21 Top nonfiction books like Boy Number 26 by Tommy Rhattigan

Cover of Boy Number 26 by Tommy Rhattigan

Boy Number 26

By: Tommy Rhattigan

4.34

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SEQUEL TO THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, 1963: A SLICE OF BREAD AND JAMPlacing a child in care do…

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Cover of Tiny Prisoners by Maggie Hartley

1. Tiny Prisoners

By: Maggie Hartley

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Hospital: How I Survived the Secret Child Experiments at Aston Hall by Barbara O'Hare, Veronica Clark

2. The Hospital: How I Survived the Secret Child Experiments at Aston Hall

By: Barbara O'Hare , Veronica Clark

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking expose of the appalling abuse and experimentation carried out on vulnerable children at … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Don't Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal by Toni Maguire

3. Don't Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

By: Toni Maguire

4.10

Format: 668 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, Philip Horne

4. Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne

3.88

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more

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"Meat, ma'am, meat."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"Please, sir, I want some more."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

5. The Little Prisoner

By: Jane Elliott

3.95

Format: 620 pages,

When Jane Elliott was four years old, the nightmare began. She became the helpless victim of a soci… read more

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6. The Kid

By: Sapphire

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptati… read more

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7. Secret Slave: Kidnapped and abused for 13 years. This is my story of survival

By: None

3.61

Format: 231 pages,

'You're not going home. You're not going anywhere. You're mine now.' Growing up in a deeply trouble… read more

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8. Wednesday's Child (Inspector Banks, #6)

By: Peter Robinson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

In New York Timesbestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson's heart-racing tale of s… read more

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Cover of The Twins of Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor

9. The Twins of Auschwitz

By: Eva Mozes Kor

4.22

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins. In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Asylum by Carol Minto

10. The Asylum

By: Carol Minto

4.46

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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11. 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
  • memoir
Cover of A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever by Cathy Glass

12. A Family Torn Apart: Three sisters and a dark secret that threatens to separate them for ever

By: Cathy Glass

4.30

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Angie, 6, and her sister, Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive at Cathy’s house, havin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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13. Little Girl Lost

By: Casey Watson

4.59

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

The new fostering memoir from the Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson Six-year-old Amel… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Groomed to be a Bride: Can Maggie protect a vulnerable young girl from the nightmares of her past? (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story) by Maggie Hartley

14. Groomed to be a Bride: Can Maggie protect a vulnerable young girl from the nightmares of her past? (A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story)

By: Maggie Hartley

4.56

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Maggie faces one of the most challenging cases of her career when Halima, a young, orphaned Iraqi g… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Eden's Story (Thrown Away Children) by Louise   Allen

15. Eden's Story (Thrown Away Children)

By: Louise Allen

4.57

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Ashley is a young single mum raising her daughter, Eden, and working hard to do the very best job s… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way by Cathy Glass

16. Unsafe: Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way

By: Cathy Glass

4.33

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Damian longs for home, but one man stands in his way … Damian is just seven when he is taken in by… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Groomer by Jon Athan

17. The Groomer

By: Jon Athan

3.60

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

Andrew McCarthy grows concerned for his family after he catches a young man, Zachary Denton, photog… read more

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Cover of Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope by Maggie Hartley

18. 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

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Abby's Story (Thrown Away Children Book 2) by Louise   Allen

19. Abby's Story (Thrown Away Children Book 2)

By: Louise Allen

4.51

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

She doesn't want this baby. She can't look after this baby. She will never be able to love this b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Sparkle's Story: Thrown Away Children by Louise   Allen

20. Sparkle's Story: Thrown Away Children

By: Louise Allen

4.24

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

Louise gets a frantic call to take in a damaged and destructive young girl. Separated from her sibl… read more

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Cover of The Boy in the Cellar by Stephen Smith

21. The Boy in the Cellar

By: Stephen Smith

4.41

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Stephen Smith is the boy who did not exist.Born out of wedlock in the early 1960s, Steve's parents … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May? by Cathy Glass

22. An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May?

By: Cathy Glass

4.58

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very conce… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of My Girl: The Babes in the Woods murders. A mother’s fight for justice. by Michelle Hadaway

23. My Girl: The Babes in the Woods murders. A mother’s fight for justice.

By: Michelle Hadaway

4.47

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted in the 'True Crime Book Of The Year' category for Capital Crime’s Fingerprint Awards, 2… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of I Am a Hitman: The Real-Life Confessions of a Contract Killer by Welbeck

24. I Am a Hitman: The Real-Life Confessions of a Contract Killer

By: Welbeck

3.58

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

This is my account of life as a hitman from someone who has been doing it for years. Hitmen comm… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Please Don't Take Mummy Away by Maggie Hartley

25. Please Don't Take Mummy Away

By: Maggie Hartley

4.62

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

'I think this is one of the best books I have read by Maggie Hartley' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader reviewTHE… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Trapped: My true story of a battle for justice after a childhood of hell by Della Wright

26. Trapped: My true story of a battle for justice after a childhood of hell

By: Della Wright

4.18

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

'Della's story is tragic, shocking and heart-breaking, but she must be heard. Della is an inspirati… read more

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Cover of The Forgotten Child: The powerful true story of a boy abandoned as a baby and left to die by R. Gallear

27. The Forgotten Child: The powerful true story of a boy abandoned as a baby and left to die

By: R. Gallear

4.40

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on a true story, The Forgotten Child is a heart-breaking memoir of an abandoned newborn baby … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Groomed by a Gang by Christina O'Connor

28. Groomed by a Gang

By: Christina O'Connor

4.55

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

‘I can’t change the path I took – or the one I was forced to take – but I can tell my story to try … read more

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Cover of Not a Proper Child: A true story of abuse, violence and survival against the odds by Nicky  Nicholls

29. Not a Proper Child: A true story of abuse, violence and survival against the odds

By: Nicky Nicholls

4.29

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A dark true story about an exceptional woman and her struggle to survive a bleak and abusive young … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Boy Number 26 by Tommy Rhattigan

30. Boy Number 26

By: Tommy Rhattigan

4.34

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SEQUEL TO THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, 1963: A SLICE OF BREAD AND JAMPlacing a child in care do… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Please Save Me: One Woman's Battle for Love and Hope After Horrific Abuse by Her Father (Surviving Trauma Book, Child Abuse) by Mandy Yousaf

31. Please Save Me: One Woman's Battle for Love and Hope After Horrific Abuse by Her Father (Surviving Trauma Book, Child Abuse)

By: Mandy Yousaf

4.35

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

One of the most harrowing child abuse memoirs you'll ever read . . .Please Save Me is a story of th… read more

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13 best-selling memoir books like Boy Number 26 by Tommy Rhattigan

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Tiny Prisoners

Maggie Hartley

4.51

Transform Your Habits

The Hospital: How I Survived the Secret Child Experiments at Aston Hall

Barbara O'Hare , Veronica Clark

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Don't Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

Toni Maguire

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Twins of Auschwitz

Eva Mozes Kor

4.22

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20 Top fiction books like Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, George Cruikshank, Philip Horne

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

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Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

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