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24 titles for readers of Prison as Punishment by Ralph Spinelli, selected for shared themes: Criminals & Outlaws and Biography & Autobiography.

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Lost Girls The Unsolved American Mystery of the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Murders — Robert Kolker

Lost Girls The Unsolved American Mystery of the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Murders

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Kennedy’s Avenger Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby — Dan Abrams

Kennedy’s Avenger Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Deadly Dose The Untold Story of a Homicide Investigator’s Crusade for Truth and Justice — Amanda Lamb

Deadly Dose The Untold Story of a Homicide Investigator’s Crusade for Truth and Justice

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

From Bonnie and Clyde to Federal Prison — Henry D. Welch

From Bonnie and Clyde to Federal Prison

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Ali Pacha — Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Filthy Rich The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein The Billionaire s Sex Scandal — James Patterson

Filthy Rich The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein The Billionaire s Sex Scandal

James Patterson

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Mr Nice — Howard Marks

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Lucky Luciano The Startling True Story Of The World’s Most Notorious Racketeer, Vice King, And Dope Peddler, And His Untouchable Friends — Ovid Demaris

Lucky Luciano The Startling True Story Of The World’s Most Notorious Racketeer, Vice King, And Dope Peddler, And His Untouchable Friends

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

The Most Dangerous Animal of All Searching for My Father . . . and Finding the Zodiac Killer — Gary L. Stewart

The Most Dangerous Animal of All Searching for My Father . . . and Finding the Zodiac Killer

Gary L. Stewart

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Purgatory A Prison Diary — Jeffrey Archer

Purgatory A Prison Diary

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Raiders — Razor Smith

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid — Pat Garrett

The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Through the Glass — Shannon Moroney

Through the Glass

Shannon Moroney

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Life on the Outside The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett — Jennifer Gonnerman

Life on the Outside The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett

Jennifer Gonnerman

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Ambush at Central Park When the IRA Came to New York — Mark Bulik

Ambush at Central Park When the IRA Came to New York

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Killing Pablo The Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in History — Mark Bowden

Killing Pablo The Hunt for the Richest, Most Powerful Criminal in History

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

To Hell on a Fast Horse Updated Edition The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett — Mark Lee Gardner

To Hell on a Fast Horse Updated Edition The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett

Mark Lee Gardner

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

To Live Outside the Law Caught by Operation Julie, Britain’s Biggest Drugs Bust — Leaf Fielding

To Live Outside the Law Caught by Operation Julie, Britain’s Biggest Drugs Bust

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Black Mass The Irish Mob, the Boston FBI, and a Devil’s Deal — Dick Lehr

Black Mass The Irish Mob, the Boston FBI, and a Devil’s Deal

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

The Basement The True Crime Serial Killer Gary Heidnik — RJ Parker PhD

The Basement The True Crime Serial Killer Gary Heidnik

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

The Spider Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell — Barry Levine

The Spider Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

The Last Gunfight The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West — Jeff Guinn

The Last Gunfight The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Yours for Eternity A Love Story on Death Row — Damien Echols

Yours for Eternity A Love Story on Death Row

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

American Kingpin The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road — Nick Bilton

American Kingpin The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Biography & Autobiography

Fans of Prison as Punishment by Ralph Spinelli will find 24 titles here, all united by Criminals & Outlaws, Biography & Autobiography. Authors represented include Robert Kolker, Dan Abrams, Amanda Lamb, Henry D. Welch, and others.

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