Best South African Books

1.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,781 ratings
2.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating — 34,742 ratings
3.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,210 ratings
4.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,544 ratings
5.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,321 ratings
6.
The Rhino Crash
The Rhino Crash 4.19 avg rating — 153 ratings
7.
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating — 4,358 ratings
8.
The Assassin (Solar Wind #2)
The Assassin (Solar Wind #2)
by: Lyz Russo
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
9.
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating — 20,651 ratings
10.
The Mystery of the Solar Wind
The Mystery of the Solar Wind
by: Lyz Russo
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
11.
The Collected Works of Herman Charles Bosman
The Collected Works of Herman Charles Bosman 4.49 avg rating — 88 ratings
12.
Zoo City
Zoo City 3.62 avg rating — 11,529 ratings
12.
Inkarna (Those Who Return #1)
Inkarna (Those Who Return #1) 4.36 avg rating — 64 ratings
12.
The Sabi
The Sabi 3.67 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
15.
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 93,091 ratings
16.
Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter
Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter 3.91 avg rating — 393 ratings
17.
Whiplash
Whiplash 4.25 avg rating — 56 ratings
17.
Dancing in the Shadows of Love
Dancing in the Shadows of Love 3.78 avg rating — 93 ratings
19.
I Write What I Like: Selected Writings
I Write What I Like: Selected Writings 4.37 avg rating — 2,700 ratings
20.
Freedom Fighter (Solar Wind #3)
Freedom Fighter (Solar Wind #3)
by: Lyz Russo
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
21.
Brett Kebble: The Inside Story
Brett Kebble: The Inside Story 3.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
21.
Forest Circle Quest
Forest Circle Quest 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
21.
Almost Dead in Suburbia
Almost Dead in Suburbia 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
24.
My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience 4.25 avg rating — 3,893 ratings
25.
Dis koue kos, skat
Dis koue kos, skat 3.79 avg rating — 245 ratings
26.
A Chain of Voices
A Chain of Voices 4.12 avg rating — 461 ratings
27.
The Zanzibar Affair: A High Society Love Story Out of Africa
The Zanzibar Affair: A High Society Love Story Out of Africa 4.25 avg rating — 982 ratings
27.
UniverSoul Reflections
UniverSoul Reflections 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
27.
Separation
Separation 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
30.
My Sons Story
My Sons Story 3.61 avg rating — 1,809 ratings
31.
People Who Have Stolen From Me
People Who Have Stolen From Me 3.75 avg rating — 57 ratings
32.
Baa Baa Black Belt
Baa Baa Black Belt 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
32.
'Buckingham Palace', District Six
'Buckingham Palace', District Six 3.99 avg rating — 508 ratings
34.
Tabika Book Two
Tabika Book Two it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
35.
My Children! My Africa!
My Children! My Africa! 3.85 avg rating — 731 ratings
36.
What Poets Need
What Poets Need 4.13 avg rating — 61 ratings
37.
The Smell of Apples
The Smell of Apples
by: Mark Behr
3.55 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
38.
Regina
Regina it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
39.
Tabika
Tabika it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
40.
Unfinished Tales
Unfinished Tales 4.02 avg rating — 43,167 ratings
41.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,255 ratings
42.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,517 ratings
43.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,527 ratings
44.
The Complete Oom Schalk Lourens Stories
The Complete Oom Schalk Lourens Stories 4.11 avg rating — 75 ratings
44.
Confessions of a Gambler
Confessions of a Gambler 4.03 avg rating — 258 ratings
46.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,973 ratings
47.
Short Circuits
Short Circuits 3.73 avg rating — 88 ratings
48.
Travelling Light
Travelling Light 3.71 avg rating — 200 ratings
49.
Summer Food in Provence
Summer Food in Provence 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
50.
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa 4.09 avg rating — 3,243 ratings
51.
Before I Forget
Before I Forget 3.58 avg rating — 281 ratings
51.
A Change of Tongue
A Change of Tongue 4.21 avg rating — 202 ratings
53.
Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis 3.73 avg rating — 327 ratings
54.
Devil's Valley
Devil's Valley 3.91 avg rating — 504 ratings
55.
Star of the Morning
Star of the Morning 3.40 avg rating — 115 ratings
55.
