Fiction Set Primarily in a Prison

1
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
por Alexander Solzhenitsyn
12,947 membros
201 críticas
4
8 Members
Proclus, abbottthomas, thorold, roby72, calm, thecoroner, ahef1963, -pilgrim-
2
The Green Mile
por Stephen King
12,357 membros
162 críticas
½ 4.3
6 Members
SqueakyChu, dara85, DorsVenabili, calm, ahef1963, WANGPP
3
Afinidade
por Sarah Waters
3,339 membros
129 críticas
½ 3.7
7 Members
raidergirl3, aulsmith, Soupdragon, DorsVenabili, calm, souloftherose, WANGPP
4
Alias Grace
por Margaret Atwood
11,863 membros
259 críticas
3.9
6 Members
lahochstetler, DorsVenabili, calm, souloftherose, Dilara86, WANGPP
5
Holes
por Louis Sachar
23,189 membros
949 críticas
4.1
5 Members
norabelle414, souloftherose, ahef1963, WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Kiss of the Spider Woman
por Manuel Puig
2,232 membros
34 críticas
3.9
5 Members
thorold, aulsmith, DorsVenabili, ahef1963, WANGPP
7
Incarceron
por Catherine Fisher
3,528 membros
187 críticas
½ 3.7
5 Members
norabelle414, DorsVenabili, souloftherose, WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Miracle of the Rose
por Jean Genet
700 membros
3 críticas
4
4 Members
Proclus, thorold, DorsVenabili, WANGPP
9
Little Dorrit
por Charles Dickens
5,594 membros
89 críticas
4
4 Members
absurdeist, thorold, DorsVenabili, souloftherose
10
Papillon
por Henri Charrière
3,873 membros
64 críticas
4
4 Members
roby72, ArchDucchess, -pilgrim-, ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Castle
por Franz Kafka
8,334 membros
93 críticas
3.9
4 Members
roby72, DorsVenabili, thecoroner, WANGPP
12
Kolyma Tales
por Varlam Shalamov
1,062 membros
23 críticas
½ 4.3
3 Members
roby72, ArchDucchess, -pilgrim-
13
The Flowers of Aulit Prison {novelette}
por Nancy Kress
16 membros
4.2
3 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili, WANGPP
14
Our Lady of the Flowers
por Jean Genet
1,826 membros
13 críticas
3.9
3 Members
absurdeist, aulsmith, DorsVenabili
15
Bent: The Play
por Martin Sherman
326 membros
3 críticas
4
3 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili, WANGPP
16
Different Seasons
por Stephen King
8,933 membros
122 críticas
4
3 Members
ahef1963, WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Enormous Room
por E. E. Cummings
1,463 membros
26 críticas
½ 3.7
2 Members
DorsVenabili, ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Brethren
por John Grisham
9,237 membros
76 críticas
½ 3.4
3 Members
dara85, ahef1963, WANGPP
19
Resurrection
por Leo Tolstoy
3,025 membros
41 críticas
3.8
2 Members
roby72, thecoroner
20
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One, Parts I-II)
por Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5,206 membros
39 críticas
4.1
2 Members
roby72, ArchDucchess,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : Not fiction.
21
The Keep
por Jennifer Egan
1,991 membros
96 críticas
½ 3.4
2 Members
WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
22
The House of the Dead
por Fyodor Dostoevsky
3,043 membros
34 críticas
3.9
2 Members
roby72, -pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim-: Set in a katorga
23
Night
por Elie Wiesel
27,606 membros
573 críticas
½ 4.3
3 Members
absurdeist, ahef1963, WANGPP,dara85 ,-pilgrim-
Explicações
dara85 : Not fiction
24
Sleep Toward Heaven
por Amanda Eyre Ward
399 membros
19 críticas
3.9
2 Members
dara85, WANGPP
25
The Glass Cell
por Patricia Highsmith
355 membros
8 críticas
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili
26
The Enchanted
por Rene Denfeld
961 membros
69 críticas
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, WANGPP
27
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
por Victor Hugo
1,144 membros
26 críticas
3.9
2 Members
roby72, DorsVenabili
28
Falconer
por John Cheever
1,404 membros
19 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
DorsVenabili
29
The Choiring of the Trees
por Donald Harrington
122 membros
2 críticas
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
30
War Trash
por Ha Jin
1,166 membros
30 críticas
½ 3.7
2 Members
DorsVenabili, WANGPP
31
Novela de xadrez
por Stefan Zweig
4,013 membros
117 críticas
4.1
2 Members
DorsVenabili, WANGPP
32
The Count of Monte Cristo
por Alexandre Dumas
25,555 membros
433 críticas
½ 4.3
4 Members
absurdeist, thorold, roby72, DorsVenabili, ,aulsmith ,-pilgrim-
Explicações
: Very little of the book takes place in the prison, actually. It surprised me how little given the importance of the imprisonment itself. Most of the book takes place after the escape though.
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The Ballad of Frankie Silver
por Sharyn McCrumb
919 membros
22 críticas
3.9
Member
dara85
34
Camp Concentration
por Thomas M. Disch
1,124 membros
30 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
35
The Exiles
por Christina Baker Kline
919 membros
81 críticas
4
Member
dara85
36
Hard Rain Falling
por Don Carpenter
614 membros
24 críticas
4.1
Member
absurdeist
37
Do Time Get Time
por Andrey Rubanov
10 membros
4
Member
-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim-: Set in Matryoshka Tishina
38
Night Heron
por Adam Brookes
223 membros
39 críticas
½ 3.7
Member
-pilgrim-
39
The Prisoner
por Thomas M. Disch
352 membros
11 críticas
3.2
Member
-pilgrim-
40
The Unwilling: A Novel
por John Hart
214 membros
23 críticas
4
Member
dara85
41
The Wall {short story}
por Jean-Paul Sartre
9 membros
1 crítica
5
Member
aulsmith
42
The Institute
por Stephen King
4,673 membros
151 críticas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
43
Eileen
por Ottessa Moshfegh
2,031 membros
109 críticas
½ 3.5
Member
WANGPP
44
Sleeping Beauties
por Stephen King
3,097 membros
98 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
WANGPP
45
The Skull Mantra
por Eliot Pattison
945 membros
38 críticas
3.9
Member
WANGPP
46
Fellside
por M. R. Carey
781 membros
58 críticas
½ 3.6
Member
WANGPP
47
The Ploughmen: A Novel
por Kim Zupan
241 membros
30 críticas
3.8
Member
WANGPP
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If This Is a Man / The Truce
por Primo Levi
2,301 membros
32 críticas
½ 4.5
Member
roby72,-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim- : not fiction, and very few stories set during prison.
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Midnight Express
por Billy Hayes
383 membros
4 críticas
3.8
Member
abbottthomas,-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim- : The film was fictionalised, but I can find no suggestion that the book is not the autobiography that it purports to be.
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My Ten Years' Imprisonment
por Silvio Pellico
166 membros
3 críticas
½ 3.3
Member
roby72,-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim- : Not fiction
51
Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
por Amanda Knox
402 membros
34 críticas
3.8
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks
por Antonio Gramsci
1,162 membros
1 crítica
4.1
Member
roby72,aulsmith ,-pilgrim-
Explicações
aulsmith : Not fiction.