Big Books of 2026
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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 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)
The First Rule of Survival (Col Vaughn de Vries, #1)
A Husband's Regret (Unwanted, #2)
Dark Video
Solace
Naweek
The Quiet Violence of Dreams
Griet skryf 'n sprokie
The Mavericks: How Coronation, Ninety One and Allan Gray beat the rest
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Born a Crime by Trevor NoahWaiting for the Barbarians by J.M. CoetzeeDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Best South African Books
135 books — 77 voters
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson MandelaCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeMy Traitor's Heart by Rian MalanBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Best South African reads
313 books — 172 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
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
111 books — 9 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
103 books — 4 voters


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