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urmom wanted to read: i would like to read a good book about prison/jail (it's interesting haha). it can be fiction or non-fiction; the genre doesn't really matter, as long as the book is really interesting and good (ofc haha). thanks so much! ...more
Sep 19, 2020 02:50AM  · 
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Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
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Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
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Running the Books by Avi Steinberg
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