9 Best nonfiction books like The Truth About Social Work: Real life stories from people on the frontline of social work by Social Work Tutor

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The Truth About Social Work: Real life stories from people on the frontline of social work

By: Social Work Tutor

3.70

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

You’ve read that social work is one of the hardest jobs you can do. You’ve heard that social worker…

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1. Hackney Child

By: Hope Daniels , Morag Livingstone

4.25

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The powerful, refreshingly honest, first-hand account of a childhood spent in the Care system.At th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social work
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2. Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World Tell Their Own Stories

By: Christopher Berry-Dee

3.51

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

An investigative criminologist, Christopher Berry-Dee is a man who talks to serial killers. In this… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Orange Is the New Black

By: Piper Kerman

3.72

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We were never friends. Not for a second. I loved you."

-Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black

"Faggots make the best friends," she said philosophically. "They're very loyal."

-Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black

"Do you have to find the evil in yourself in order to truly recognize it in the world?"

-Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black

"When you are deep in misery, you reach out to those who can help, people who can understand."

-Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black

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4. Sing, Unburied, Sing

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 2017 A searing and profound Southern odyssey. In Jesm… read more

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5. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

By: Kim Malone Scott

4.00

Format: None pages,

From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say … read more

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6. Criminal (Will Trent, #6)

By: Karin Slaughter

3.89

Format: 704 pages,

Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is begi… read more

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7. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

By: Reni Eddo-Lodge

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Hardcover

'One of the most important books of 2017' Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant A powerful an… read more

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8. A Spoonful Of Murder (Liz, Pat and Thelma, #1)

By: J.M. Hall

3.18

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Retirement can be murder… Every Thursday, three retired school teachers have their ‘coffee o’clo… read more

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9. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more

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"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"

-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

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10. Notes on a Nervous Planet

By: Matt Haig

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A follow-up to Matt Haig's internationally bestselling memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, a broader loo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Be kind to yourself."

-Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet

"Don’t worry about things you can’t control."

-Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet

"Accept feelings and accept that they are just that: feelings."

-Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet

"Don’t let anyone or anything make you feel you aren’t enough."

-Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet

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11. The Suspect (Kate Waters, #3)

By: Fiona Barton

3.84

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

The police belonged to another world – the world they saw on the television or in the papers. Not t… read more

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12. “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

By: Aubrey Gordon

4.33

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the fac… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

By: Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children—and … read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

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15. Miss Benson's Beetle

By: Rachel Joyce

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

She's going too far to go it alone. It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and M… read more

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"Just because you've never done something doesn't mean you can't start."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"But there were moments of joy. Even at its worst, life will offer such moments."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"History is not made up by events alone, but also by what lies between the lines."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

"The truest friendships are those that allow us to step out of the confines of what we once were, and to realize instead what we might be."

-Rachel Joyce, Miss Benson's Beetle

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16. The Nurse

By: Valerie Keogh

3.87

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Bullied, overlooked and under-appreciated, Lissa McColl learns at an early age to do very bad thing… read more

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17. How to Be an Antiracist

By: Ibram X. Kendi

4.37

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Racist"

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

"I use “anticapitalist"

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"

-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

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18. Am I Guilty?

By: Jackie Kabler

4.31

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone thinks I did it…maybe I did.Gripping, exciting and emotional, this book will grab you from… read more

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19. I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter: 6 Patient Files That Will Keep You Up At Night (Dr. Harper Therapy, #1)

By: Dr. Harper

3.57

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

I'm a therapist, and I work with the most dangerous patients.I've seen it all... A boy who planned … read more

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20. Life and Other Love Songs

By: Anissa Gray

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A father’s sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black Am… read more

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21. Run Away

By: Harlan Coben

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

You've lost your daughter.She's addicted to drugs and to an abusive boyfriend. And she's made it cl… read more

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"A tip jar read: FEAR CHANGE. LEAVE IT WITH US."

-Harlan Coben, Run Away

"Terrific," Simon said. "The psychos are on my side."

-Harlan Coben, Run Away

"Fagbenle looked annoyed. “I’d like to continue my questioning."

-Harlan Coben, Run Away

"It’s the devil—he gets ahold of you. He pokes and prods until he finds your weakness and then, see, he wiggles right through your skin and gets into your bloodstream. Could be through drink. Could be…"

-Harlan Coben, Run Away

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22. A People's History of Heaven

By: Mathangi Subramanian

4.03

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and techno… read more

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"So what you’re saying is,"

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"It’s not that I don’t want to be part of something bigger,"

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"Bravery, she thinks, belongs to girls. But freedom belongs to boys."

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

"You don’t have to light a match to burn a family’s life to the ground."

-Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven

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23. Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter

By: E.B. Bartels

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected, poignant, and personal account of loving and losing pets, exploring the singular bon… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. Bloody Social Worker: One Man's Three Decades in Social Care

By: Richard Wills

4.02

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

On Monday, 30 November 2020, Richard Wills resigned. Burnt out, unable to take it anymore and with … read more

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25. The Truth About Social Work: Real life stories from people on the frontline of social work

By: Social Work Tutor

3.70

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

You’ve read that social work is one of the hardest jobs you can do. You’ve heard that social worker… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social work

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