50 Books like Writing My Wrongs

The Sun Does Shine

by Anthony Ray Hinton • 2018

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

4.65

83k+

⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

The Sun Does Shine 96%

Arrested on a misidentification, sentenced to die, then he told the prosecutor he loved him.

by Anthony Ray Hinton 2018

4.65

83k+ ratings

⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💀 Death Row Memoirs ⚖️ Systemic Racism 💙 Radical Forgiveness 🙏 Faith Under Duress

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker • 1999

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

4.14

2k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Education of a Felon 95%

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

by Edward Bunker 1999

4.14

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore • 2010

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

3.87

60k+

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Other Wes Moore 95%

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

by Wes Moore 2010

3.87

60k+ ratings

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Sing Sing Files

by Dan Slepian • 2024

The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.

4.46

3k+

🎯 Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🏛️ Mass Incarceration

The Sing Sing Files 94%

The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.

by Dan Slepian 2024

4.46

3k+ ratings

🎯 Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🏛️ Mass Incarceration

Unruly

by Ja Rule • 2014

Millions of records sold. A prison sentence. And one phone call to the father who left him.

3.51

164

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Music Industry ✊ Black Masculinity 👨‍👧 Fatherhood 🕊️ Redemption

Unruly 94%

Millions of records sold. A prison sentence. And one phone call to the father who left him.

by Ja Rule 2014

3.51

164 ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Memoirs 🎵 Music Industry ✊ Black Masculinity 👨‍👧 Fatherhood 🕊️ Redemption

Orange Is the New Black

by Piper Kerman • 2010

A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.

3.72

207k+

🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔒 Prison Memoir ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍🦰 Women In Prison 💊 Drug War

Orange Is the New Black 94%

A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.

by Piper Kerman 2010

3.72

207k+ ratings

🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🔒 Prison Memoir ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 👩‍🦰 Women In Prison 💊 Drug War

Last Chance in Texas

by John Hubner • 2005

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

4.29

828

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Last Chance in Texas 94%

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

by John Hubner 2005

4.29

828 ratings

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

The Dark Side of the Mind

by Kerry Daynes • 2019

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

4.02

8k+

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

The Dark Side of the Mind 93%

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

by Kerry Daynes 2019

4.02

8k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

The Beautiful Struggle

by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2008

Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.

4.08

11k+

🏙️ Urban Memoir 🖤 African American Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoirs ✊ Black Nationalism 🎤 Hip-Hop Culture

The Beautiful Struggle 93%

Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.

by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008

4.08

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Memoir 🖤 African American Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoirs ✊ Black Nationalism 🎤 Hip-Hop Culture

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love

by Thomas A. Tarrants • 2019

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

4.37

461

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion ✝️ Christian Testimony 📚 Intellectual Conversion

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love Summary

Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love 93%

A Klansman went to prison. Books and unlikely friendships made him a minister.

by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019

4.37

461 ratings

🕊️ Racial Reconciliation 🚪 Leaving Hate Groups ⛓️ Prison Conversion ✝️ Christian Testimony 📚 Intellectual Conversion

Insane

by Alisa Roth • 2018

Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.

4.07

1k+

🏥 Mental Illness In Jails 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization ⛓️ Solitary Confinement 👮 Police Reform

Insane 93%

Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.

by Alisa Roth 2018

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏥 Mental Illness In Jails 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization ⛓️ Solitary Confinement 👮 Police Reform

Reading with Patrick

by Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

4.16

6k+

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Reading with Patrick 93%

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

by Michelle Kuo 2017

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

The Other Side of Prospect

by Nicholas Dawidoff • 2022

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

4.43

462

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

The Other Side of Prospect 93%

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022

4.43

462 ratings

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

Manifest Injustice

by Barry Siegel • 2013

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

4.10

178

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Manifest Injustice 93%

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

by Barry Siegel 2013

4.10

178 ratings

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Another Word for Love

by Carvell Wallace • 2024

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

4.25

2k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

Another Word for Love 93%

Childhood taught him survival meant armoring up; recovery taught him presence takes more courage.

by Carvell Wallace 2024

4.25

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Generational Trauma 🟤 Racial Identity 🖤 Black Men

None of the Above

by Shani Robinson • 2019

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

3.94

190

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

None of the Above 93%

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

by Shani Robinson 2019

3.94

190 ratings

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

Bad Boy

by Walter Dean Myers • 2001

He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.

