The Reading List

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Wednesday – 11th January 2023

‘I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy’ – Listen to Prince Harry reading from his memoir Spare

Spare, the official memoir by Prince Harry, is available now from Penguin Random House SA, with the audio read by the author.

New book alert! 8 Rules of Love: How to Find it, Keep it, and Let it Go by bestselling author Jay Shetty

8 Rules of Love: How to Find it, Keep it, and Let it Go by Jay Shetty is out in January from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Friday – 23rd December 2022

The perfect festive gifts for 2022 loading … five books your literary friends will add to the top of their TBR piles

Forget scented candles and ironic T-shirts – give your literary friends the perfect gift this festive season! Here are five of the best novels and short story collections of 2022.

Video: Probeer gerus Carmen Niehaus se resepte vir Hoenderschnitzels en Suurlemoen-meringuetert uit Lekker en goed

Beplan jy ‘n feesmaal? Hier is jou gratis resepte vir Hoenderschnitzels uit die boonste rakke en Suurlemoen-meringuetert uit Lekker en goed deur Carmen Niehaus.

Boeke is die beste geskenke … en hierdie drie is perfek vir geskiedenisliefhebbers!

Bederf die boekwurms in jou lewe met die perfekte geskenk hierdie feesseisoen. Hier is drie van die beste geskiedkundige boeke in Afrikaans vir 2022!

Wednesday – 21st December 2022

Boeke is die beste geskenke … en hier is vyf kookboeke perfek vir foodies en storieliefhebbers

Bederf die boekwurms in jou lewe met die perfekte geskenk hierdie feesseisoen. Hier is vyf van die beste Afrikaanse kookboeke vir 2022!

Footnotes, December 2022: Book links from around the web

At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.

The perfect festive gifts for 2022 loading – five books your outdoorsy friends will love

Give yourself or your nature-loving friends the perfect gift this festive season. Here are five of the most epic local books about nature published in 2022!

Tuesday – 20th December 2022

Bederftyd die Kerstyd … Vind weer liefde in vier splinternuwe Romanzas!

Vul jou kerskous met vier pragtige liefdesverhale deur Elsa Winckler, Madelie Human, Dina Botha en Rina Cilliers – nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers!

Friday – 16th December 2022

Boeke is die beste geskenke – en hierdie vyf is perfek vir onderwysers en ouers!

Is jou BVV (beste vriend vir altyd) ‘n ouer of onderwyser? Hier is vyf van die beste boeke om onder hul kersboom te sit die jaar!

The perfect festive gifts for 2022 loading – five cookbooks your foodie friends will devour!

Give your food-loving friends and family the perfect gift this festive season. Here are five great local cookbooks from 2022!

Thursday – 8th December 2022

Liefde, hartstog, intrige … LAPA se nuwe Romanzas is pure leesgenot!

Nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers! Vier lekkerlees-liefdesverhale deur Cecilia Nortjé, CM Christians, Corné van Rooyen en Malene Breytenbach.

Wil jy iets nuuts probeer? Laai nou jou gratis resep af vir Sjoechi-Beetblatjang uit Low Carb is Lekker Drie deur Inè Reynierse

Hoe rooier, hoe mooier … en in dié geval, gesonder! Probeer gerus Inè Reynierse se slim-koolhidraat resep vir Sjoechi-Beetblatjang uit Low Carb is Lekker Drie.

Mzala: A revolutionary prince of the people – The Lost Prince of the ANC by Mandla J Radebe

The Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman ‘Mzala’ Nxumalo by Mandla J Radebe is out in December from Jacana Media.

New book alert! Dawnlands by Philippa Gregory – in a divided country, power and loyalty conquer all

Dawnlands – the new historical novel from Philippa Gregory, the number one bestselling author of Tidelands and Dark Tides.

Wednesday – 7th December 2022

Perfek vir onderwysers en leerders … Tyd is ’n b**ksem en ander belaglik lekker tekste deur Marieta Nel is nou beskikbaar by LAPA!

Tyd is ’n b**ksem en ander belaglik lekker tekste – Marieta Nel se jongste hoërskool-studiegids – is perfek vir beide huistaal en eerste-addisioneletaal sprekers.