2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

South African


South African Books

Disgrace
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Waiting for the Barbarians
Cry, the Beloved Country
Life & Times of Michael K
Long Walk to Freedom
The Promise
July's People
Youth (Scenes from Provincial Life #2)
Elizabeth Costello
Spud (Spud, #1)
Foe
Age of Iron
Coconut
The Master of Petersburg
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Lists

Sam Certainly Can by Bridgitte LesleyInkarna by Nerine DormanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Books by South African Authors
149 books — 85 voters
Spud by John van de RuitThe White Giraffe by Lauren St. JohnRuby Red by Linzi GlassCape Town by Brenda HammondSpud by John van de Ruit
South Africa in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
37 books — 11 voters

When Morning Comes by Arushi RainaThe Power of One by Bryce CourtenayJourney to Jo'burg by Beverley NaidooCape Town by Brenda HammondOpen Your Eyes by Jill Davis
Apartheid in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
25 books — 7 voters
Part-Time Monster Hunter by Nicholas Woode-SmithBlood Cartel by Nicholas Woode-SmithDevil's Gambit by Nicholas Woode-SmithNecrolord by Nicholas Woode-SmithDarkness Beckons by Nicholas Woode-Smith
South African Speculative Fiction
113 books — 27 voters

Quotes Tagged “South African”

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children
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Sally Andrew
“ I clutched my tin of buttermilk beskuit. I wanted to give him something to help with the shock. But he needed something else even more than these broken rusks. Something we all needed: hope. We had to have hope. ”
― Sally Andrew, Recipes for Love and Murder
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