIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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ELIS: Irish call girl
ELIS: Irish call girl 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Biggest Elvis
Biggest Elvis 3.83 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Tricks (Tricks, #1)
Tricks (Tricks, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 40,957 ratings
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Unclaimed (Turner, #2)
Unclaimed (Turner, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 7,242 ratings
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The Past Never Ends
The Past Never Ends 3.88 avg rating — 113 ratings
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L'amore di Vincenzo (Anam Céile Chronicles, # 2.5)
L'amore di Vincenzo (Anam Céile Chronicles, # 2.5) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Gentleman and the Rogue
The Gentleman and the Rogue 3.76 avg rating — 2,610 ratings
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Lucky Girl: How I Survived the Sex Industry
Lucky Girl: How I Survived the Sex Industry 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
69.
Heaven: A Novel
Heaven: A Novel 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
69.
Frost Fair
Frost Fair
by: Erastes
3.61 avg rating — 413 ratings
69.
The Seduction of Gretchen (Anam Céile Chronicles, #2.75)
The Seduction of Gretchen (Anam Céile Chronicles, #2.75) 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings
69.
Amalia's Truth (Free Spirits #4)
Amalia's Truth (Free Spirits #4) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings
69.
Please See Us
Please See Us 3.62 avg rating — 6,823 ratings
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Sanguelascivia Novellas Trio (Anam Céile Chronicles, #2.25-2.75)
Sanguelascivia Novellas Trio (Anam Céile Chronicles, #2.25-2.75) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
75.
The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong 3.90 avg rating — 1,213 ratings
76.
Christiane F: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict
Christiane F: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict 4.36 avg rating — 74,267 ratings
77.
A Harlot High and Low
A Harlot High and Low 4.06 avg rating — 3,714 ratings
77.
Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness
Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness 3.54 avg rating — 7,672 ratings
79.
In Lucia's Eyes
In Lucia's Eyes 3.96 avg rating — 15,811 ratings
80.
Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry
Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry 3.95 avg rating — 402 ratings
80.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,599 ratings
82.
Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West
Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West 3.58 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
82.
Paying for It
Paying for It 3.61 avg rating — 5,608 ratings
82.
The Courtesans: The Demi-Monde in Nineteenth-Century France
The Courtesans: The Demi-Monde in Nineteenth-Century France 3.54 avg rating — 193 ratings
85.
Nana
Nana 3.84 avg rating — 27,057 ratings
86.
Collected Screenplays 1: Taxi Driver / American Gigolo / Light Sleeper
Collected Screenplays 1: Taxi Driver / American Gigolo / Light Sleeper 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
87.
The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Pleasure District
The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Pleasure District 3.84 avg rating — 1,683 ratings
88.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,641 ratings
89.
Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry
Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry 3.78 avg rating — 193 ratings
90.
The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl (Belle de Jour, #2)
The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl (Belle de Jour, #2) 3.34 avg rating — 1,618 ratings
91.
Good Morning, Midnight
Good Morning, Midnight
by: Jean Rhys
3.86 avg rating — 12,141 ratings
92.
In Her Own Words... Interview with a London Call Girl
In Her Own Words... Interview with a London Call Girl 3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings
93.
Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel
Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel 3.78 avg rating — 60 ratings
94.
La condition prostituée
La condition prostituée 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
94.
Laid Bare: A No-holds Barred Expose of Prostitution in New Zealand
Laid Bare: A No-holds Barred Expose of Prostitution in New Zealand 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
94.
Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper
Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper 4.07 avg rating — 1,225 ratings
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Lyn: A Story of Prostitution
Lyn: A Story of Prostitution 4.26 avg rating — 76 ratings
97.
The Last of the Live Nude Girls: A Memoir
The Last of the Live Nude Girls: A Memoir 3.63 avg rating — 219 ratings
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Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers
Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers 3.57 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir
Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir 4.11 avg rating — 834 ratings
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