24 best-selling nonfiction books like The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison by Mim Skinner

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The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

By: Mim Skinner

4.03

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

"Headlines and news reports of prison leave us with a boiled-down narrative of goodies and baddies …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison by Mim Skinner , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. Poverty Safari

By: Darren McGarvey

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more

Similar categories in Darren McGarvey's Poverty Safari book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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2. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey

By: Wendy Joseph

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Every day in the UK lives are suddenly, brutally, wickedly taken away. Victims are shot or stabbed.… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Joseph's Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. A Bit of a Stretch

By: Chris Atkins

4.21

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's prisons. Where can a tin of tun… read more

Similar categories in Chris Atkins's A Bit of a Stretch book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

By: J. Thomas Grant

4.54

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary encounters. Life-threatening diseases. Heroic actions. Instantaneous decisions. Unima… read more

Similar categories in J. Thomas Grant's The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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7. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • true crime
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Prison Doctor

By: Amanda Brown

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ i… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Scripted

By: Fearne Cotton

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Jade Shaw has lost control of her life. Pushed around by her warring family, and taken for grant… read more

Similar categories in Fearne Cotton's Scripted book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • audiobook
Cover of Will I Ever Have Sex Again? by Sofie Hagen

10. Will I Ever Have Sex Again?

By: Sofie Hagen

4.05

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

'I'm hungry to go on this journey. Sofie is smashing and remoulding her readers understanding of se… read more

Similar categories in Sofie Hagen's Will I Ever Have Sex Again? book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law

By: Sarah Langford

4.08

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarah Langford is a barrister. Her job is to stand in court representing the mad and the bad, the v… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Langford's In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
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15. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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16. The Serial Killer’s Daughter (The Serial Killer's Family, #2)

By: Alice Hunter

3.85

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Is murder in the blood? In a sleepy Devon village, a young girl is taken from the streets. Local… read more

Similar categories in Alice Hunter's The Serial Killer’s Daughter (The Serial Killer's Family, #2) book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. 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

Similar categories in Danielle Marin's Top Girl book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Life in the Max

By: Tom Hill

4.35

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Life in the Max is drawn from over 32 years as a prison officer. Serving at one of only six categor… read more

Similar categories in Tom Hill's Life in the Max book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

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19. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies

By: Amanda Brown

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the Sunday Times Bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown Revisit the wold of The Prison Doctor… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Brown's The Prison Doctor: Foreign Bodies book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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21. The Doctor Will See You Now: The highs and lows of my life as an NHS GP

By: Amir Khan

4.43

Format: 288 pages, ebook

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER60 hours a week240 patients 10 minutes to make a diagnosis Welcome to the su… read more

Similar categories in Amir Khan's The Doctor Will See You Now: The highs and lows of my life as an NHS GP book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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22. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • audiobook
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23. Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope

By: Maggie Hartley

4.71

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

'Mum and Dad. Gone?' asked Louisa. 'Yes,' I nodded. 'They're gone.' After a horrific car crash, thi… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Hartley's Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

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

24. 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

Similar categories in Linda Calvey's Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

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25. 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 Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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26. Original Sins: An extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction

By: Matt Rowland Hill

4.21

Format: 302 pages, ebook

An extraordinarily brave memoir about faith, family, shame and addiction - an Observer, New Statesm… read more

Similar categories in Matt Rowland Hill's Original Sins: An extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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27. Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist.

By: Rebecca Myers

3.97

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he want… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Myers's Inside Job: Treating Murderers and Sex Offenders. The Life of a Prison Psychologist. book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

By: Mim Skinner

4.03

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

"Headlines and news reports of prison leave us with a boiled-down narrative of goodies and baddies … read more

Similar categories in Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison book and Mim Skinner's The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. Gate Happy: The Extraordinary Life and Times of a Prison Governor

By: Barbara Treen

3.84

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the fascinating personal account of Barbara Treen’s 29 year career as a Prison Governor in … read more

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30. A Tale of Two Screws

By: Bob Richards

3.70

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Bob Richards and Steve Shepherd are two Ex Prison Officers with 43 years’ experience between them. … read more

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20 must-read audiobook books like The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison by Mim Skinner

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Ray Fysh

4.34

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Wendy Joseph

4.43

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Chris Atkins

4.21

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Sohom Das

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Ray Fysh

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Wendy Joseph

4.43

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