The Illustrated Bosman
The Illustrated Bosman 4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings
55.
Circles in a Forest
Circles in a Forest 4.32 avg rating — 3,042 ratings
55.
When Twins War: Book I
When Twins War: Book I 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
55.
Saturdays are Gold
Saturdays are Gold 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings
55.
Sewe dae by die Silbersteins
Sewe dae by die Silbersteins 3.91 avg rating — 191 ratings
55.
The Book of Life: Change Your Mind and Change Your Life!
The Book of Life: Change Your Mind and Change Your Life! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
55.
Age of Iron
Age of Iron 3.85 avg rating — 5,508 ratings
55.
Spoor
Spoor 3.91 avg rating — 2,670 ratings
55.
Cries of the Forgotten
Cries of the Forgotten 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
55.
In a Different Time: The inside story of the Delmas four
In a Different Time: The inside story of the Delmas four 4.54 avg rating — 248 ratings
55.
When Eagles Roar: The Amazing Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer
When Eagles Roar: The Amazing Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer 4.29 avg rating — 205 ratings
55.
Mandela and the General
Mandela and the General 4.16 avg rating — 354 ratings
55.
South Africa's High Treason Club: The White Separatist Boeremag Conspirators on Trial
South Africa's High Treason Club: The White Separatist Boeremag Conspirators on Trial it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
55.
Drop by Drop
Drop by Drop 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
55.
Zee Tees Off (Zee #1)
Zee Tees Off (Zee #1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
55.
In Spite of All Barriers: Teaching in South Africa with Lowell Johnson
In Spite of All Barriers: Teaching in South Africa with Lowell Johnson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
55.
Thembe's Cloth
Thembe's Cloth 4.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
73.
People Like Ourselves
People Like Ourselves 3.22 avg rating — 65 ratings
73.
Imaginings of Sand
Imaginings of Sand 3.85 avg rating — 463 ratings
73.
The Unexploded Boer
The Unexploded Boer 3.33 avg rating — 30 ratings
73.
The Meerkats Come to Dinner
The Meerkats Come to Dinner 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
73.
Recycled Thoughts: Just how Green is Green?
Recycled Thoughts: Just how Green is Green? 4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings
73.
Six Feet of the Country
Six Feet of the Country 3.95 avg rating — 345 ratings
73.
Amie: An African Adventure
Amie: An African Adventure 4.06 avg rating — 379 ratings
73.
Underground People
Underground People 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
73.
The Eternal Audience of One
The Eternal Audience of One 3.79 avg rating — 892 ratings
73.
Saving Mandela's Children: The true story of South Africa's unwanted children
Saving Mandela's Children: The true story of South Africa's unwanted children it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
83.
Africa Has a Future
Africa Has a Future 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
83.
Tandia (The Power of One, #2)
Tandia (The Power of One, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 12,025 ratings
83.
Six For Seven: A South African Dinner
Six For Seven: A South African Dinner really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings
83.
Duivelspiek (Benny Griessel, #1)
Duivelspiek (Benny Griessel, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 5,270 ratings
83.
Amie and the Child of Africa
Amie and the Child of Africa 4.35 avg rating — 104 ratings
88.
A City Imagined
A City Imagined 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
88.
In a Strange Room
In a Strange Room 3.66 avg rating — 4,776 ratings
88.
Aeonosphere
Aeonosphere 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
88.
Master Harold...and the Boys
Master Harold...and the Boys 3.78 avg rating — 6,696 ratings
88.
Feniks
Feniks 3.94 avg rating — 2,446 ratings
88.
Amie Stolen Future
Amie Stolen Future 4.71 avg rating — 65 ratings
88.
Blanket boy's moon
Blanket boy's moon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
95.
The Quarry
The Quarry 3.33 avg rating — 705 ratings
95.
Bitter Fruit
Bitter Fruit 3.30 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
95.
Onzichtbaar (Lemmer, #1)
Onzichtbaar (Lemmer, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,780 ratings
95.
Amie: CUT FOR LIFE (Amie in Africa Book 4)
Amie: CUT FOR LIFE (Amie in Africa Book 4) 4.74 avg rating — 46 ratings
95.
Shades
Shades 4.12 avg rating — 420 ratings
100.
The Book of Happenstance
The Book of Happenstance 3.36 avg rating — 121 ratings
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