12 best-selling biography books like Stay With Me, Rhys: The heartbreaking story of Rhys Jones, by his mother. As seen on ITV’s new documentary Police Tapes by Mel Jones

Cover of Stay With Me, Rhys: The heartbreaking story of Rhys Jones, by his mother. As seen on ITV’s new documentary Police Tapes by Mel Jones

Stay With Me, Rhys: The heartbreaking story of Rhys Jones, by his mother. As seen on ITV’s new documentary Police Tapes

By: Mel Jones

4.67

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Stay with me, Rhys,’ I kept saying over and over again. ‘Please stay with me. I love you.’There wa…

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Cover of The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father by Darren Galsworthy

1. The Evil Within: Murdered by her stepbrother – the crime that shocked a nation. The heartbreaking story of Becky Watts by her father

By: Darren Galsworthy

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On by Kevin Wells

2. Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On

By: Kevin Wells

4.12

Format: 29 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime

3. One Hundred Christmas Proposals (100 Proposals #2)

By: Holly Martin

4.62

Format: None pages,

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to One Hundred Proposals. If you thought Harry & Suzie's life cou… read more

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4. Bye Mam, I Love You

By: Lynne Barrett-Lee , None

4.32

Format: 210 pages,

A daughter's last words. A mother's search for justice. The shocking true story of the murder of Re… read more

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5. Passing

By: Nella Larsen

3.93

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Nella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity--the inspiration for the upcoming Netfl… read more

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"Well, what of it? If sex isn’t a joke, what is it"

-Nella Larsen, Passing

"Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase."

-Nella Larsen, Passing

"I think that being a mother is the cruellest thing in the world."

-Nella Larsen, Passing

"It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn’t matter, if no one knew."

-Nella Larsen, Passing

Cover of Eye For An Eye by M.J. Arlidge

6. Eye For An Eye

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.09

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

RIGHT OR WRONG? Only nine criminals in the UK have been granted lifelong anonymity. Their crimes … read more

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  • crime
Cover of The Hike by Lucy Clarke

7. The Hike

By: Lucy Clarke

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Wish you were here? Think again . . . Maggie, Liz, Helena & Joni. Old friends bound by history,… read more

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  • crime
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8. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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9. Are You Really OK?: Understanding Britain’s Mental Health Emergency

By: Stacey Dooley

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

We are not OK...I've been fortunate enough to meet many remarkable people over the last decade of m… read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Three Hours

By: Rosamund Lupton

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds. It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Ma… read more

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  • crime
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11. My Darling Daughter

By: J.P. Delaney

3.77

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

The child you never knew knows all your secrets . . . Out of the blue, Susie Jones is contacted… read more

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  • crime
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12. I Let Him Go

By: Denise Fergus

4.55

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, with an updated chapter from Denise. 'I was crying so much I couldn't… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of I Let Him Go: The Heartbreaking Book from the Mother of James Bulger by Denise Fergus

13. I Let Him Go: The Heartbreaking Book from the Mother of James Bulger

By: Denise Fergus

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, reissued for the 30th anniversary of James' death, with new chapters f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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14. Very Very Lucky

By: Amanda Prowse

4.37

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

A life-affirming story from million-copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse about having it all, losi… read more

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Cover of Manhunt: How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield to Justice by Colin Sutton

15. Manhunt: How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield to Justice

By: Colin Sutton

4.24

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN CLUNES What does it take to catch one of Britain's most feared… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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16. The Ex-Mas Holidays

By: Zoe Allison

3.34

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It’s hard to escape your ex when you’re working together over Christmas in the Scottish Highlands, … read more

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17. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more

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"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

Cover of The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt

18. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder

By: John Glatt

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh

19. Kill for Me, Kill for You

By: Steve Cavanagh

4.20

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological th… read more

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  • crime
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20. Silent Sisters

By: Joanne Lee

4.13

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

A deadly secret. A horrifying discovery. For over 20 years, Joanne Lee's mother kept the rema… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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21. Top Girl

By: Danielle Marin

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Top Girl is the tell-all, true story of a grammar school girl turned drug dealer. Danielle has a s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of One Day in April – A Hillsborough Story: A mother’s journey through love, loss and her fight for justice by Jenni Hicks

22. One Day in April – A Hillsborough Story: A mother’s journey through love, loss and her fight for justice

By: Jenni Hicks

4.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of Saturday 15 April 1989, Jenni Hicks, her husband, and their two teenage daughters… read more

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23. The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

By: Megan Goldin

4.04

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rache… read more

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  • crime
"It's a terrible thing for a person to have to stand in judgment of another."

-Megan Goldin, The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

"Rach, I still don’t get why you’re so obsessed about this thing. Because Hannah stood you up at the jetty?"

-Megan Goldin, The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

"Was it a poor decision for Kelly to walk home in dark? Teenagers routinely make poor decisions. Does that justify them being hurt, or assaulted, or raped? No it does not. A person should be able to w…"

-Megan Goldin, The Night Swim (Rachel Krall, #1)

24. Shannon: Betrayed from Birth

By: Rose Martin

3.88

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

On February 19, 2008, Shannon Matthews disappeared while making her way home from a school swimming… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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25. My Amy: The Life We Shared

By: Tyler James

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A moving, intimate look at the life of Amy Winehouse by her best friend. The death of icon Amy Win… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive by Linda Calvey

26. Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive

By: Linda Calvey

4.49

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of the best books about prison I've ever read' Kimberley ChambersA chilling look into the brut… read more

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27. Survivors

By: Maggie Oliver

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE HIT TV DRAMA THREE GIRLS When detective Maggie Oliver first dis… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • true crime
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28. Last Christmas

By: Greg Wise

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

'The perfect gift for anyone who loves all things Christmas ... it's a festive gem' Woman & Home___… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Stay With Me, Rhys: The heartbreaking story of Rhys Jones, by his mother. As seen on ITV’s new documentary Police Tapes

By: Mel Jones

4.67

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Stay with me, Rhys,’ I kept saying over and over again. ‘Please stay with me. I love you.’There wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
Cover of A Killer's Confession: And a mother's fight to bring her daughter, Becky Godden-Edwards', murderer to trial by Karen Edwards

30. A Killer's Confession: And a mother's fight to bring her daughter, Becky Godden-Edwards', murderer to trial

By: Karen Edwards

4.38

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother's story behind one of the most dramatic true crime cases in recent history. 'I have lived … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of A Thousand Broken Pieces (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #2) by Tillie Cole

31. A Thousand Broken Pieces (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #2)

By: Tillie Cole

4.35

Format: 317 pages, ebook

Can two broken hearts make a whole. . . ? After losing her beloved sister three years ago, Sava… read more

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