The Reading List

Find and share the best in books – daily!

Thursday – 19th September 2024

Nexus – Yuval Noah Harari’s warning about our AI future

In Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world.

Pagecast dives into the vibrant world of Open Book – a celebration of South African literature in an international context

Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, was at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town this year!

Wednesday – 18th September 2024

Don’t miss the launch of Sam Wilson’s new novel The First Murder on Mars at The Book Lounge (9 Oct)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The First Murder on Mars by Sam Wilson!

Read an excerpt from We Solve Murders – the first book in the blockbuster new series from the biggest new fiction writer of the decade, Richard Osman

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from We Solve Murders by Richard Osman!

Monday – 16th September 2024

Don’t miss the launch of Jackie Phamotse’s new romantic thriller The Tea Merchant at Bargain Books Mall of Africa! (21 Sep)

Penguin Random House and Bargain Books invite you to the launch of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!

Join acclaimed bestselling author Louisa Treger at Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront for the launch of The Paris Muse (17 Sep)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Paris Muse by Louisa Treger.

Friday – 13th September 2024

Calling all foodies in Cape Town! Don’t miss the launch of The Hungry Table by Fatima Saib at the V&A Waterfront (19 Sep)

Join Penguin Random House for the launch of The Hungry Table by Fatima Saib, a cookbook where food meets memory.

Don’t miss the Tyger Valley launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment by bestselling author Pieter du Toit (19 Sep)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment by Pieter du Toit.

Thursday – 12th September 2024

A detective who wants to die. A crime that won’t let him go. Read an excerpt from Gareth Crocker’s chilling new local thriller Now You Suffer

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Now You Suffer, the new novel from Gareth Crocker!

Join Pieter du Toit for the Joburg launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment (12 Sep)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment by Pieter du Toit.

Wednesday – 11th September 2024

Join Jackie Phamotse at Bargain Books Secunda and get your copy of The Tea Merchant signed! (14 Sep)

Penguin Random House and Bargain Books invite you to a book signing of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!

New book alert! The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman

The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Thursday – 5th September 2024

Join Jackie Phamotse for the Cape Town launch of her new romantic thriller The Tea Merchant! (7 Sep)

Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!

Join Pieter du Toit for the Bloemfontein launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment (6 Sep)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment by Pieter du Toit.

Monday – 2nd September 2024

By Any Other Name – literary powerhouse Jodi Picoult takes on her most heartrending and headline grabbing story yet

From bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes By Any Other Name – a sweeping and insightful novel of female identity and inequality set in Elizabethan England and present-day Manhattan.