The Greatest Books of All Time on Justice

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
15563 A Song For The Dark Times Ian Rankin 2020 British English
15563 The Last Trial Scott Turow 2020 American English
15563 A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke 2020 American English
15612 The New Centurions Joseph Wambaugh 1970 American English
15638 Honor Thy Father Gay Talese 1971 American English
15645 The Judge Rebecca West 1922 British English
15663 Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong 2021 British English
15682 The Whitewashed Tombs Kwei Quartey 2023 Ghanaian English
15742 "Les Misérables" De Victor Hugo Henri Scepi 1862 French French
15782 The Wife of Martin Guerre Janet Lewis 1941 American English
15787 Perrault's Fairy Tales Charles Perrault 1697 French French
15765 The Oedipus Plays Of Sophocles Sophocles -429 Greek Ancient greek
15773 Oh, Promised Land James Street 1940 American English
15806 All My Sons Arthur Miller 1947 American English
15825 A History Of Political Theory George Holland Sabine 1937 American English
15815 The Complete Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1911 British English
15808 Into That Darkness Gitta Sereny 1974 British English
15807 30,000 On The Hoof Zane Grey 1940 American English
15902 Enquiry Concerning Political Justice William Godwin 1793 British English
15902 The Maurizius Case Jakob Wassermann 1928 German German
15902 Success Lion Feuchtwanger 1930 German German
16492 The Prince Of Homburg Heinrich von Kleist 1821 German German
15902 Night And Morning Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1841 British English
15902 Rienzi Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1835 British English
15902 Classic Crimes William Roughead 1951 Scottish English
15902 The Trial Of Charles I C. V. Wedgwood 1964 British English
15902 The Sands Of Windee Arthur William Upfield 1931 Australian English
15902 The Jew Of Rome Lion Feuchtwanger 1932 German German
16509 The Great Train Robbery Michael Crichton 1975 American English
15902 Death In The Wrong Room Anthony Gilbert 1947 British English
15902 The Engagement Georges Simenon 1933 Belgian French
15902 The King Of The Golden River John Ruskin 1851 British English
15902 The Man In The Net Patrick Quentin 1956 American English
15902 An Oxford Tragedy J. C. Masterman 1933 British English
15902 A Pin To See The Peepshow F. Tennyson Jesse 1934 British English
15902 The Red Box Rex Stout 1937 American English
15902 Suicide Excepted Cyril Hare 1939 British English
16502 Swamp Water Vereen Bell 1941 American English
16536 R. S. V. P. Murder E. B. Eberhart 1938 Unknown English
16561 Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose 1954 American English
16583 Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16586 David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson 1893 Scottish English
16596 Le Comte De Monte Cristo I Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
16657 The Seven Who Were Hanged Leonid Andreyev 1908 Russian Russian
16713 Croatian Tales of Long Ago Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic 1916 Croatian Croatian
16620 The Red Thumb Mark R Austin Freeman 1907 British English
16686 Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamné Victor Hugo 1829 French French
16695 Botchan Natsume Sōseki 1906 Japanese Japanese
16617 Curtain Agatha Christie 1975 British English
16722 Os Miseráveis 2 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16717 Os Miseráveis 1 Victor Hugo 1862 French French
16607 The Brothers Karamazov Fedor Dostoyevsky 1880 Russian Russian
17126 A Civil Action Jonathan Harr 1995 American English
17126 The Lion and the Throne Catherine Drinker Bowen 1957 American English
17126 Fleshmarket Close Ian Rankin 2004 Scottish English
17126 Fatal Purity Ruth Scurr 2006 British English
17126 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney 2006 British English
17126 Origins of the Fifth Amendment Leonard W. Levy 1968 American English
17126 The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe 1983 American English
17126 The Indian Lawyer James Welch 1990 Native American English
17126 A Testament of Hope Martin Luther King 1986 American English
17126 The Statement Brian Moore 1995 Irish English
17126 Sweet Taste of Liberty W. Caleb McDaniel 2019 American English
17126 The Song of Rhiannon Evangeline Walton 1972 British English
17126 This Mortal Boy Fiona Kidman 2018 New Zealander English
17126 Black Panther By Ta Nehisi Coates Vol. 1 Ta-Nehisi Coates 2016 American English
17126 Love Wins Debbie Cenziper 2016 American English
17126 A Crime In The Neighborhood Suzanne Berne 1997 American English
16904 The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison 1961 American English
17126 Death And The Maiden Ariel Dorfman 1991 Chilean Spanish
17126 The Thousand Crimes Of Ming Tsu Tom Lin 2021 American English
17126 The Black Christ Kelly Brown Douglas 1994 American English
17126 Directed By Desire June Jordan 2005 American English
17126 Pushout Monique W. Morris 2016 American English
17126 Unequal City Carla Shedd 2015 American English
17126 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
17126 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17126 Claws Of The Cat Susan Spann 2013 American English
17126 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17126 Red Notice Bill Browder 2015 American English
17126 Gorgias/Gorgias Coleen P. Zoller, Jurgen R. Gatt, S. Montgomery Ewegen 2023 Unknown Unknown
17126 That Bird Has My Wings Jarvis Jay Masters 2009 American English
17126 Tangerine Edward Bloor 1997 American English
17126 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17126 Between Riverside & Crazy Stephen Adly Guirgis 2014 American English
17076 The Mousetrap Agatha Christie 1952 British English
16958 Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance John Arden 1959 British English
17126 Short Eyes Miguel Pinero 1974 American English
17126 Up Country Nelson DeMille 2002 American English
17126 The Deemster Hall Caine 1887 British English
17126 Hard Cash Charles Reade 1863 British English
17126 Jack Glass Adam Roberts 2012 British English
17126 Son Of The Black Sword Larry Correia 2015 American English
17105 Robin Hood Henry Gilbert 1912 British English
17126 The Appeal John Grisham 2008 American English
17126 Cross Fire James Patterson 2010 American English
17126 The Pelican Brief John Grisham 1992 American English
17126 The Runaway Jury John Grisham 1996 American English
17126 The Camel Club David Baldacci 2005 American English
17126 The Chamber John Grisham 1994 American English
17126 Cross Country James Patterson 2008 American English
17126 The Last Juror John Grisham 2004 American English
17126 The Street Lawyer John Grisham 1998 American English
17126 The Partner John Grisham 1997 American English
17126 Worst Case James Patterson 2010 American English
17126 Alex Cross's Trial James Patterson 2009 American English
17126 Go Set A Watchman Harper Lee 2015 American English
17126 The Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman 1986 American English
17126 Covered With Night Nicole Eustace 2021 American English
17126 Born Again Charles W. Colson 1976 British English
17105 The Best Mayor, The King Lope de Vega 1635 Spanish Spanish
16776 The Tale Of The Eloquent Peasant R. B. Parkinson 1971 Egyptian Egyptian
17126 Justice As Fairness John Rawls 2001 American English
17126 If You're An Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich? G. A. Cohen 2000 British English
17126 Justice For Hedgehogs Ronald Dworkin 2011 American English
17126 Shell Shaker LeAnne Howe 2001 American English
17126 Friends In High Places Donna Leon 1999 French English
17126 Simone Weil Simone Weil 1986 French French
17126 Les Goûters Philo Brigitte Labbé 1996 French French
17126 A Fool's Errand, By One Of The Fools Albion Winegar Tourgee 1879 American English