Books on Justice & Injustice

James Baldwin said, "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." In this collection, we've compiled texts that explore the idea of what justice is — and how it can thrive.

Ain't No Makin It

by Jay Macleod

Publication year 1987

Genre Reference/Text Book, Nonfiction

Themes Perseverance, Race, Social Class, Community, Economics, Nation, Politics & Government, Equality, Justice

Tags Race & Racism, Education, Education, Anthropology, Anthropology, Sociology, Social Justice, Poverty

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A Is For Alibi

by Sue Grafton

Publication year 1982

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Truth & Lies, Marriage, Justice

Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense

A is for Alibi (1982), written by Sue Grafton, is the first book in the Alphabet Mysteries series, featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. In the novel, Millhone, a former police officer, is hired by a woman who claims she was wrongfully convicted eight years ago of murdering her cheating husband. The Alphabet Mysteries series redefined the role of women detectives in 20th-century literature. The novel is a police procedural that touches on themes such as... Read A Is For Alibi Summary

A Kestrel For A Knave

by Barry Hines

Publication year 1968

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Grief, Hope, Masculinity, Coming of Age, Animals, Siblings, Self Discovery, Social Class, Community, Economics, Education, Justice

Tags Classic Fiction, Animals, British Literature, Coming of Age, Children`s Literature

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A Land More Kind than Home

by Wiley Cash

Publication year 2012

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Justice, Truth & Lies, Religion & Spirituality

Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Southern Gothic

Wiley Cash’s novel A Land More Kind Than Home (2012) is set in rural tobacco country in North Carolina. It focuses on the events that unfold over just a few days involving a charismatic church and its leader, Pastor Carson Chambliss. The story is told in alternating points of view from the perspectives of three characters, each of whom witnesses the events that unfold from a different angle. The story speaks to themes of The... Read A Land More Kind than Home Summary

Alchemised

by SenLinYu

Publication year 2025

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Grief, Loneliness, Love, Memory, Coming of Age, Self Discovery, Nation, War, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal, Power & Greed

Tags Fantasy, Romance, Action & Adventure

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All Her Little Secrets

by Wanda M. Morris

Publication year 2021

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Equality, Justice, Power & Greed, Safety & Danger, Trust & Doubt, Truth & Lies, Appearance & Reality, Femininity, Race, Mental Health, Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Fear, Grief, Guilt, Hate & Anger, Loneliness, Revenge, Shame & Pride

Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Race & Racism, Trauma & Abuse, Modern Classic Fiction

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All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque

Publication year 1929

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes War, Safety & Danger, Justice, Friendship, Death

Tags Military & War, Historical Fiction, World War I, Education, Education, World History, Classic Fiction

All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque which details the experiences of German soldiers at the frontlines of World War I. At the heart of the novel are graphic portrayals of trench warfare and the psychological trauma inflicted on the soldiers as a result. The novel presents a realistic portrait of a horrific war and provides unflattering accounts of the elite classes responsible for such mass destruction. The... Read All Quiet on the Western Front Summary

All the Glimmering Stars

by Mark Sullivan

Publication year 2024

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Fear, Forgiveness, Guilt, Hope, Joy, Loneliness, Love, Memory, Shame & Pride, Mental Health, Coming of Age, Future, The Past, Food, Place, Family, Friendship, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Colonialism, Community, Globalization, Nation, War, Fate, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal, Order & Chaos, Power & Greed, Safety & Danger, Trust & Doubt, Truth & Lies, Wins & Losses

Tags Historical Fiction

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All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

Publication year 1946

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Power & Greed, Family, Politics & Government, Justice, Loyalty & Betrayal

Tags Classic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Southern Literature, Politics & Government

All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren is a fictional political novel originally published in 1946 by Harcourt Brace & Company. Robert Penn Warren was an acclaimed novelist and poet from the American South. Along with fellow Southerners Cleanth Brooks and John Crowe Ransom, he was a leading proponent of the literary critical approach known as New Criticism. His best-known novel, All the King’s Men follows the political rise and fall of Governor Willie... Read All the King's Men Summary

All The Lovely Bad Ones

by Mary Downing Hahn

Publication year 2008

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Justice, Good & Evil, Siblings

Tags Horror & Suspense, Poverty, Trauma & Abuse, Relationships, Bullying, American Literature, Science Fiction, Children`s Literature, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

All The Lovely Bad Ones is a 2008 middle-grade fiction book written by Mary Downing Hahn, a prolific children’s author who has authored several award-winning novels. The book’s title is taken from the poem “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley, which the author inscribed to all children—including “all the lovely bad ones.” All The Lovely Bad Ones won an Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for Children and the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award.All The Lovely... Read All The Lovely Bad Ones Summary

All The Pretty Horses

by Cormac McCarthy

Publication year 1992

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Coming of Age, Justice, Animals

Tags Historical Fiction, Western, Trauma & Abuse, American Literature, Modern Classic Fiction, Classic Fiction

All the Pretty Horses (1992) is a novel by Cormac McCarthy and a winner of the National Book Award. The book follows a young man, John Grady Cole, and his best friend Lacey Rawlins as they run away to Mexico in the late 1940s. A bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, All the Pretty Horses is the first novel in McCarthy’s Border Trilogy and helped increase the American novelist’s popularity and... Read All The Pretty Horses Summary

All the Sinners Bleed

by S. A. Cosby

Publication year 2023

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Politics & Government, Race, Good & Evil, Religion & Spirituality, Justice

Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense, Southern Literature, Race & Racism, Trauma & Abuse, African American Literature, Social Justice, Modern Classic Fiction

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All the Water in the World

by Eiren Caffall

Publication year 2025

Genre Novel, Fiction

Themes Race, Childhood & Youth, Coming of Age, Death, Future, The Past, Animals, Climate, Environment, Food, Objects & Materials, Place, Family, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Social Class, Colonialism, Community, Economics, Art, Beauty, Equality, Justice, Literature, Music, Order & Chaos, Power & Greed, Safety & Danger, Science & Technology, Trust & Doubt

Tags Science Fiction

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