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The Green Mile by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingPapillon by Henri CharrièreThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Prison Books
528 books — 248 voters
Corrections in Ink by Keri BlakingerOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyPrisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
Women's prison memoirs
78 books — 61 voters

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynEscape from Camp 14 by Blaine HardenCancer Ward by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
The Gulag Medley
222 books — 53 voters
The Midnight Library by Matt HaigWhat My Bones Know by Stephanie FooSeparate Things by Ashley Marie BerryMilk and honey by Rupi KaurFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Mental Health is Health!
147 books — 35 voters

White Oleander by Janet FitchTable 21 by T. Rafael CiminoHarry Sue by Sue StauffacherAmber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. WilliamsDiary of a Freedom Writer by Darrius Garrett
Incarcerated Parents
83 books — 30 voters
My Mystical Path by Donna Shin-WardDelly Duck by Holly MarlowThe Scar by Charlotte MoundlicA Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. HolmesPearl's Marigolds For Grandpa by Jane Breskin Zalben
Bibliotherapy for Child Trauma
183 books — 25 voters

30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneySpare Parts by Paul CraddockFor the Good of Mankind? by Vicki Oransky WittensteinAll the Living and the Dead by Hayley CampbellKind and Usual Punishment by Jessica Mitford
Prison Medicine, Healthcare, and Surgery
31 books — 20 voters
Locked Up by Cristy WatsonJailbait by Chris AlbanoThe End of the Line by Angela CerritoUnWholly by Neal ShustermanRash by Pete Hautman
Juvenile Corrections
90 books — 19 voters

Abolition For The People by Colin KaepernickAbolition for the People by Colin KaepernickFreeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Incarceration in the American 'Justice' System
93 books — 14 voters
De la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JATCHELE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHELE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JATCHEDe la captivite a la liberte by Léonce JATCHEThe Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell by Joe Loya
Mexican-American Prison Memoir
35 books — 8 voters

The John Doe by Veronice CeccarelliJaden Baker by Courtney KirchoffPathfinder by J.A. JakenThe Star Rover by Jack LondonThe Twelve-Fingered Boy by John Hornor Jacobs
Male Prisoner with Special Abilities
8 books — 6 voters
Deeper Relationship with God by Kerrie PriceThe Shining by Stephen KingWhere Echoes Die by Courtney GouldCouch Potato Fitness by Christina SchnohrTai Chi for Kids by Cari Shurman
Isolation, Seclusion and Solitude in Speculative Fiction
71 books — 6 voters

Bitch Planet, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnickBitch Planet, Vol. 2 by Kelly Sue DeConnickSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinSuperman by Robert Bernstein
Future Prisons
36 books — 3 voters
Visiting Day by Jacqueline WoodsonSomething Happened to My Dad by Ann HazzardNever Say Never, Never Say Always by Susan S. WarnerThe Night Dad Went to Jail by Melissa HigginsWhat Do I Say About That? by Julia Cook
Family Books of Children with Relatives in Prison
54 books — 3 voters

Colours of the Cage by Arun FerreiraFrom Bihar to Tihar by Kanhaiya KumarCaptive Imagination by Varavara RaoEveryday Life in a Prison by Mahuya BandyopadhyayFrom Phansi Yard by Sudha Bharadwaj
Voices from Prison – South Asia
68 books — 2 voters

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