The latest Spanish 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. The newest come first. Only books in Spanish are listed.

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De Profundis
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De Profundis

Oscar Wilde

1976 · 2016 edition

82 pages

Israel Potter
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Israel Potter

Herman Melville

1974 · 2008 edition

328 pages

Los supervivientes
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Los supervivientes

Robert Muchamore, Akiyo Ōsawa

2006 · 2009 edition

320 pages

Pandora Hearts

Pandora Hearts

Jun Mochizuki

2006 · 2018 edition

194 pages

Jack Maggs
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Jack Maggs

Peter Carey

1997 · 2001 edition

480 pages