Fiction
Friday – 21st January 2022
Footnotes, January 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.
Thursday – 20th January 2022
Nuwe jaar, nuwe Romanzas! Word meegevoer deur Paradiso, Meer as blomme, Maanengel en Veilige tuiskoms by jou
Nuut by LAPA in Januarie 2022 – vier nuwe liefdesromans deur Elize Davies, Ildé Grové, Wilreza Smit-Theron en Magda Schmidt om die nuwejaar mee af te skop!
Cover reveal! Sally Andrew’s new Tannie Maria mystery The Milk Tart Murders will be out in March 2022
Penguin Random House has revealed the gorgeous cover for The Milk Tart Murders – the new Tannie Maria mystery by Sally Andrew!
Wednesday – 19th January 2022
New book alert! Find out more about Louis Greenberg’s surreal, mysterious new novel Exposure
Exposure by Louis Greenberg is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 17th January 2022
Klankgrens deur Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert: ’n Oorlogsverhaal uit die oogpunt van die vrouens wat moes agterbly
Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert neem hande om in Klankgrens die verhaal van pyn, oorlewing en die diepe worstelinge van die grensoorlog se weermagvroue oop te vlek.
Friday – 14th January 2022
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Freya Marske’s magical debut novel A Marvellous Light
Treat yourself to a mug of hot chocolate this evening and this excerpt from Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light – a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes, including a magic-infused murder mystery and a delightful queer romance, set in an alternative Edwardian England.
How to Be a Revolutionary – CA Davids’s extraordinary, ambitious, globe-spanning novel about what we owe our consciences
CA Davids’s new novel How to Be a Revolutionary is out now from Penguin Random House.
Find out more about the most anticipated feel-good novel of 2022! Chasing Marian by Amy Heydenrych, Qarnita Loxton, Pamela Power and Gail Schimmel
Pan Macmillan has revealed the cover for Chasing Marian – the much anticipated new novel by Amy Heydendrych, Qarnita Loxton, Pamela Power and Gail Schimmel.
Thursday – 13th January 2022
Watch an interview with bestselling author Nicholas Sparks (and find out about his new book, The Wish!)
The international bestselling author of The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks, is back with his most epic story yet.
Wednesday – 12th January 2022
Listen to an excerpt from Siya Turabi’s The Last Beekeeper – one of the most exciting debuts of 2021
The Last Beekeeper by Siya Turabi is a lyrical historical novel of family, friendship and self-discovery, exploring the power of choice in a changing world and love in communion with nature.
New book alert! The Man Who Never Was – the debut novel by business consultant Douglas Kruger
The Man Who Never Was, the debut novel from speaker and business author Douglas Kruger, is out now from Penguin Random House SA.
Tuesday – 11th January 2022
Find out more about Wahala by Nikki May – the hottest debut of 2022
Sex and the City with a killer edge – Wahala by Nikki May is out now from Penguin Random House!
Monday – 10th January 2022
These are the books you should read. This is the canon.
This is the Canon by Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 22nd December 2021
The Reading List’s Books of the Year for 2021
In case you missed it, The Reading List’s editors put together a selection of key 2021 reads, including our Book of the Year, over on The Daily Maverick.
Festive wishlist 2021: Five magical children’s books that make the perfect gifts
Give your child the gift of reading this Christmas. Here are five of the most inspirational, magical and powerful local children’s books of 2021:
Monday – 20th December 2021
‘Petrusburg was Jimi se rugbyhemel’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Maretha Maartens se bekroonde jeugroman, Bethel se berg
Op soek na die perfekte geskenk vir jou tiener se Kerskous? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Bethel se berg deur Maretha Maartens – naaswenner in LAPA se jeugromankompetisie 2020.
Friday – 17th December 2021
Moord is op die spyskaart … Lees ’n uittreksel uit Gifbeker deur Irna van Zyl
Wat is beter as ’n boek vir Kersfees? ’n Reeks! Lees nou al vier uittreksels uit Irna van Zyl se Storm van der Merwe-reeks: Moordvis (2016), Gifbeker (2018), Bloedsteen (2020) en Op ’n mooi dag (2021):
The Dark Hours – the gripping new thriller from Michael Connelly – out now!
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Footnotes, December 2021: Book links from around the web
Anne Rice, author of Interview With the Vampire, has died aged 80. Read Rolling Stone’s fascinating extended interview with the bestselling gothic novelist, from 1995.
Does 50% off tickle your fancy? Check out Jacana Media’s holiday book sale!
Books you’ll love at an irresistible discount, from Jacana Media!