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Cape Town

Books in this genre are set in or about Cape Town.

Cape Town Books

The Number: One Man's Search for Identity in the Cape Underworld and Prison Gangs
The Unwanted Wife (Unwanted, #1)
The Cape Doctor
The Woman Next Door
Gang Town
Thirteen Hours (Benny Griessel, #2)
Dead Before Dying (Mat Joubert, #1)
Wake Up Dead (Cape Town #2)
Distress
Harlem Rhapsody
Under Water
The Hunter (Cal Hooper, #2)
The Last Letter
A Good Person
The Things We Never Say
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Born a Crime by Trevor NoahLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaShirley, Goodness & Mercy by Chris van WykI Write What I Like by Steve BikoThe Bang-Bang Club by Greg Marinovich
Life under Apartheid - memoirs and biographies
112 books — 10 voters
Born a Crime by Trevor NoahDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeWaiting for the Barbarians by J.M. CoetzeeCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Best South African Books
135 books — 78 voters

The Washing of the Spears by Donald R. MorrisFrontiers by Noël MostertThe Dead Will Arise by J.B. PeiresRogues, Rebels and Runaways by Nigel PennKrotoa-eva by Kwela Books
Colonial South Africa
110 books — 5 voters
My Father's Orchid by Rayda Jacobs'Buckingham Palace', District Six by Richard RiveDance with a Poor Man's Daughter by Pamela JoosteSong for Sarah by Jonathan JansenUp from Slavery by Richard E. van der Ross
Understanding Cape Town
104 books — 5 voters

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMy Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan
Best South African reads
314 books — 184 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Cape Town”

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― Emelia Govender, The Magical Adventures of Cyan: I Believe In Book Fairies, Do You?
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H.L. Balcomb
“ DWAAL, noun, a dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state. "In that space of peaceful serenity, I finally understood that home is where you heart feels free. A place far removed from any physical barriers or constraints. Home is a space where you feel alive. You feel like dancing. A dance called dwaal – meaning to wander into the uncharted waters of our stories unexplored and underrepresented chapters" (All Roads Lead to Cape Town, a novel about the birthplace of our togetherness and amazing words li ...more ”
― H.L. Balcomb, All Roads Lead to Cape Town
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Groups Tagged "Cape Town"

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