3.73

3k+

🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age ✊🏾 Racial Identity 🏙️ Harlem Life 🥊 Urban Violence 🌧️ Depression Memoirs

Bad Boy 92%

He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.

by Walter Dean Myers 2001

3.73

3k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age ✊🏾 Racial Identity 🏙️ Harlem Life 🥊 Urban Violence 🌧️ Depression Memoirs

Under Our Skin

by Benjamin Watson • 2015

Racism is sin, not sociology. An NFL player on why healing must start in the heart.

4.37

2k+

🌉 Racial Reconciliation ✝️ Christian Social Justice 👮 Police Brutality 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Racial Stereotypes

Under Our Skin 92%

Racism is sin, not sociology. An NFL player on why healing must start in the heart.

by Benjamin Watson 2015

4.37

2k+ ratings

🌉 Racial Reconciliation ✝️ Christian Social Justice 👮 Police Brutality 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Racial Stereotypes

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised

by Carmelo Anthony • 2021

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

4.07

2k+

🏀 Basketball Memoirs 🏢 Housing Projects ⚖️ Systemic Racism 👩‍👦 Single Mothers 🌆 Urban Coming Of Age

Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised 92%

Grief unnamed, a mother's open door, a blacktop sanctuary: surviving the projects before the NBA.

by Carmelo Anthony 2021

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏀 Basketball Memoirs 🏢 Housing Projects ⚖️ Systemic Racism 👩‍👦 Single Mothers 🌆 Urban Coming Of Age

Fire Shut Up in My Bones

by Charles M. Blow • 2014

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

4.01

5k+

🌾 Southern Childhood 🖤 Growing Up Black 🩹 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧬 Generational Trauma

Fire Shut Up in My Bones 92%

Sexually abused at seven, he spent decades climbing toward power. A polygraph machine made him stop.

by Charles M. Blow 2014

4.01

5k+ ratings

🌾 Southern Childhood 🖤 Growing Up Black 🩹 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🧬 Generational Trauma

A Chance in the World

by Steve Pemberton • 2012

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

4.27

6k+

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir 📖 Reading As Escape 🌓 Mixed Race Identity

A Chance in the World 92%

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

by Steve Pemberton 2012

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir 📖 Reading As Escape 🌓 Mixed Race Identity

How the Word Is Passed

by Clint Smith • 2021

From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.

4.70

41k+

📜 American Slavery 🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology

How the Word Is Passed 92%

From Monticello to Angola Prison, nine American sites where slavery's past has never really ended.

by Clint Smith 2021

4.70

41k+ ratings

📜 American Slavery 🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🏚️ Lost Cause Mythology

Fist Stick Knife Gun

by Geoffrey Canada • 1995

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

4.03

3k+

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

Fist Stick Knife Gun 92%

Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.

by Geoffrey Canada 1995

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Violence 🧱 Street Culture 🌱 Youth Mentorship 🔫 Gun Violence 💊 Drug Trade

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

From the Ashes 92%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🍃 Cultural Reclamation 🏕️ Survival Memoir

Never Far from Home

by Bruce Jackson • 2023

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

4.12

257

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Never Far from Home 92%

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

by Bruce Jackson 2023

4.12

257 ratings

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Short Stories

by Columbus Short • 2020

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

3.94

293

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

Short Stories 92%

A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.

by Columbus Short 2020

3.94

293 ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 🖤 Black Hollywood 💊 Substance Abuse Recovery 🩹 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Race In Entertainment

The Best Minds

by Jonathan Rosen • 2023

He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.

