The Reading List

Mon – 2nd Sep 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.

Join acclaimed bestselling author Louisa Treger in Stellenbosch for the launch of The Paris Muse (18 Sep)

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

Fri – 30th Aug 2024

Footnotes, August 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. …

Thu – 29th Aug 2024

Don’t miss literary legend Amitav Ghosh in Johannesburg! (12 Sep)

Wits University, Love Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh.

Tue – 27th Aug 2024

New book alert! The Housemaid Is Watching – the twisting, pulse-pounding new thriller from Freida McFadden

From bestselling author Freida McFadden comes The Housemaid Is Watching – another addictive psychological thriller!

Mon – 26th Aug 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!

Tue – 20th Aug 2024

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!

Mon – 19th Aug 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.

Fri – 16th Aug 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!

Thu – 15th Aug 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!

Tue – 13th Aug 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!

Mon – 12th Aug 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.

Thu – 1st Aug 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.

Wed – 31st Jul 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.

Mon – 29th Jul 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.

Fri – 26th Jul 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. …

Wed – 24th Jul 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!