List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Books About Prisoners

Whether it's a jail of the state, a POW camp, slavery, a concentration camp, or a prison of the mind, these stories all show how the human soul deals with being chained, locked up, and left to die.
316 users · 750 views
 
made by private user
avg. score: 7 of 70 (10%)
required scores: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 2
1
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2
Alias Grace
Alias Grace
3
Aquariums of Pyongyang (Kang Chol-Hwan)
Aquariums of Pyongyang (Kang Chol-Hwan)
4
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
5
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
6
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Oscar Wilde)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Oscar Wilde)
7
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
8
Bend Sinister (Vladimir Nabokov)
Bend Sinister (Vladimir Nabokov)
ADVERTISEMENT
9
Beyond the Call (Lee Trimble)
Beyond the Call (Lee Trimble)
10
The Brethren
The Brethren
11
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado
12
Couldn't Keep It to Myself (Wally Lamb)
Couldn't Keep It to Myself (Wally Lamb)
13
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
14
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
15
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon
16
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
17
Dead Man Walking (Helen Prejean)
Dead Man Walking (Helen Prejean)
18
Doing Time (Kazuichi Hanawa)
Doing Time (Kazuichi Hanawa)
19
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
Eileen (Ottessa Moshfegh)
20
The End of Alice
The End of Alice
ADVERTISEMENT
21
The Glass Cell (Patricia Highsmith)
The Glass Cell (Patricia Highsmith)
22
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
23
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
24
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago
25
Hard Rain Falling
Hard Rain Falling
26
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
27
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus
28
The House of the Dead (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The House of the Dead (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
29
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison
30
In the Belly of the Beast
In the Belly of the Beast
31
In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony
32
Incarceron (Catherine Fisher)
Incarceron (Catherine Fisher)
ADVERTISEMENT
33
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
34
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
35
Kindred
Kindred
36
King Rat (China Mieville)
King Rat (China Mieville)
37
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman
38
Letter From the Birmingham Jail
Letter From the Birmingham Jail
39
Letters and Papers From Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Letters and Papers From Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
40
A Life Inside (Erwin James)
A Life Inside (Erwin James)
Page 1 of 2
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
This site uses third party cookies for analytics and advertising. View Cookie Policy