Three Books!

In Japan, condemned prisoners on death row are permitted to possess only 3 books in their cell, what three books do you want?

The following are mentioned by my friends, their names are kept confidential.
JL: “The 3 books I will possess in prison are the bible, How to escape from prison and a 1 million jokes book.”

TT: “The Bible, bible commentary and LOR trilogy.”

EW: “The Bible, bible commentary and CS Lewis.”

PP: “The bible, blank book and a thick biography of somebody.”

SI: “The 3 books I will possess are the bible, bible commentary and how to escape from prison.”

SB: “The bible, mere Christianity and Les Miserable.”

DMB: “Bible, Guinness Books of world record and Kokoda by Peter Fitzsimon.”