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Prison Fiction Books
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Papillon (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 78,050 ratings — published 1969
Being Free: On the Inside (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.53 — 15 ratings — published
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.47 — 72,965 ratings — published 1982
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 129,851 ratings — published 1962
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,174,476 ratings — published 1866
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,406,608 ratings — published 1998
Chain-Gang All-Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 108,313 ratings — published 2023
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 87,584 ratings — published 2017
Prison Of A Billion Years (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.36 — 59 ratings — published 1956
Being Real: Facing Demons (Being Free)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 5.00 — 5 ratings — published
The Inmate (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,244,259 ratings — published 2022
Being Free (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
تلك العتمة الباهرة (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 13,943 ratings — published 2001
The Brains of the Operation (The Max Book 2)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published
Purgatory Mount (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.44 — 496 ratings — published 2021
God Sees the Truth, but Waits (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,690 ratings — published 1872
A World Is Born (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.15 — 131 ratings — published 1941
The Eel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.40 — 20 ratings — published 2010
The Devil's Asteroid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.38 — 113 ratings — published 1941
Pythias (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.46 — 120 ratings — published 2010
Viewpoint (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 2.38 — 21 ratings — published 2010
Faithfully Yours (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.21 — 24 ratings — published 1955
The Man Who Hated Mars (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.33 — 66 ratings — published
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,038,701 ratings — published 1859
Blood Brothers (Modern Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 7,466 ratings — published 1985
Fellside (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.57 — 15,226 ratings — published 2016
In the Penal Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 35,961 ratings — published 1918
Fiend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.57 — 4,119 ratings — published 2013
Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 247,394 ratings — published 1989
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,553,094 ratings — published 1942
Little Dorrit (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 50,699 ratings — published 1857
The Enchanted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 21,482 ratings — published 2014
Two for Texas (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,817 ratings — published 1982
The Green Mile (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.49 — 382,501 ratings — published 1996
Schindler’s List (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 168,117 ratings — published 1982
Cool Hand Luke (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,691 ratings — published 1965
Different Seasons (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.36 — 227,359 ratings — published 1982
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,096,052 ratings — published 1846
Borstal Boy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,225 ratings — published 1958
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 24,224 ratings — published 1976
Green River Rising (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,375 ratings — published 1994
Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 677 ratings — published 1980
Dirty White Boys (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as prison-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,103 ratings — published 1994
The Mars Room (Hardcover)
by (shelved 0 times as prison-fiction)
avg rating 3.43 — 49,798 ratings — published 2018