4.03

18k+

🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives 🔬 Forensic Psychiatry 🏛️ Insanity Defense 🏥 Deinstitutionalization 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

The Best Minds 92%

He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.

by Jonathan Rosen 2023

4.03

18k+ ratings

🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives 🔬 Forensic Psychiatry 🏛️ Insanity Defense 🏥 Deinstitutionalization 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

Look at Me!

by Jonathan Reiss • 2020

Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.

4.54

126

🎤 Hip Hop Biography 🔪 True Crime Biography 🎨 Troubled Artists 💔 Trauma And Creativity 📱 Digital Age Celebrity

Look at Me! 92%

Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.

by Jonathan Reiss 2020

4.54

126 ratings

🎤 Hip Hop Biography 🔪 True Crime Biography 🎨 Troubled Artists 💔 Trauma And Creativity 📱 Digital Age Celebrity

Smart on Crime

by Kamala Harris • 2009

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

3.75

346

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Smart on Crime 92%

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

by Kamala Harris 2009

3.75

346 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Parrot's Perch 92%

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2015

America's myth of innocence is built on Black bodies. A father writes his son.

4.40

370k+

🧱 Systemic Racism 🩸 Racial Violence 🛑 Police Brutality 👨🏾‍🦱 Black Fatherhood 📚 Black Intellectual Tradition

Between the World and Me 92%

America's myth of innocence is built on Black bodies. A father writes his son.

by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2015

4.40

370k+ ratings

🧱 Systemic Racism 🩸 Racial Violence 🛑 Police Brutality 👨🏾‍🦱 Black Fatherhood 📚 Black Intellectual Tradition

Doing Justice

by Preet Bharara • 2019

Every charging decision is a moral wager. A former U.S. Attorney lays out the odds.

4.27

6k+

🏛️ Criminal Prosecution ⚖️ American Justice System 📋 Prosecutorial Ethics 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform ✍️ Legal Memoir

Doing Justice 92%

Every charging decision is a moral wager. A former U.S. Attorney lays out the odds.

by Preet Bharara 2019

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Criminal Prosecution ⚖️ American Justice System 📋 Prosecutorial Ethics 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform ✍️ Legal Memoir

A Quantum Life

by Hakeem Oluseyi • 2021

A crack addict hiding in Stanford labs. A newborn daughter. Solar telescopes and a second chance.

4.48

913

🔭 Scientist Memoirs 🩹 Addiction And Recovery 📈 Upward Mobility 🎓 Black In Academia 🧪 Racism In Science

A Quantum Life 92%

A crack addict hiding in Stanford labs. A newborn daughter. Solar telescopes and a second chance.

by Hakeem Oluseyi 2021

4.48

913 ratings

🔭 Scientist Memoirs 🩹 Addiction And Recovery 📈 Upward Mobility 🎓 Black In Academia 🧪 Racism In Science

Nowhere Girl

by Cheryl Diamond • 2021

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

4.04

9k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

Nowhere Girl 92%

Forging documents before cursive. At sixteen, she walked a runway while hiding a fugitive past.

by Cheryl Diamond 2021

4.04

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🕵️ Criminal Families 💔 Childhood Trauma 🎭 False Identities ✂️ Breaking Family Cycles

The Rejected Stone

by Al Sharpton • 2013

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

4.18

148

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

The Rejected Stone 92%

What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.

by Al Sharpton 2013

4.18

148 ratings

✊🏾 Activist Memoir 🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership ✊ Modern Civil Rights ⛪ Black Church Tradition 🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline

My Losing Season

by Pat Conroy • 2002

Revisiting his worst college basketball season, a novelist finds the writer forged in every loss.

