Books like The gentle prisoner by Sara Seale

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

A five‑year‑old boy and his mother are held in a small room, and the story unfolds through the boy’s perspective, highlighting the harrowing effects of captivity.

The Orphan Master's Son follows a man's journey through propaganda, identity, and state power in North Korea.

Union Captain John Howe escapes a Confederate prison and must escort a reluctant former prisoner, Amanda Douglas, on a perilous journey that tests loyalty, love, and survival.

TV news journalist Piers Armstrong returns from a year as a hostage to Central America, haunted by dreams of captivity. Suzy Collier, his former lover and editor, must coax him into sharing his story, revealing how time and trauma have altered him.

He seethes with raw power the first time I see him--pure menace and rippling muscles in shackles. He’s dangerous. He’s wild. He’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. So I hide behind my prim glasses and my book like I always do, because I have secrets too. Then he shows up in the prison writing class I have to teach, and he blows me away with his honesty. He tells me secrets in his stories, and it’s getting harder to hide mine. I shiver when he gets too close, with only the cuffs and the bars and the guards holding him back. At night I can’t stop thinking about him in his cell. But that’s the thing about an animal in a cage--you never know when he’ll bite. He might use you to escape. He might even pull you into a forest and hold a hand over your mouth so you can’t call for the cops. He might make you come so hard, you can’t think. And you might crave him more than your next breath.