Prison


Orange Is the New Black
Straight Boy (Straight Guys, #0)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Hold (Hold, #1)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Freshman (Behind Bars, #1)
Distorted (Alabaster Penitentiary, #1)
Protection
The Green Mile
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Hard Time
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Papillon
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
The Mars Room
Daddy's Hobby by Owen  JonesBangkok 8 by John BurdettEveryone Burns by John DolanLetters from Thailand by BotanBangkok Haunts by John Burdett
Terrific Thailand
65 books — 32 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
528 books — 248 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
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

Norman Mailer
“ We are all so guilty at the way we have allowed the world around us to become more ugly and tasteless every year that we surrender to terror and steep ourselves in it. ”
― Norman Mailer, In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison

Daniil Kharms
“ 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. ”
― Daniil Kharms, Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings

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