The Reading List

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.

The latest episode of Pagecast is out now! Listen to Sara Nisha Adams chatting about her new book The Reading List

In the new episode of Pagecast, a new podcast by Jonathan Ball Publishers, Nicola Bruns and Ingrid Klückow chat with author Sara Nisha Adams about her debut novel, The Reading List.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Charlotte Bauer’s How to Get Over Being Young: A Rough Guide to Midlife (20 Oct)

Penguin Random House, The Reading List and Love Books invite you to the virtual launch of How to Get Over Being Young: A Rough Guide to Midlife by Charlotte Bauer.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain (26 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of When Secrets Become Stories: Women Speak Out, edited by Sue Nyathi (12 Aug)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a series of conversations as women speak out and make their Secrets Become Stories.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of When Secrets Become Stories: Women Speak Out, edited by Sue Nyathi (5 Aug)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a series of conversations as women speak out and make their Secrets Become Stories.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Shana Fife’s Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some (4 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some by Shana Fife!

Don’t miss a virtual book discussion of TJ Newman’s nail-biting suspense thriller Falling (21 Jul)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to a virtual book discussion of Falling by TJ Newman!

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Mad Honey by SJ Naudé, in conversation with Masande Ntshanga (3 Jun)

Penguin Random House and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Mad Honey by SJ Naudé!

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace by Carice Anderson (23 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace, a new book by Carice Anderson!

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Future Tense by Tony Leon, in conversation with Waldimar Pelser (8 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Future Tense by Tony Leon.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean, in conversation with Pippa Hudson (10 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Slabbert by Albert Grundlingh, in conversation with Tony Leon (17 Feb)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List for the launch of Slabbert: Man on a Mission by Albert Grundlingh.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Seven Votes: How WWII Changed South Africa Forever by Richard Steyn (3 Nov)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers, Love Books and The Reading List for the launch of Richard Steyn’s new book Seven Votes: How WWII Changed South Africa Forever.