Novels about slavery

1814 novel by Jane Austen

1878 novel by Jules Verne

nineteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin

novel by Karel Čapek

Japanese light novel series

Japanese light novel series

Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640–1689), first published in 1688 by William Canning and reprinted later that year in the compilation Three Histories by Mrs. A. Behn. The eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first-person account of Oroonoko's life, love, and rebellion.

Bug-Jargal is a novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. First published in 1826, it is a reworked version of an earlier short story of the same name published in the Hugo brothers' magazine Le Conservateur littéraire in 1820. The novel follows a friendship between the enslaved African prince of the title and a French military officer named Leopold D'Auverney during the tumultuous early years of the Haitian Revolution.

1996 novel by Terry Pratchett

novel by Robert A. Heinlein

Japanese light novel series

fictional universe created by Larry Niven

novel by Bernardo Guimarães

British young adult novel series

Japanese light novel series

2014 novel by Pierce Brown

1915 novel by Rafael Sabatini

1962 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer

novel by Alexandre Dumas

or simply Doreiku, is a Japanese novel series written by Shinichi Okada. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hiroto Ōishi ran for 10 volumes starting in 2012. A live action film was released under the title Tokyo Slaves in 2014, and an anime television series adaptation of the manga animated by Zero-G and TNK aired from April 13 to June 29, 2018.

2018 novel by Tomi Adeyemi

Ourika is an 1823 novel by Claire de Duras, originally published anonymously.

2024 novel by Percival Everett

novel by Frederick Marryat

Aadujeevitham (English: The Goat Life) is a 2008 Malayalam-language novel by Indian author Benyamin. Its English version is marketed under the title Goat Days. It is about an abused Malayali migrant worker employed in Saudi Arabia as a goatherd against his will.