Prostitution Books

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Out of the Easy Out of the Easy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.03 — 71,675 ratings — published 2013
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Slammerkin Slammerkin (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.76 — 17,308 ratings — published 2001
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The Crimson Petal and the White The Crimson Petal and the White (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.89 — 45,057 ratings — published 2002
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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)
by (shelved 21 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.33 — 9,417 ratings — published 2005
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Sold Sold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.24 — 64,625 ratings — published 2006
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.63 — 13,187 ratings — published 2007
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Tricks (Tricks, #1) Tricks (Tricks, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.27 — 41,427 ratings — published 2009
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My Book of Life by Angel My Book of Life by Angel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,135 ratings — published 2012
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The Virgin Cure The Virgin Cure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.80 — 16,125 ratings — published 2011
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Eleven Minutes Eleven Minutes (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.72 — 190,570 ratings — published 2003
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Redeeming Love Redeeming Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.51 — 370,699 ratings — published 1991
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And When She Was Good And When She Was Good (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.50 — 14,364 ratings — published 2012
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Fallen from Grace Fallen from Grace (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,957 ratings — published 2003
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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,106,715 ratings — published 1997
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Paying for It Paying for It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.61 — 5,702 ratings — published 2011
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Let the Great World Spin Let the Great World Spin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.96 — 109,970 ratings — published 2009
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Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.37 — 77,907 ratings — published 1978
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The Dress Lodger The Dress Lodger (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.56 — 8,100 ratings — published 1998
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A Dangerous Business A Dangerous Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.17 — 8,823 ratings — published 2022
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Long Bright River Long Bright River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.04 — 186,082 ratings — published 2020
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Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,824 ratings — published 2013
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Frog Music Frog Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.20 — 26,799 ratings — published 2014
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Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.61 — 26,754 ratings — published 2013
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The Prisoner (Broken, #1) The Prisoner (Broken, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.56 — 970 ratings — published 2013
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The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.55 — 20,979 ratings — published 2018
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Love and Other Consolation Prizes Love and Other Consolation Prizes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.94 — 20,763 ratings — published 2017
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,409,421 ratings — published 1985
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The Valley of Amazement The Valley of Amazement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.70 — 44,977 ratings — published 2013
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The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.20 — 8,774 ratings — published 2005
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Finding Home Finding Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,475 ratings — published 2006
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Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,924 ratings — published 2001
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Nightcrawling Nightcrawling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.95 — 59,906 ratings — published 2022
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The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1) The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.87 — 496,128 ratings — published 2018
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Home (Camassia Cove, #1) Home (Camassia Cove, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,619 ratings — published 2016
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Escorted (Escorted, #1) Escorted (Escorted, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.90 — 14,232 ratings — published 2012
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Price of a Kiss (Forbidden Men, #1) Price of a Kiss (Forbidden Men, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.05 — 33,269 ratings — published 2013
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Moll Flanders Moll Flanders (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.52 — 48,624 ratings — published 1722
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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.00 — 134,272 ratings — published 2009
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Glimpse Glimpse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.85 — 3,688 ratings — published 2010
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Nana Nana (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.84 — 27,636 ratings — published 1880
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Love For Sale: A World History of Prostitution Love For Sale: A World History of Prostitution (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.68 — 212 ratings — published 1997
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In the Miso Soup In the Miso Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.62 — 44,673 ratings — published 1997
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.09 — 66,801 ratings — published 2019
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Rented Heart (Rented Heart, #1) Rented Heart (Rented Heart, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,834 ratings — published 2016
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Little Peach Little Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,996 ratings — published 2015
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Dime Dime (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,189 ratings — published 2015
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Pimp: The Story of My Life Pimp: The Story of My Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 4.00 — 14,764 ratings — published 1967
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Damaged Goods Damaged Goods (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.72 — 5,094 ratings — published 2011
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In the Company of the Courtesan In the Company of the Courtesan (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.80 — 25,967 ratings — published 2006
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The Blue Notebook The Blue Notebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as prostitution)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,285 ratings — published 2009
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Janice G. Raymond
“If women really choose prostitution, why is it mostly marginalized and disadvantaged women who do? If we want to discuss the issue of choice, let’s look at who is doing the actual choosing in the context of prostitution. Surely the issue is not why women allegedly choose to be in prostitution, but why men choose to buy the bodies of millions of women and children worldwide and call it sex.

Philosophically, the response to the choice debate is ‘not’ to deny that women are capable of choosing within contexts of powerlessness, but to question how much real value, worth, and power these so-called choices confer.

Politically, the question becomes, should the state sanction the sex industry based on the claim that some women choose prostitution when most women’s choice is actually 'compliance’ to the only options available?

When governments idealize women’s alleged choice to be in prostitution by legalizing, decriminalizing, or regulating the sex industry, they endorse a new range of 'conformity’ for women.

Increasingly, what is defended as a choice is not a triumph over oppression but another name for it.”
Janice G. Raymond, Not a Choice, Not a Job: Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade

“Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? “I’m not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. I’m just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and I’d like to cut your chest open.” The crowd cheers.”
Tina Fey, Bossypants

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