Prison Books

1.
The Green Mile
The Green Mile 4.49 avg rating β€” 351,355 ratings
2.
Different Seasons
Different Seasons 4.36 avg rating β€” 216,978 ratings
3.
Papillon
Papillon 4.23 avg rating β€” 74,105 ratings
4.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 991,954 ratings
5.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating β€” 710,306 ratings
6.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,120 ratings
7.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating β€” 578,134 ratings
8.
Les MisΓ©rables
Les MisΓ©rables 4.21 avg rating β€” 830,179 ratings
9.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,291 ratings
10.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating β€” 6,688,356 ratings
11.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,322,799 ratings
12.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating β€” 33,403 ratings
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Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating β€” 857,488 ratings
14.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,332,878 ratings
15.
The Animal Factory
The Animal Factory 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,616 ratings
16.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating β€” 377,263 ratings
17.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating β€” 153,249 ratings
18.
Orange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New Black 3.72 avg rating β€” 204,757 ratings
19.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating β€” 226,209 ratings
20.
Sleepers
Sleepers 4.27 avg rating β€” 16,799 ratings
21.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating β€” 996,372 ratings
22.
Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating β€” 233,148 ratings
23.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating β€” 253,078 ratings
24.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating β€” 164,324 ratings
25.
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating β€” 22,784 ratings
26.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 49,354 ratings
26.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,024,471 ratings
28.
Marching Powder
Marching Powder 4.31 avg rating β€” 29,043 ratings
29.
Midnight Express
Midnight Express 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,592 ratings
30.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,880 ratings
31.
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate 4.14 avg rating β€” 8,952 ratings
32.
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town 3.86 avg rating β€” 82,836 ratings
33.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating β€” 254,470 ratings
34.
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy 4.45 avg rating β€” 4,804 ratings
35.
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Bridge Over the River Kwai 3.94 avg rating β€” 10,405 ratings
36.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman 4.02 avg rating β€” 21,115 ratings
37.
Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating β€” 28,185 ratings
38.
Andersonville
Andersonville 4.10 avg rating β€” 8,299 ratings
39.
Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter 4.18 avg rating β€” 37,740 ratings
40.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers 3.85 avg rating β€” 31,459 ratings
41.
Red Dragon
Red Dragon 4.07 avg rating β€” 362,905 ratings
42.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 172,307 ratings
43.
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography 4.59 avg rating β€” 29,686 ratings
43.
Prison Writings
Prison Writings 4.25 avg rating β€” 2,223 ratings
45.
In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison
In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison 3.56 avg rating β€” 1,243 ratings
45.
Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison
Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,973 ratings
47.
Razor Wire Wilderness
Razor Wire Wilderness 3.57 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
48.
Poison Study (Study, #1)
Poison Study (Study, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 174,070 ratings
49.
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row 4.65 avg rating β€” 75,631 ratings
50.
Bad: The Autobiography of James Carr
Bad: The Autobiography of James Carr 4.06 avg rating β€” 176 ratings
51.
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail 4.06 avg rating β€” 24,444 ratings
52.
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Letter from the Birmingham Jail 4.72 avg rating β€” 8,436 ratings
53.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun 3.98 avg rating β€” 22,082 ratings
54.
The Damage Done: Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison
The Damage Done: Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison 4.12 avg rating β€” 6,194 ratings
55.
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 4.01 avg rating β€” 70,862 ratings
56.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating β€” 92,318 ratings
57.
De Profundis
De Profundis 4.22 avg rating β€” 24,395 ratings
58.
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,589 ratings
59.
Live from Death Row
Live from Death Row 4.24 avg rating β€” 2,555 ratings
60.
Spandau: The Secret Diaries
Spandau: The Secret Diaries 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,102 ratings
61.
Hades' Disciples (The Legacy of the Gods, #2)
Hades' Disciples (The Legacy of the Gods, #2) 3.95 avg rating β€” 92 ratings
61.
Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Robbery): My Education at Con College
Laughing All the Way to the Bank (Robbery): My Education at Con College 4.33 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
63.
The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison
The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,942 ratings
63.
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 820,143 ratings
65.
The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir
The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,410 ratings
66.
White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief
White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief 4.31 avg rating β€” 889 ratings
67.
Fellside
Fellside 3.57 avg rating β€” 14,805 ratings
68.
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 4.06 avg rating β€” 17,585 ratings
69.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption 4.49 avg rating β€” 56,710 ratings
70.
Morgan's Run
Morgan's Run 4.02 avg rating β€” 5,805 ratings
71.
Letters from the Inside
Letters from the Inside 3.70 avg rating β€” 5,619 ratings
72.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating β€” 989,136 ratings
73.
Do They Hear You When You Cry
Do They Hear You When You Cry 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,774 ratings
74.
The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead 4.05 avg rating β€” 33,986 ratings
75.
Resurrection
Resurrection 4.17 avg rating β€” 27,223 ratings
76.
Letters and Papers from Prison
Letters and Papers from Prison 4.31 avg rating β€” 3,780 ratings
77.
Prisoner of Tehran
Prisoner of Tehran 4.21 avg rating β€” 14,316 ratings
78.
Faust, Part One
Faust, Part One 3.83 avg rating β€” 84,125 ratings
79.
Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating β€” 170,450 ratings
80.
Antigone
Antigone 3.77 avg rating β€” 29,267 ratings
80.
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian 3.51 avg rating β€” 4,309 ratings
82.
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5) 4.14 avg rating β€” 32,858 ratings
83.
The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy
by: Boethius
4.05 avg rating β€” 17,137 ratings
84.
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom 4.24 avg rating β€” 21,390 ratings
85.
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 3.99 avg rating β€” 4,394 ratings
86.
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 4.24 avg rating β€” 35,772 ratings
87.
Gideon's Trumpet
Gideon's Trumpet 3.91 avg rating β€” 3,034 ratings
88.
Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22)
Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22) 3.94 avg rating β€” 45,070 ratings
89.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating β€” 37,715 ratings
90.
On the Yard
On the Yard 4.09 avg rating β€” 628 ratings
91.
The Prisoner of Zenda (The Ruritania Trilogy, #2)
The Prisoner of Zenda (The Ruritania Trilogy, #2) 3.84 avg rating β€” 22,056 ratings
91.
Couldn't Keep it to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution
Couldn't Keep it to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution 4.11 avg rating β€” 7,733 ratings
93.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating β€” 289,188 ratings
94.
Slammerkin
Slammerkin 3.75 avg rating β€” 17,131 ratings
95.
Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the 'Bangkok Hilton'
Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the 'Bangkok Hilton' 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,615 ratings
95.
Prisoners, families, dolls and judgements
Prisoners, families, dolls and judgements
by: S.B. Mann
3.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
95.
Lowdown
Lowdown 4.14 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
98.
Green River Rising
Green River Rising 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,319 ratings
98.
Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better
Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better 4.47 avg rating β€” 316 ratings
98.
Stone Hotel: Poems From Prison
Stone Hotel: Poems From Prison 4.18 avg rating β€” 137 ratings
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