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Chain Gang All Stars: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel

Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black.

 

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Published Jan 23, 2024

432 pages

Average rating: 7.53

473 RATINGS

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Readers say *Chain Gang All Stars* is a powerful, thought-provoking novel with richly developed characters and urgent social commentary on America's p...

biddyy
Dec 23, 2025
A story that has everything. Weight, love, sacrifice, devastation, and a STATEMENT. The fact footnotes are nails in the coffin. A book everyone should read and sit with, it's so worth it.
Anne Phillips
Jan 03, 2026
8/10 stars
A great near future speculative fiction book that illustrates abolitionist values and exposes the horrors of mass incarceration and the death penalty. It’s a good story and I loved the characters, it was just a little too violent for me personally.
mettaworldpleats
Oct 08, 2025
I need a movie adaptation to this like I need air in my lungs
misha belden
Apr 02, 2025
10/10 stars
this book made my heart race, made me cry, made me have every visceral reaction in the book. 10/10 over and over again
Threebirdsinacoat
Jan 17, 2025
10/10 stars
What- oh my god. This book is beyond words beautiful. It presents no answer, only questions and explores modern day issues with the American prison system through an anti-capitalist and realistic lens. I just finished. I am in awe.

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