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Tuesday – 2nd February 2021
CJ Tudor is back with her darkest, twistiest novel yet! Read an excerpt from The Burning Girls
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor.
Monday – 1st February 2021
Read an excerpt from The Berlin Girl, the heart-wrenching new WWII story from Mandy Robotham, bestselling author of The German Midwife
The Berlin Girl by Mandy Robotham is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Don’t miss the South African launch of The City of Tears, the new novel from bestselling author Kate Mosse (1 Feb)
Join Pan Macmillan for the South African launch of Kate Mosse’s new novel The City of Tears!
Friday – 29th January 2021
Love, in all its permutations, is the discovery at the heart of Robert Jones Jr’s breathtaking debut, The Prophets
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Thursday – 28th January 2021
Through My Eyes: Journey of a Wildlife Veterinarian
Through My Eyes depicts a journey taken by wildlife veterinarian Dr Michael Kock over several decades.
Jamie Marais’s Determination: The Autobiography
Determination is a gripping story about hope, perseverance and the life-changing power of sport.
Message to South African readers from Julietta Henderson, author of The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman – the most uplifting book you’ll read in 2021
Julietta Henderson, the author of The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman, has a special message for her South African readers.
Wednesday – 27th January 2021
Pre-order now! Bill Gates’s new book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster will be out in February from Penguin Random House SA.
[Watch] Carice Anderson introduces her new book Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace
Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace by Carice Anderson will empower young Black graduates entering the workforce and Black professionals already at work, teaching them not only how to survive but also thrive in the corporate environment.
Tuesday – 26th January 2021
‘You don’t know me, but you’ll have seen my face.’ Read an excerpt from Girl A by Abigail Dean – the debut novel that’s taking the book world by storm
Beautifully written and incredibly powerful, Girl A is a story of redemption, of horror, and of love.
Monday – 25th January 2021
[Book excerpt] Find out why everyone is laughing (and crying) while reading The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson
Penguin has shared an excerpt from The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson. Scroll down to dip into the book!
Cloud Cuckoo Land – the highly anticipated new book from Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
New book alert! Cloud Cuckoo Land, the new novel by Anthony Doerr, the author of the bestselling Pulitzer Prize winner All the Light We Cannot See, will be published in September 2021.
Friday – 22nd January 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Sarah Moss’s Summerwater – a novel of wit and verve and beauty
Treat yourself this evening with an excerpt from Summerwater, the powerful new novel by Sarah Moss.
Footnotes, January 2021: 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. …
Audiobook excerpt: Thick as Thieves – a gripping novel of danger, vengeance, desire and greed!
Listen to an excerpt from Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown!
Thursday – 21st January 2021
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power by Ijeoma Oluo – an ambitious survey of the last century of American history
As provocative as it is essential, Mediocre investigates the real costs of white male power in order to imagine a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism.
Wednesday – 20th January 2021
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris – out now!
Discover Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s New York Times bestselling book about the core truths that unite us and the shared values that will see us into the future.
Outlawed by Anna North – a feminist Western set in an alternate past – impossible to put down!
Outlawed by Anna North is this month’s Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and will be released in South Africa in February 2021!
Tuesday – 19th January 2021
Don’t miss the online book launch of Survivors: Children’s Lives after the Holocaust by Dr Rebecca Clifford (21 Jan)
The Durban and Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centres invite you to a conversation with author Dr Rebecca Clifford about her brilliant new book, Survivors: Children’s Lives after the Holocaust.
Everything you need to know about Kate Mosse’s new novel The City of Tears!
Author Kate Mosse introduces the second book in her The Burning Chambers series, The City of Tears.