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Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,670 ratings — published 2018
Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,181 ratings — published 2014
Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.15 — 233 ratings — published 2007
We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.44 — 576 ratings — published 2021
Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.71 — 354 ratings — published 2009
Whores and Other Feminists (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.16 — 587 ratings — published 1997
Rent Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.80 — 2,543 ratings — published 2004
Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.95 — 406 ratings — published 1987
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.86 — 514,482 ratings — published 2018
Working Sex: Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.77 — 195 ratings — published 2007
For the Fans (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.27 — 103,795 ratings — published 2023
Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.57 — 13,848 ratings — published 2005
Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.89 — 161 ratings — published 2014
The Roommate (Shameless #1)
by (shelved 22 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.53 — 138,657 ratings — published 2020
Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)
by (shelved 22 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.05 — 185 ratings — published 2007
MateHub: Legend (MateHub, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,806 ratings — published 2024
Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl (Belle De Jour #1)
by (shelved 19 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.34 — 9,522 ratings — published 2005
Indecent: How I Make It and Fake It as a Girl for Hire (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.87 — 449 ratings — published 2006
Global Sex Workers (Oxford Historical Monographs)
by (shelved 19 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.34 — 102 ratings — published 1998
How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,248 ratings — published 2013
Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.03 — 437 ratings — published 2015
$pread: The Best of the Magazine that Illuminated the Sex Industry and Started a Media Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.32 — 124 ratings — published 2015
The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.97 — 649 ratings — published 2012
Paying for It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.60 — 5,841 ratings — published 2011
Sex Work Matters: Exploring Money, Power, and Intimacy in the Sex Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.08 — 63 ratings — published 2010
Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,945 ratings — published 2001
Malibu (Elite 8 Studios, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,058 ratings — published
Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.23 — 369 ratings — published 2019
Thriving in Sex Work: Heartfelt Advice for Staying Sane in the Sex Industry (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.54 — 198 ratings — published
Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,417 ratings — published 2001
Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.07 — 233 ratings — published 2021
Insatiable: Porn - A Love Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.41 — 2,864 ratings — published 2014
Margo's Got Money Troubles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.82 — 275,580 ratings — published 2024
A Merry Little Meet Cute (A Christmas Notch, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.31 — 79,183 ratings — published 2022
To Live Freely in This World: Sex Worker Activism in Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.67 — 49 ratings — published 2016
Whip Smart: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.65 — 4,262 ratings — published 2010
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,146,985 ratings — published 1997
Slammerkin (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.76 — 17,631 ratings — published 2001
How to... Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.79 — 14,217 ratings — published 2004
Caught Up (Into Darkness, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.79 — 279,983 ratings — published 2025
The Nanny (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.54 — 145,600 ratings — published 2023
Rebel (Ballsy Boys #1)
by (shelved 12 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,578 ratings — published 2018
The Happy Hooker: My Own Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.38 — 2,988 ratings — published 1972
Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.56 — 80 ratings — published
Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.97 — 952 ratings — published
Escorted (Escorted, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.90 — 14,620 ratings — published 2012
Lingus (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.76 — 31,642 ratings — published 2012
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.36 — 9,195 ratings — published 2010
Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as sex-work)
avg rating 3.85 — 75 ratings — published 1996
Tink (Elite 8 Studios, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as sex-work)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,292 ratings — published
“Somewhere, I heard the phrase, ‘When money talks, no one checks the grammar.’ That’s what all this was about—money, money, and more money.
For money, girls sacrificed their own lives; for money, they risked sexually transmitted diseases; for money, they were willing to step beyond their convictions. For money, the agency treated us like trash thrown on the street; for money, they were willing to risk our health, safety, and everything else, and for money, they had a few select girls they treated decently.
It was never about people, morals, or decency.”
― Elis: Irish call girl
For money, girls sacrificed their own lives; for money, they risked sexually transmitted diseases; for money, they were willing to step beyond their convictions. For money, the agency treated us like trash thrown on the street; for money, they were willing to risk our health, safety, and everything else, and for money, they had a few select girls they treated decently.
It was never about people, morals, or decency.”
― Elis: Irish call girl
“The sweet-talking is not necessary ... I am doing this because you are paying me, not because you charm me.”
― The Temptation of Eden
― The Temptation of Eden
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