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Prison Books
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Orange Is the New Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 160 times as prison)
avg rating 3.72 — 205,743 ratings — published 2010
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as prison)
avg rating 4.52 — 116,694 ratings — published 2010
Straight Boy (Straight Guys, #0)
by (shelved 106 times as prison)
avg rating 3.71 — 12,204 ratings — published 2014
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as prison)
avg rating 4.51 — 29,748 ratings — published 2003
Freshman (Behind Bars, #1)
by (shelved 98 times as prison)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,101 ratings — published 2018
Distorted (Alabaster Penitentiary, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as prison)
avg rating 3.91 — 14,545 ratings — published 2021
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as prison)
avg rating 4.24 — 36,654 ratings — published 1975
The Green Mile (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as prison)
avg rating 4.49 — 359,991 ratings — published 1996
Hard Time (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 68 times as prison)
avg rating 3.75 — 5,546 ratings — published 2014
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as prison)
avg rating 3.98 — 124,409 ratings — published 1962
Papillon (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as prison)
avg rating 4.23 — 75,316 ratings — published 1969
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as prison)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,734 ratings — published 2018
The Mars Room (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as prison)
avg rating 3.44 — 47,736 ratings — published 2018
Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as prison)
avg rating 4.62 — 259,715 ratings — published 2014
An American Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as prison)
avg rating 3.93 — 384,209 ratings — published 2018
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as prison)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,014,312 ratings — published 1844
Locked Up Liars (Saint View Prison, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as prison)
avg rating 4.15 — 17,190 ratings — published 2021
Blindly Indicted (Blindly #1)
by (shelved 46 times as prison)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,409 ratings — published 2020
Guardian (Prison Planet, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as prison)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,363 ratings — published 2018
Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as prison)
avg rating 3.65 — 62,370 ratings — published 2007
The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as prison)
avg rating 4.17 — 182,539 ratings — published 2021
The Fence And Then The Trees (ebook)
by (shelved 41 times as prison)
avg rating 4.11 — 924 ratings — published
Alpha Inmate (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as prison)
avg rating 3.26 — 18,547 ratings — published 2021
Psychopath (Behind Bars #2)
by (shelved 40 times as prison)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,673 ratings — published 2019
Brainwashed (Alabaster Penitentiary, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as prison)
avg rating 4.23 — 6,642 ratings — published
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as prison)
avg rating 3.99 — 4,431 ratings — published 1999
Prisoner (Criminals & Captives, #1)
by (shelved 38 times as prison)
avg rating 3.91 — 13,346 ratings — published 2014
Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as prison)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,230 ratings — published 2007
Caged Wolf (Darkmore Penitentiary, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as prison)
avg rating 4.35 — 31,611 ratings — published 2020
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as prison)
avg rating 4.65 — 79,827 ratings — published 2018
UnPrison (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as prison)
avg rating 3.81 — 945 ratings — published 2014
Chain-Gang All-Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as prison)
avg rating 4.12 — 89,383 ratings — published 2023
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as prison)
avg rating 4.39 — 992,702 ratings — published 2010
Joyless (Alabaster Penitentiary #2)
by (shelved 32 times as prison)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,523 ratings — published 2021
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as prison)
avg rating 3.84 — 45,943 ratings — published 2004
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as prison)
avg rating 3.51 — 4,319 ratings — published 2010
The Inmate (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as prison)
avg rating 4.01 — 992,202 ratings — published 2022
Prison Planet Barbarian (Risdaverse, #0.25)
by (shelved 31 times as prison)
avg rating 3.90 — 10,604 ratings — published 2017
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as prison)
avg rating 4.45 — 4,905 ratings — published 2016
Brute (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as prison)
avg rating 4.11 — 4,812 ratings — published 2012
Monster (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as prison)
avg rating 3.73 — 74,857 ratings — published 1999
The House of the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as prison)
avg rating 4.05 — 35,341 ratings — published 1861
Endangered Species (Time Served, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as prison)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,774 ratings — published 2020
All Chained Up (Devil's Rock, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as prison)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,254 ratings — published 2016
A Pound of Flesh (A Pound of Flesh, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as prison)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,354 ratings — published 2015
“I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison.”
― Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
― Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings
“Kaladin frowned. “Wait. Are you wearing cologne? In prison?”
“Well, there was no need to be barbaric, just because I was incarcerated.”
“Storms, you’re spoiled,” Kaladin said, smiling.
“I’m refined, you insolent farmer,” Adolin said. Then he grinned. “Besides, I’ll have you know that I had to use cold water for my baths while here.”
“Poor boy.”
― Words of Radiance
“Well, there was no need to be barbaric, just because I was incarcerated.”
“Storms, you’re spoiled,” Kaladin said, smiling.
“I’m refined, you insolent farmer,” Adolin said. Then he grinned. “Besides, I’ll have you know that I had to use cold water for my baths while here.”
“Poor boy.”
― Words of Radiance
