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Novel Ideas for Us · Fiction
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Divine Arrangements
Takalani Mutshinyane
The Dogs of Vivo
Sven Axelrad
The Near North
Ivan Vladislavić
Bare VI
Jackie Phamotse
Recipes for Love and Murder
Sally Andrew
Spud
John van de Ruit
The Cry of Winnie Mandela
Njabulo S. Ndebele
Critical But Stable
Angela Makholwa
The Promise
Damon Galgut
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
Jock of the Bushveld
Percy FitzPatrick
Mhudi
Sol Plaatje
The Burfee Seller’s Daughters
Shafinaaz Hassim
Enigma
Rudie van Rensburg
Good Things Keep Happening to Me
Puseletso Tsotetsi
How to Stop Being a Naai
Mia Arderne
The Quiet Violence of Dreams
K. Sello Duiker
Skorpio
Deon Meyer
Fiela se kind
Dalene Matthee
Tsotsi
Athol Fugard
Grensloos
Wilna Adriaanse
The Story of an African Farm
Olive Schreiner
The Sad Boy's Starter Pack
Zubayr Charles
Growing Up with Us · Grow
10
Dancing Words
Athambile Masola
All That I Am
Refiloe Moahloli
My First Book of Southern African Wildlife
Erroll Cuthbert
Woorde Wat Dans
Athambile Masola
My First Book of Southern African Animal Tracks
Chris & Mathilde Stuart
My First Book of Southern African Ocean Life
Roberta Griffiths
My First Book of Southern African Birds
Erroll Cuthbert
My First Book of Southern African Mammals
Peter Apps
Die avonture van Wilde Willemientjie
Riana Scheepers
It’s a Wandaful World!
Sihle Nontshokweni & Mathabo Tlali
Writefully Ours · Know
29
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
I Write What I Like
Steve Biko
Born a Crime
Trevor Noah
Winnie & Nelson
Jonny Steinberg
How Did We Get Here?
Mpoomy Ledwaba
The End of Normal
Max du Preez
Coloured
Tessa Dooms & Lynsey Ebony Chutel
The Story of 702: In Touch, In Tune and Independent
David Williams & Chris Gibbons, with David Saks
From One Mother to Another
Ntando Rambani & Zibu Sithole
Falling Forward
Rachel Kolisi
Rassie: Stories of Life and Rugby
Rassie Erasmus
Shirley, Goodness and Mercy
Chris van Wyk
The Invisible People
Phuthuma Nhleko
Tsietsi Mashinini
Sam Mathe
Digging Deep
Jade Davenport
Disciple: Walking with God
Rorisang Thandekiso
Zama Zama: South Africa's Illicit Mining Underworld
Graham Coetzer
The Shadow State
Jeff Wicks
Belonging
Ashwin Desai & Goolam Vahed
Die Stellenbosch-Mafia
Pieter du Toit
Where to From Here?
Tara Roos
Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu?
Niq Mhlongo
Rise
Siya Kolisi
Betting on a Darkie
Mteto Nyati
Blazing a Trail
Lincoln Mali
Daisy de Melker
Ted Botha
The Lie of 1652
Patric Tariq Mellet
Aanstap Boere
Max du Preez
Walter Sisulu
Tom Lodge
Great Tastes for Us · Taste
11
The Lazy Makoti's Guide to the Kitchen
Mogau Seshoene
Braai
Reuben Riffel
Retro Karoo Food
Tony Jackman
Jan Braai Atmosfire
Jan Braai
Timeless South African
Ilse van der Merwe
South African Cookbook
Nokx Majozi
A Food Love Story
Onezwa Mbola
Jane's Delicious Garden
Jane Griffiths
Kook en geniet
S.J.A. de Villiers
Damn Good Food
Fehmz Jordaan
Indian Delights
Zuleikha Mayat
Our Country Around Us · Explore
6
Sappi Birds of South Africa: Enhanced Edition
Herman van Niekerk & Saartjie Kidson
South African Birds by Name: Origins and Meanings
Eddie Germiquet
Tracks in the Dust
Mario Cesare
On Route in South Africa
B.P.J. Erasmus
Wineries of the Cape
Lindsaye McGregor & Erica Bartholomae
Game Ranger in Your Backpack
Megan Emmett & Sean Pattrick
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