Fiction Set Primarily in a Prison

1
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
de Alexander Solzhenitsyn
12,922 membros
201 resenhas
4
8 Members
Proclus, abbottthomas, thorold, roby72, calm, thecoroner, ahef1963, -pilgrim-
2
The Green Mile
de Stephen King
12,330 membros
162 resenhas
½ 4.3
6 Members
SqueakyChu, dara85, DorsVenabili, calm, ahef1963, WANGPP
3
Affinity
de Sarah Waters
3,340 membros
129 resenhas
½ 3.7
7 Members
raidergirl3, aulsmith, Soupdragon, DorsVenabili, calm, souloftherose, WANGPP
4
Alias Grace
de Margaret Atwood
11,832 membros
258 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
lahochstetler, DorsVenabili, calm, souloftherose, Dilara86, WANGPP
5
Holes
de Louis Sachar
23,145 membros
948 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
norabelle414, souloftherose, ahef1963, WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
6
Kiss of the Spider Woman
de Manuel Puig
2,232 membros
33 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
thorold, aulsmith, DorsVenabili, ahef1963, WANGPP
7
Incarceron
de Catherine Fisher
3,519 membros
187 resenhas
½ 3.7
5 Members
norabelle414, DorsVenabili, souloftherose, WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Miracle of the Rose
de Jean Genet
698 membros
3 resenhas
4
4 Members
Proclus, thorold, DorsVenabili, WANGPP
9
Little Dorrit
de Charles Dickens
5,582 membros
88 resenhas
4
4 Members
absurdeist, thorold, DorsVenabili, souloftherose
10
Papillon
de Henri Charrière
3,867 membros
64 resenhas
4
4 Members
roby72, ArchDucchess, -pilgrim-, ManWithAnAgenda
11
The Castle
de Franz Kafka
8,315 membros
93 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
roby72, DorsVenabili, thecoroner, WANGPP
12
Kolyma Tales
de Varlam Shalamov
1,058 membros
20 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
roby72, ArchDucchess, -pilgrim-
13
The Flowers of Aulit Prison {novelette}
de Nancy Kress
16 membros
4.2
3 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili, WANGPP
14
Our Lady of the Flowers
de Jean Genet
1,821 membros
12 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
absurdeist, aulsmith, DorsVenabili
15
Bent: The Play
de Martin Sherman
325 membros
3 resenhas
4
3 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili, WANGPP
16
Different Seasons
de Stephen King
8,912 membros
121 resenhas
4
3 Members
ahef1963, WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Enormous Room
de E. E. Cummings
1,459 membros
26 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
DorsVenabili, ManWithAnAgenda
18
A Confraria
de John Grisham
9,219 membros
76 resenhas
½ 3.4
3 Members
dara85, ahef1963, WANGPP
19
Resurrection
de Leo Tolstoy
3,016 membros
41 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
roby72, thecoroner
20
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One, Parts I-II)
de Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5,193 membros
39 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
roby72, ArchDucchess,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : Not fiction.
21
The Keep
de Jennifer Egan
1,990 membros
95 resenhas
½ 3.4
2 Members
WANGPP, ManWithAnAgenda
22
Recordações da Casa dos Mortos
de Fyodor Dostoevsky
3,031 membros
34 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
roby72, -pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim-: Set in a katorga
23
Night
de Elie Wiesel
27,524 membros
571 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
absurdeist, ahef1963, WANGPP,dara85 ,-pilgrim-
Explicações
dara85 : Not fiction
24
Sleep Toward Heaven
de Amanda Eyre Ward
398 membros
19 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
dara85, WANGPP
25
The Glass Cell
de Patricia Highsmith
355 membros
8 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili
26
The Enchanted
de Rene Denfeld
962 membros
69 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, WANGPP
27
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
de Victor Hugo
1,141 membros
26 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
roby72, DorsVenabili
28
Falconer
de John Cheever
1,401 membros
19 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
DorsVenabili
29
The Choiring of the Trees
de Donald Harrington
122 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
30
War Trash
de Ha Jin
1,162 membros
29 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
DorsVenabili, WANGPP
31
Chess Story
de Stefan Zweig
3,999 membros
115 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
DorsVenabili, WANGPP
32
The Count of Monte Cristo
de Alexandre Dumas père
25,458 membros
431 resenhas
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
de Sharyn McCrumb
917 membros
22 resenhas
3.9
Member
dara85
34
Camp Concentration
de Thomas M. Disch
1,123 membros
30 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
35
The Exiles
de Christina Baker Kline
914 membros
81 resenhas
4
Member
dara85
36
Hard Rain Falling
de Don Carpenter
614 membros
24 resenhas
4.1
Member
absurdeist
37
Do Time Get Time
de Andrey Rubanov
10 membros
4
Member
-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim-: Set in Matryoshka Tishina
38
Night Heron
de Adam Brookes
222 membros
39 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
-pilgrim-
39
The Prisoner
de Thomas M. Disch
352 membros
11 resenhas
3.2
Member
-pilgrim-
40
The Unwilling: A Novel
de John Hart
211 membros
23 resenhas
4
Member
dara85
41
The Wall {short story}
de Jean-Paul Sartre
9 membros
1 resenha
5
Member
aulsmith
42
The Institute
de Stephen King
4,634 membros
150 resenhas
4.1
Member
ahef1963
43
Eileen
de Ottessa Moshfegh
2,016 membros
108 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
WANGPP
44
Sleeping Beauties
de Stephen King
3,088 membros
98 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
WANGPP
45
The Skull Mantra
de Eliot Pattison
945 membros
38 resenhas
3.9
Member
WANGPP
46
Fellside
de M. R. Carey
779 membros
58 resenhas
½ 3.6
Member
WANGPP
47
The Ploughmen: A Novel
de Kim Zupan
242 membros
30 resenhas
3.8
Member
WANGPP
48
If This Is a Man / The Truce
de Primo Levi
2,298 membros
32 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
roby72,-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim- : not fiction, and very few stories set during prison.
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Midnight Express
de Billy Hayes
383 membros
4 resenhas
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
de Silvio Pellico
166 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
roby72,-pilgrim-
Explicações
-pilgrim- : Not fiction
51
Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
de Amanda Knox
400 membros
34 resenhas
3.8
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks
de Antonio Gramsci
1,161 membros
1 resenha
4.1
Member
roby72,aulsmith ,-pilgrim-
Explicações
aulsmith : Not fiction.