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24 alternatives to Shantaram

Bank robber & heroin addict escapes jail and flees to India

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shantaram launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Mountain Shadow▲54

   Sequel to Shantaram

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Thinker▲61

   How I escaped my prison

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Mr. Smith Goes to Prison▲68

   A year behind bars taught me about America's prison crisis

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   When To Rob a Bank▲165

   New book from the authors of Freakonomics

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour - Chapter Six▲68

   Time for a bank heist.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Freakonomics: Why Are We Still Using Cash?▲85

   What do robbery, tax evasion & drug dealing have in common?

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Shantaram: The Novel by Gregory David Roberts▲2

   Morten Lund's Favourite Book on The Twenty Minute VC

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   A Burglar's Guide to the City▲67

   You'll never see the city the same way again.

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Case of the Missing Banana▲61

   Someone has stolen Patrick's banana!

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Escape The Wolf▲63

    A security handbook for traveling professionals

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Breached!▲60

    A Cautionary Tale of Cybersecurity and Intrigue

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Great Escape▲59

    Health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Reply All - 24: Exit & Return, Part II▲64

    Concluding Shulem Deen’s story

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Winter Fugitives 2: Chronicles▲75

    Be a part of the biggest prison breakout in history

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Reply All #76: Lost in a Cab▲67

    People who are trying to beat the system.

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Winter Fugitives 2: Chronicles▲61

    Escape from an isolated prison in the mountains

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Serial - S2E1: DUSTWUN▲230

    Season 2 follows Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Narco-nomics▲63

    How to run a drug cartel

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Serial - S2E6: 5 O’Clock Shadow▲72

    Why did Bowe Bergdahl walk off?

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Robber Barons▲60

    American capitalists who seized economic power

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Eileen: A Novel▲55

    Woman working in a boy's prison is pulled into a crime

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    TGIM - Business Lessons from Prison▲76

    For people who can’t wait for the week to *start*.

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Morning Short - #66 - "The Postmaster" By Rabindranath Tagore▲55

    Tales from India's First Nobel-Prize Winning Author

    2016 · its alternatives →

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