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Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
542 books — 398 voters
Love in the Afternoon by Lisa KleypasLover Awakened by J.R. WardOnly If You Dare by Margo HoornstraFiancé by Friday by Catherine BybeeTo Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt
Romances Novel Heroes with PTSD
395 books — 308 voters

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
529 books — 249 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
545 books — 241 voters

The Meaning of Okay by Cortney RaymondWait for You by J. LynnHopeless by Colleen HooverHeart of Obsidian by Nalini SinghTwice a Target by Susan Vaughan
Romance Novel Heroines with PTSD
194 books — 229 voters
Hold by Zannie AdamsHard Time by Cara McKennaProtection by S.A. ReidCold by Brandon ShireUnPrison by Yamila Abraham
Prison Romance
159 books — 203 voters

Captive Prince by C.S. PacatBloodraven by P.L. NunnEloise - Loving a Sociopath by Catherine LockwoodWaiting in the Throes by Maddox GreyIn These Words, Volume 1 by Kichiku Neko
Quality Dark M/M and Gen Fiction: Kidnapping, Serial Killers, Torture and More
94 books — 122 voters
Hunger by Roxane GayHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany HaddishOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
Trevor Noah's Literary Guests
266 books — 87 voters

Straight Boy by Alessandra HazardThe Freshman by Louise CollinsBrute by Kim FieldingProtection by S.A. ReidPsychopath by Louise Collins
Best Gay Prison Romances
88 books — 86 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 GedneyPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Women's prison memoirs
70 books — 58 voters

Hold by Zannie AdamsHold by Claire KentHomebound by Lydia HopeAshes and Metal by Naomi LucasPrison Planet Barbarian by Ruby Dixon
Future Prison in Science Fiction Romance
98 books — 49 voters
Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni HerisonLamb by Christopher MooreQueen of Scots by John GuyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshFuriously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Subtitle
548 books — 41 voters

Hard Time by Cara McKennaLady Luck by Kristen AshleyOne Summer by Karen RobardsJackson Rule by Dinah McCallMackenzie's Mountain by Linda Howard
Jailhouse: Contemporary Romance Hero Just Out of Prison
62 books — 38 voters
Daddy's Hobby by Owen JonesBangkok 8 by John BurdettEveryone Burns by John DolanLetters from Thailand by BotanBangkok Haunts by John Burdett
Terrific Thailand
71 books — 32 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
Tehran Moonlight by Azin SametipourRooftops of Tehran by Mahbod SerajiA Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina NayeriEqual of the Sun by Anita Amirrezvani乙嫁語り 7 [Otoyomegatari 7] by Kaoru Mori
Fictitious Iran
44 books — 24 voters

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp SendkerAlexander's Infinity by Lidija StankovikjThe Piano Tuner by Daniel MasonSaving Fish from Drowning by Amy TanThe Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover
Fictitious Burma
33 books — 17 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonValentine Joe by Rebecca StevensSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
All wired up
38 books — 12 voters

Marching Powder by Rusty YoungMidnight Express by Billy HayesStolen Lives by Malika OufkirThe Damage Done by Warren FellowsPapillon by Henri Charrière
Books about being in prison in a foreign country
25 books — 10 voters
Far Apart, Close in Heart by Becky BirthaMilo Imagines the World by Matt de la PeñaWhy Is My Daddy In Jail by Pamela J. TomlinsonMoos, Mud, Mayhem! by Deborah C. AalbersThe Adventures of Park Ranger Brock Cliffhanger & His Jr. Par... by Mark Villareal
Parents in Prison - Picture books for kids
15 books — 4 voters

The Crystal Palace by Phyllis EisensteinThe Glass Castle by Trisha White PriebeThe Crystal City by Nancy EtchemendyCity of Glass by Noel LoomisThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Glass/Ice/Crystal Palace, Castle, City, etc.
53 books — 4 voters
Texas Gulag by Gary BrownThe Broad Arrow by Oliné KeeseDry guillotine by René BelbenoitAmong the Broad-Arrow Men; a plain account of English prison ... by B.2.15Prison paintings by Michael Quanne
Funtime
197 books — 3 voters

The Kelsey Outrage! by Unknown .Alcatraz Screw by George H. GregoryRed Nosed Mike! by Unknown .Alcatraz Island Memoirs of a Rock Doc by Milton Daniel Beacher M. D.Tracy the Bandit by W.B. Hennessy
Olde Crimey
101 books — 2 voters
Visiting Day by Jacqueline WoodsonSomething Happened to My Dad by Ann HazzardThe Night Dad Went to Jail by Melissa HigginsWhat Do I Say About That? by Julia CookFar Apart, Close in Heart by Becky Birtha
Family Books of Children with Relatives in Prison
52 books — 2 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyEchoes of Honor by David WeberBreakout by Richard StarkBorders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Prison Break
7 books — 2 voters
De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings by Oscar WildeCriminal Justice Through the Looking Glass by Daniel TeitelbaumEphesians (Bible #49), ESV by Paul the ApostleEpistle to the Philippians by Paul the ApostleEpistle to the Colossians by Paul the Apostle
Letters from Prison
7 books — 2 voters

Fantastic Four (1961-1998) #1 by Stan LeeBlakely's Ark by Ian MacMillanThe Midwich Cuckoos by John WyndhamDune by Frank HerbertUnder the Dome by Stephen King
Barriers, Force Fields and Domes in Fiction Part I
101 books — 2 voters
Less Than the Dust by Joseph StamperThe Underworld of the East by James S. LeeThe Hop-Heads by Fred V. WilliamsTales of the Ex-Tanks by Clarence Louis CullenBug House Poetry by Richard Griffin
Automatic All Traumatic
100 books — 1 voter

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Howling Man by Charles BeaumontThe Executioner Box by Matt HiltonUnder The Hospital by Mike Edward EvansMeddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Evil Forces Awakened by Meddling Humans in Fiction
50 books — 1 voter
I Am Behind You by John Ajvide LindqvistGirls by Joshua LunaThe Fall of the Towers by Samuel R. DelanyTerrarium by Scott Russell Sanders2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Barriers, Force Fields and Domes in Fiction Part II
49 books — 1 voter

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