3.91

11k+

⛹️ Sports Memoirs ✍️ Literary Memoirs 🏀 Basketball Writing 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons 🎖️ Military Education

My Losing Season 92%

Revisiting his worst college basketball season, a novelist finds the writer forged in every loss.

by Pat Conroy 2002

3.91

11k+ ratings

⛹️ Sports Memoirs ✍️ Literary Memoirs 🏀 Basketball Writing 👨‍👦 Fathers And Sons 🎖️ Military Education

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • 2016

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

4.47

2k+

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 92%

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016

4.47

2k+ ratings

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

Tattoos on the Heart

by Gregory Boyle • 2009

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

4.49

31k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation 🩹 Shame And Healing 🌱 Second Chances

Tattoos on the Heart 92%

Gang programs fail because they're conditional. One LA priest bet on love that refuses to quit.

by Gregory Boyle 2009

4.49

31k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice ⛪ Urban Ministry 🔄 Gang Rehabilitation 🩹 Shame And Healing 🌱 Second Chances

The Prosecutor

by Nazir Afzal • 2020

He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.

4.42

1k+

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 👰 Honour Based Violence 🛑 Child Sexual Exploitation ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🏛️ Institutional Reform

The Prosecutor 92%

He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.

by Nazir Afzal 2020

4.42

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 👰 Honour Based Violence 🛑 Child Sexual Exploitation ⛓️ Modern Slavery 🏛️ Institutional Reform

Are Prisons Obsolete?

by Angela Y. Davis • 2003

Prisons are modern slavery, built for profit rather than safety. Reform only makes them stronger.

4.51

31k+

⛓️ Prison Abolition 🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏭 Prison Industrial Complex ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Are Prisons Obsolete? 92%

Prisons are modern slavery, built for profit rather than safety. Reform only makes them stronger.

by Angela Y. Davis 2003

4.51

31k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Abolition 🏛️ Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏭 Prison Industrial Complex ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Will

by Will Smith • 2021

The secret to Will Smith's empire: a terrified kid, a pile of bricks, and a refusal to stop.

4.24

76k+

📖 Celebrity Memoir 🎤 Hip-Hop Memoir 🦁 Overcoming Fear 🏆 Redefining Success 🏃 Taking Action

Will 92%

The secret to Will Smith's empire: a terrified kid, a pile of bricks, and a refusal to stop.

by Will Smith 2021

4.24

76k+ ratings

📖 Celebrity Memoir 🎤 Hip-Hop Memoir 🦁 Overcoming Fear 🏆 Redefining Success 🏃 Taking Action

Undisputed Truth

by Mike Tyson • 2013

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

4.17

11k+

🥊 Boxing Memoirs 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction 🔄 Addiction And Recovery ⚡ Toxic Masculinity

Undisputed Truth 92%

A bullied kid from Brooklyn becomes the youngest heavyweight champion, then watches it all burn.

by Mike Tyson 2013

4.17

11k+ ratings

🥊 Boxing Memoirs 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Fame And Self-Destruction 🔄 Addiction And Recovery ⚡ Toxic Masculinity

Manifesting Justice

by Valena E. Beety • 2022

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

4.33

126

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Manifesting Justice 92%

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

by Valena E. Beety 2022

4.33

126 ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

by Michael Mansfield • 2009

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

4.01

157

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer 92%

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

by Michael Mansfield 2009

4.01

157 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

Bête noire

by Éric Dupond-Moretti • 2012

In French courts, judges shield their own, experts peddle junk, and acquittals mean war.

3.80

186

🏛️ Criminal Justice ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🛡️ Criminal Defense 📖 Legal Memoir 🚔 Police Misconduct

Bête noire 92%

In French courts, judges shield their own, experts peddle junk, and acquittals mean war.

by Éric Dupond-Moretti 2012

3.80

186 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🛡️ Criminal Defense 📖 Legal Memoir 🚔 Police Misconduct

Profit and Punishment

by Tony Messenger • 2021

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

4.26

658

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Profit and Punishment 92%

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

by Tony Messenger 2021

4.26

658 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodiversity

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