2021 Reading Women Challenge - hosted by thereadingwomen

A Book About Incarceration
  • Read a fiction or nonfiction book about any kind of incarceration set anywhere around the world.

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White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht

White Chrysanthemum

Mary Lynn Bracht

fiction historical challenging emotional sad fast-paced

320 pages | first published 2018

Água de barrela by Eliana Alves Cruz

Água de barrela

Eliana Alves Cruz

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

322 pages | first published 2016

The Man Who Snapped His Fingers by Fariba Hachtroudi

The Man Who Snapped His Fingers

Fariba Hachtroudi with Alison Anderson (Translator)

fiction reflective slow-paced

144 pages | first published 2016

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

A Certain Hunger

Chelsea G. Summers

fiction contemporary horror literary thriller dark funny medium-paced

254 pages | first published 2019

The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey

The Labyrinth

Amanda Lohrey

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2020

Sexe et mensonges: La vie sexuelle au Maroc by Leïla Slimani

Sexe et mensonges: La vie sexuelle au Maroc

Leïla Slimani

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced

192 pages | first published 2017

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Incarceron

Incarceron #1

Catherine Fisher

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced

458 pages | first published 2007

Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman

Orange Is the New Black

Piper Kerman

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

298 pages | first published 2010

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman with Ros Schwartz (Translator)

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced

188 pages | first published 1995

A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

A Wish in the Dark

Christina Soontornvat

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

375 pages | first published 2020