Fiction

Monday – 26th August 2024

Read an excerpt from Shari Lapena’s fast-paced, twisty, unputdownable domestic thriller What Have You Done?

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena!

Thursday – 22nd August 2024

Join Jackie Phamotse for the launch of her new book The Tea Merchant at Bargain Books Mall of the North (24 Aug)

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

Tuesday – 20th August 2024

A psychopathic hitman, a ruthless drug lord … the stakes are life or death – read an extract from Deadly Benefits by Kurt Ellis

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Deadly Benefits by Kurt Ellis!

Don’t miss the launch of Fien Veldman’s weird, incisive and unforgettable novel Hard Copy (29 Aug)

Exclusive Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Hard Copy by Fien Veldman!

Monday – 19th August 2024

There Are Rivers in the Sky – a meditation on love, loss and memory from Booker-shortlisted, bestselling author Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak is a rich, sweeping novel about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing.

Friday – 16th August 2024

Wordplay, wit and murder! Kate Atkinson introduces her new Jackson Brodie novel, Death at the Sign of the Rook

Penguin Random House SA has shared a video of bestselling author Kate Atkinson introducing her highly anticipated new novel, Death at the Sign of the Rook!

Thursday – 15th August 2024

Read an excerpt from The Murder Inn – a gripping must-read thriller from no. 1 bestselling author James Patterson

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Murder Inn by James Patterson and Candice Fox!

Tuesday – 13th August 2024

Join Shameez Patel Papathanasiou in Cape Town for the launch of her new novel The First King (16 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The First King by Shameez Patel Papathanasiou!

Monday – 12th August 2024

Read an excerpt from Lies and Weddings – the new novel from international sensation Kevin Kwan

Penguin Random House SA has shared an extract from Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan, the iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians.

Calling all debut writers! Are you ready to launch your literary career?

The Jacana Literary Foundation invites aspiring authors to submit their entries for the 2025 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.

Thursday – 1st August 2024

[Watch] Josie Ferguson chats about The Silence In Between, her gripping historical debut about a family separated by the Berlin wall

In a special video recorded for South African readers, author Josie Ferguson chats about the inspiration for her novel The Silence In Between, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.

Wednesday – 31st July 2024

New book alert! Sally Rooney’s new novel Intermezzo will be out in September

Intermezzo is an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Tuesday – 30th July 2024

‘I think I might have killed someone’ – read an excerpt from Nicky Greenwall’s debut thriller A Short Life

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from A Short Life, the debut novel by Nicky Greenwall!

Monday – 29th July 2024

If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? Find out more about Here One Moment, the new novel from bestselling author Liane Moriarty

Pre-order the new novel from the worldwide Number One bestselling author behind the Emmy and Golden Globe winning HBO series Big Little Lies and recent smash hit bestseller Apples Never Fall.

Friday – 26th July 2024

Footnotes, July 2024: 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. …

Thursday – 25th July 2024

New book alert! Find out more about The Comrade’s Wife by Barbara Boswell

Barbara Boswell’s new novel The Comrade’s Wife is out now from Jacana Media!

Wednesday – 24th July 2024

Read an excerpt from Tillie Cole’s brilliant, heartbreaking new novel A Thousand Broken Pieces

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from A Thousand Broken Pieces, the beautiful and life-affirming novel about grief, love and friendship from the international bestselling phenomenon Tillie Cole!