Cape Town

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

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)
Stay with Me (Escape to South Africa Book 1)
Faking Forever: The Hawthornes
Interpreting Earth: A History of Geology through Encounters with Table Mountain
Finding Forever: The Hawthornes
Distress
Harlem Rhapsody
Under Water
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
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

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
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
136 books — 79 voters



Hank Bracker
“ Cape Town lived up to its name as the tavern of the seas. It was a wonderful fun place and I loved it. The weather was Mediterranean and after two weeks at sea, all the girls were beautiful. The crew was convinced that the constant sunshine, in this part of the world, had something to do with it but whatever the reason, it seemed to be true. Luckily I could get off the ship on a Saturday afternoon, when all of South Africa comes to a halt. For whatever reason South African tradition called for a ...more ”
― Captain Hank Bracker, "Salty & Saucy Maine"

“ Gone were the days where December locked coastal towns down in the grips of labour. Although it was still mostly true, things had changed ; Cape Town had adapted its rhythm to the influx of foreign feet. Tourism was a year -round thing and no longer limited to the summer. Most local tourists still flocked here during this time, but Capetonians didn’t seem too bothered to serve at their beck and call. Sam thought of Cape Town as France , and the rest of the country as England. The city, although ...more ”
― Adelheid Manefeldt, Consequence

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