The most popular French prison books

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. Only books in French are listed.

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Détective Inc
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Détective Inc

Véronique Dubois, Sophie Wilkins

Published 2008

111 pages

Comme un frère
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Comme un frère

David Treuer

1999 · 2001 edition

329 pages

Filles de justice
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Filles de justice

Françoise Tétard, Claire Dumas

Published 2009

516 pages

POLICE, JUSTICE, PRISON
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POLICE, JUSTICE, PRISON

Werner Ackermann, Joëlle Moras, Marcel Proulx, Jean-Luc Faivre, Christian Mouhanna

Published 2000

181 pages

Une profonde affection
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Une profonde affection

Frances Fyfield, Wattwiller, Dominique, 19..

2000 · 2002 edition

372 pages