11 best-selling biography books like Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison by Alex South

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Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

By: Alex South

4.52

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

'The men I have worked with and the staff I've worked alongside over the last ten years in prison h…

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1. Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases

By: Ray Fysh

4.34

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the True Crime Awards 2023 Best New True Crime Author The murder of Sarah Payne, Ad… read more

Similar categories in Ray Fysh's Shallow Graves: My life as a Forensic Scientist on Britain's Biggest Cases book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

By: Benji Waterhouse

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Humane, hilarious, and heart-breaking, You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and… read more

Similar categories in Benji Waterhouse's You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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3. No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective

By: Jess McDonald

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'Probably the most important book on the state of British policing you'll ever read' Graham Bartlet… read more

Similar categories in Jess McDonald's No Comment: What I Wish I'd Known About Becoming A Detective book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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4. In Two Minds: Stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist

By: Sohom Das

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Shocking, eye-opening and grimly fascinating, these are the true stories, patients and cases that h… read more

Similar categories in Sohom Das's In Two Minds: Stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry

By: Ben Cave

4.26

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD --- 'Poignant, funny, engross… read more

Similar categories in Ben Cave's What We Fear Most: Reflections on a Life in Forensic Psychiatry book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails

By: Vanessa Frake

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Se… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Frake's The Governor: My Life Inside Britain’s Most Notorious Jails book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story

By: Neil Samworth

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Neil ‘Sam’ Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangewa… read more

Similar categories in Neil Samworth's Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Girl for the Job: My strange, dangerous and totally unexpected life as an undercover cop

By: Danni Brooke

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Girl for the Job is an exciting, intriguing and at times jaw-dropping memoir perfect for fans o… read more

Similar categories in Danni Brooke's The Girl for the Job: My strange, dangerous and totally unexpected life as an undercover cop book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
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9. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Finkelstein's Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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10. Stitched Up

By: Shahed Yousaf

4.18

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Why would anyone want to work with thieves, murderers and rapists? Told from the inside out, th… read more

Similar categories in Shahed Yousaf's Stitched Up book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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11. The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison.

By: Amanda Brown

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown. Insights into the world of a Prison Doct… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor: Women Inside: Stories from my time inside Britain’s biggest women’s prison. book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy

By: Andy West

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Andy West teaches philosophy in prisons. He has conversations with people inside about their lives,… read more

Similar categories in Andy West's The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Philosophy book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories by Chris Atkins

13. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories

By: Chris Atkins

4.34

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more

Similar categories in Chris Atkins's Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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14. Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer

By: David Berridge

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Assaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It'… read more

Similar categories in David Berridge's Inside Parkhurst: Stories of a Prison Officer book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Life in the Balance: A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care

By: Jim Down

4.36

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

'A remarkably honest memoir of a life spent pulling people back from death' - Adam KayIn these stor… read more

Similar categories in Jim Down's Life in the Balance: A Doctor’s Stories of Intensive Care book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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16. Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

By: Alex South

4.52

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

'The men I have worked with and the staff I've worked alongside over the last ten years in prison h… read more

Similar categories in Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • social
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. The Secret Prison Governor

By: Anonymous

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An eye-opening, thought-provoking and mind-blowing account from a genuine prison governor (warden) … read more

Similar categories in Anonymous's The Secret Prison Governor book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Crisis: The thrilling memoir telling the true story of a hostage and crisis negotiator's time in the Metropolitan Police by Nicky Perfect

18. Crisis: The thrilling memoir telling the true story of a hostage and crisis negotiator's time in the Metropolitan Police

By: Nicky Perfect

4.06

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

We had been there for over 12 hours. The man was still 30 feet up a tree, balancing on a branch dir… read more

Similar categories in Nicky Perfect's Crisis: The thrilling memoir telling the true story of a hostage and crisis negotiator's time in the Metropolitan Police book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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19. A Place for Lost Souls: A psychiatric nurse's stories of hope and despair

By: Belinda Black

4.49

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and o… read more

Similar categories in Belinda Black's A Place for Lost Souls: A psychiatric nurse's stories of hope and despair book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Secret Prison Governor: The Brutal Truth of Life Behind Bars by The Secret Prison Governor

20. The Secret Prison Governor: The Brutal Truth of Life Behind Bars

By: The Secret Prison Governor

3.72

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Unedited, uncensored and this book shows the harsh reality of life behind bars from a real prison … read more

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21. The Prison Officer

By: Gen Glaister

4.35

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The Prison Officer challenges everything you thought you knew about people in prison. Becoming a pr… read more

Similar categories in Gen Glaister's The Prison Officer book and Alex South's Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison

12 must-read audiobook books like Behind These Doors: Stories of Strength, Suffering and Survival in Prison by Alex South

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3.90

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