The Reading List

Find and share the best in books – daily!

Wednesday – 29th January 2025

‘Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.’ Read an extract from Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Elizabeth Strout’s new novel Tell Me Everything! Tell Me Everything is hopeful, healing novel …

Tuesday – 28th January 2025

Don’t miss Don Ross in Cape Town for the launch of The Gambling Animal (4 Feb)

Don Ross, co-author of The Gambling Animal: Humanity’s Evolutionary Winning Streak – and How We Risk It All, will be in South Africa this February!

Monday – 27th January 2025

Career opportunity at Penguin Random House SA: Helpdesk Specialist | Cape Town

Penguin Random House SA is looking for a dynamic specialist to both manage the technology and computer infrastructure that drives Penguin Random House’s business systems, as well as assist customers locally and remotely with technical support of workstations (PC & Mac), software applications and related technology.

Thursday – 23rd January 2025

[Watch] Jamie Oliver’s Easy Air Fryer – delicious, quick and a little bit fancy

‘If you own an air fryer, stop scrolling now!’

Wednesday – 22nd January 2025

Don’t miss the launch of Spectres of Reparation in South Africa by Jaco Barnard-Naude at Exclusive Books Sandton City (30 Jan)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Spectres of Reparation in South Africa: Re-encountering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Prof. Jaco Barnard-Naude.

Tuesday – 21st January 2025

Find out more about Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book The Message – an intimate exploration of extreme injustice

The Message by acclaimed journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

Wednesday – 15th January 2025

Discover where Michelin stars meet Kalahari sand in Klein Jan (PLUS: Try a recipe from the book!)

In Klein Jan, Michelin-starred chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen takes us on an intimate journey from his grandmother’s farm kitchen to the heart of South Africa’s most mysterious landscape.

Thursday – 19th December 2024

Cover reveal! Find out more about Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani’s award-winning debut novel Buried in the Chest

Jacana Media has shared the cover for Buried in the Chest, the Dinaane Award-winning novel by Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani, which will be out in January!

Wednesday – 11th December 2024

Don’t miss Mpoomy Ledwaba at Exclusive Books Centurion and get your copy of How Did We Get Here? signed! (16 Dec)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to a meet-and-greet and book signing with Mpoomy Ledwaba, author of How Did We Get Here?

Fool your tastebuds with this recipe for Carne Pizza from All Sorts of Junk Food Made Healthy!

Penguin Random House SA has shared the recipe for a delicious Carne Pizza, from Chantal Lascaris’s new cookbook All Sorts of Junk Food Made Healthy.

Monday – 9th December 2024

Read an excerpt from William Boyd’s gripping, must-read new spy thriller Gabriel’s Moon

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd! From the internationally bestselling author beloved by readers …

New book alert! Find out more about Neal Stephenson’s new espionage epic Polostan

Polostan by Neal Stephenson is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Friday – 6th December 2024

Comfort food, Ottolenghi-style – try this recipe for spicy Egg Sambal ‘Shakshuka’

Penguin Random House SA has shared Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe for Egg Sambal ‘Shakshuka’, from his new book Comfort.

The Housefly Effect – how to recognise the ‘nudge psychology’ that drives your behaviour

The Housefly Effect: How Nudge Psychology Steers Your Everyday Behaviour is a fun and practical book on how our behaviour might be being influenced by governments, advertisers and corporations using simple ‘nudge psychology’.

Thursday – 5th December 2024

Karla’s Choice – a gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carré’s most iconic spy, George Smiley

In Karla’s Choice, acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway – John le Carré’s son – returns readers to the shadowy world of George Smiley in an enthralling slice of espionage fiction.