The most popular French prison books of 2020

Prison books are set behind walls and wire. Inmates, guards and the rules of a closed world shape stories of survival, friendship, injustice and escape. Novels and memoirs here are harsh and often deeply humane. This list shows the ones first published in 2020. Only books in French are listed.

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Under Earth
Cover of Under Earth

Under Earth

Chris Gooch

2020 · 2022 edition

560 pages

Islam et prison
Cover of Islam et prison

Islam et prison

Claire de Galembert

Published 2020

174 pages

Brouage au temps des prisons
Cover of Brouage au temps des prisons

Brouage au temps des prisons

Émile Ducharlet, Comité du mémorial des origines de la Nouvelle-France

Published 2020

103 pages

Matricules

Matricules

Philippe Collin, Alain Denizet, Alexandre Dupouy

Published 2020

295 pages

Le cahier de Mulsanne

Le cahier de Mulsanne

Jean-Jacques Fontaine

Published 2020

159 pages

Tous confinés

Tous confinés

Stéphane Kronenberger

Published 2020

125 pages

Banane malaxée

Banane malaxée

Junior Haussin Noulapoum Kuaye

Published 2020

156 pages