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24 books recommended for fans of Life Is Precarious by Keith Kim, tied together by themes of Penology, Social Science, and Biography & Autobiography.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Life Is Precarious.

Bronson — Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

The General’s Niece The Little-known de Gaulle who Fought to Free Occupied France — Paige Bowers

The General’s Niece The Little-known de Gaulle who Fought to Free Occupied France

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Little Book of Prison A Beginners Guide — Frankie Owens

Little Book of Prison A Beginners Guide

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

The Escape Artists A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War — Neal Bascomb

The Escape Artists A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Harry Allen Britain’s Last Hangman — Stewart McLaughlin

Harry Allen Britain’s Last Hangman

Stewart McLaughlin

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Insanity My Mad Life — Charlie Bronson

Insanity My Mad Life

Charlie Bronson

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Forget You Had a Daughter — Sandra Gregory

Forget You Had a Daughter

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Night of the Devil The Untold Story of Thomas Trantino and the Angel Lounge Killings — David Stout

Night of the Devil The Untold Story of Thomas Trantino and the Angel Lounge Killings

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Crime, Shame and Reintegration — John Braithwaite

Crime, Shame and Reintegration

John Braithwaite

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Prison Diaries From the Concrete Coffin — Charles Bronson

Prison Diaries From the Concrete Coffin

Charles Bronson

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Letters from Alcatraz A Collection of Letters, Interviews, and Views from James Whitey Bulger, Al Capone, Mickey Cohen, Machine Gun Kelly, and Prison Officials Both in and Outside of Alcatraz. — Michael Esslinger

Letters from Alcatraz A Collection of Letters, Interviews, and Views from James Whitey Bulger, Al Capone, Mickey Cohen, Machine Gun Kelly, and Prison Officials Both in and Outside of Alcatraz.

Michael Esslinger

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Crossing the Yard Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer — Richard Shelton

Crossing the Yard Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer

Richard Shelton

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

The Love Prison Made and Unmade My Story — Ebony Roberts

The Love Prison Made and Unmade My Story

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Lurigancho — Edward Padilla (Co-author of Lurigancho)

Edward Padilla (Co-author of Lurigancho)

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Love and Justice A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts — Maya Moore Irons

Love and Justice A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts

Maya Moore Irons

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Masters of Deceit The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight It — J. Edgar Hoover

Masters of Deceit The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight It

J. Edgar Hoover

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

A Rusty Gun — Razor Smith

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Forget You Had a Daughter Doing Time in the ‘Bangkok Hilton’ — Sandra Gregory

Forget You Had a Daughter Doing Time in the ‘Bangkok Hilton&#8217

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Turning the Tables From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again — Teresa Giudice

Turning the Tables From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

A Plea for Justice The Timothy Cole Story — Fred B. McKinley

A Plea for Justice The Timothy Cole Story

Fred B. McKinley

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Solitary Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope — Albert Woodfox

Solitary Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Memoirs Of Convicted Prisoners Accompanied By Remarks On The Causes And Prevention Of Crime (1853) — H. S. Joseph

Memoirs Of Convicted Prisoners Accompanied By Remarks On The Causes And Prevention Of Crime (1853)

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

The Sun Does Shine How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah’s Book Club Selection) — Anthony Ray Hinton

The Sun Does Shine How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah’s Book Club Selection)

Anthony Ray Hinton

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

Orange Is the New Black (Movie Tie-in Edition) My Year in a Women’s Prison — Piper Kerman

Orange Is the New Black (Movie Tie-in Edition) My Year in a Women’s Prison

Themes: Penology • Social Science • Biography & Autobiography

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