Iris Iris's votes on the list Best Books Involving Sexwork (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Listopia > Iris Iris's votes on the list Best Books Involving Sexwork (Fiction and Nonfiction) (71 Books)

1		Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex by David Henry Sterry (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 351 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Whores and Other Feminists by Jill Nagle (editor) 4.17 avg rating — 586 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Luttes XXX: Inspirations du mouvement des travailleuses du sexe by Louise Toupin 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) by Elizabeth Bernstein 4.06 avg rating — 179 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		King Kong théorie by Virginie Despentes 4.01 avg rating — 37,033 ratings Iris rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Unrepentant Whore: The Collected Works of Scarlot Harlot by First Last 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		LE PRISME DE LA PROSTITUTION by Gail Pheterson 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		A Vindication of the Rights of Whores by Gail Pheterson 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry by Laura María Agustín (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 230 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		La grande arnaque: Sexualité des femmes et échange économico-sexuel by Paola Tabet 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Dirty week-end by ZAHAVI HELEN 3.72 avg rating — 1,371 ratings Iris rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry by Annie Oakley 3.77 avg rating — 194 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Cop to Call Girl: Why I Left the LAPD to Make an Honest Living as a Beverly Hills Prostitute by Norma Jean Almodovar 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Le travail pornographique: Enquête sur la production de fantasmes by Mathieu Trachman 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry by Frédérique Delacoste (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 401 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		Carnet de bal d’une courtisane by Grisélidis Réal 3.61 avg rating — 49 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		PASSE IMAGINAIRE -LA- by xxx really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		On Black Sisters Street by Chika Unigwe (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 2,793 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		Rent Girl by Michelle Tea 3.81 avg rating — 2,540 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20		Confidences à Allah by Saphia Azzeddine 3.74 avg rating — 512 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21		À Suspicious River by Laura Kasischke 3.72 avg rating — 540 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22		Valencia by Michelle Tea 3.77 avg rating — 6,770 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23		Mordre au travers by Virginie Despentes 3.52 avg rating — 486 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24		Insurrections ! En territoire sexuel by Wendy Delorme 4.25 avg rating — 83 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25		The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Pleasure District by Louise Brown 3.84 avg rating — 1,698 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26		Paradoxia: Journal d'une Prédatrice by Lydia Lunch (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 906 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27		La Voie Humide by Coralie Trinh Thi 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings Iris rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28		Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys 3.85 avg rating — 12,660 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29		Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes by Don Kulick 4.01 avg rating — 680 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30		Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex by Patrick Califia 4.01 avg rating — 923 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31		Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos 3.64 avg rating — 7,223 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32		Speaking Sex to Power: The Politics of Queer Sex by Patrick Califia 3.99 avg rating — 153 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33		Ex utero - Pour en finir avec le féminisme by Peggy Sastre 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34		Marché au sexe by Gayle S. Rubin 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35		Grisélidis, courtisane by Jean-Luc Hennig 3.77 avg rating — 105 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36		Quatrième génération by Delorme-W 4.01 avg rating — 307 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37		Gang Bang. Enquête sur la pornographie de la démolition by Frédéric Joignot 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38		Mémoire de mes putains tristes by Gabriel García Márquez 3.58 avg rating — 97,564 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39		Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles 3.31 avg rating — 16,883 ratings Iris rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40		L'Astragale by Albertine Sarrazin 3.66 avg rating — 2,710 ratings Iris rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41		The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 195,479 ratings Iris rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42		God's Country by Percival Everett 4.13 avg rating — 1,306 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43		Les Mouflettes d'Atropos by Chloé Delaume 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44		Girlvert: A Porno Memoir by Joseph Mattson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.64 avg rating — 1,475 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45		La condition prostituée by Lilian Mathieu 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46		Mobilisations de prostituées by Lilian Mathieu really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47		Traci Lords: Underneath It All: A Moving Autobiography of Survival and Redemption by Traci Lords 3.55 avg rating — 2,040 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48		Pars vite et reviens tard (Commissaire Adamsberg, #4) by Fred Vargas 4.03 avg rating — 8,154 ratings Iris rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49		Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration by Audacia Ray (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 100 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50		Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire by Sarah Katherine Lewis (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 448 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51		Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir by Lillian Faderman (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 833 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52		Baise-moi by Virginie Despentes 3.52 avg rating — 5,867 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53		Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent by David Henry Sterry (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 400 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54		Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody 3.57 avg rating — 13,725 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55		Prose and Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work (Issue 1) by Melissa Petro (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 61 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56		Reading, Writing, and Rewriting the Prostitute Body by Shannon Bell 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57		Whore Carnival by Shannon Bell 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58		Le noir est une couleur by Grisélidis Réal 3.71 avg rating — 156 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59		Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture by Carol Queen 4.05 avg rating — 523 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60		Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters 4.06 avg rating — 78,208 ratings Iris rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61		Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd 4.36 avg rating — 4,867 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62		How to... Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson 3.79 avg rating — 14,047 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63		Dirty Beautiful by Jodie Becker (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 42 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64		Porno manifesto by Ovidie 3.36 avg rating — 77 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65		Mais oui c'est un travail ! - Penser le travail du sexe au-delà de la victimisation by Colette Parent 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66		Putain by Nelly Arcan 3.59 avg rating — 4,353 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67		Fières D'être Putes by Maîtresse Nikita 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68		Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work by Melissa Gira Grant (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 2,143 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69		Touching Encounters: Sex, Work, and Male-for-Male Internet Escorting by Kevin Walby 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings Iris added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70		Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe 3.52 avg rating — 48,639 ratings Iris rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71		Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Other Tales of New York by Stephen Crane 3.63 avg rating — 2,971 ratings Iris rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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