South African fiction worth reading

1.
Devil's Peak (Benny Griessel, #1)
Devil's Peak (Benny Griessel, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 5,270 ratings
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Thirteen Hours (Benny Griessel, #2)
Thirteen Hours (Benny Griessel, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 7,353 ratings
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A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1)
A Beautiful Place to Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 3,971 ratings
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Kringe in 'n Bos
Kringe in 'n Bos 4.32 avg rating — 3,043 ratings
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Recipes for Love and Murder (Tannie Maria Mystery, #1)
Recipes for Love and Murder (Tannie Maria Mystery, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 5,426 ratings
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,541 ratings
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Blood Safari (Lemmer #1)
Blood Safari (Lemmer #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,780 ratings
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Spud (Spud, #1)
Spud (Spud, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 7,151 ratings
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'Buckingham Palace', District Six
'Buckingham Palace', District Six 3.99 avg rating — 508 ratings
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The Quiet Violence of Dreams
The Quiet Violence of Dreams 4.34 avg rating — 376 ratings
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The Serpentine Road (Col Vaughn de Vries #2)
The Serpentine Road (Col Vaughn de Vries #2) 4.07 avg rating — 219 ratings
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Jesus the Time Traveller
Jesus the Time Traveller 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The First Rule of Survival (Col Vaughn de Vries, #1)
The First Rule of Survival (Col Vaughn de Vries, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 474 ratings
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The Impostor
The Impostor 3.71 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
15.
The Beadle
The Beadle 3.44 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Fiela se Kind
Fiela se Kind 4.06 avg rating — 3,023 ratings
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Dark Video
Dark Video 3.55 avg rating — 107 ratings
18.
Smokescreen
Smokescreen 4.08 avg rating — 5,300 ratings
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Exhibit A (Georgie Allen, #1)
Exhibit A (Georgie Allen, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Gem Squash Tokoloshe
Gem Squash Tokoloshe 3.41 avg rating — 588 ratings
21.
The Smell of Apples
The Smell of Apples
by: Mark Behr
3.55 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
21.
Griet skryf 'n sprokie
Griet skryf 'n sprokie 3.88 avg rating — 641 ratings
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What Poets Need
What Poets Need 4.13 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Thirteen Cents
Thirteen Cents 3.69 avg rating — 881 ratings
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Pieternella van die Kaap
Pieternella van die Kaap 4.09 avg rating — 484 ratings
26.
'n Ander land
'n Ander land 4.21 avg rating — 68 ratings
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A Place Called Vatmaar: A Living Story of a Time That Is No More
A Place Called Vatmaar: A Living Story of a Time That Is No More 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
28.
Arctic Summer
Arctic Summer 3.79 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
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The Story of Maha
The Story of Maha 3.77 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Demonspawn
Demonspawn 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Spiral House
The Spiral House 3.65 avg rating — 113 ratings
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And They Didn't Die
And They Didn't Die 3.82 avg rating — 177 ratings
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A Blade of Grass
A Blade of Grass 3.68 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
28.
Thembe's Cloth
Thembe's Cloth 4.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor 3.68 avg rating — 4,765 ratings
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Zoo City
Zoo City 3.62 avg rating — 11,529 ratings
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A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season 4.06 avg rating — 4,359 ratings
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Maha Ever After
Maha Ever After 3.83 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Fever Tree
The Fever Tree 3.71 avg rating — 7,052 ratings
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The Story of an African Farm
The Story of an African Farm 3.53 avg rating — 3,028 ratings
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Sirkusboere
Sirkusboere 3.50 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Elusive Moth
The Elusive Moth 3.57 avg rating — 100 ratings
43.
Frankie and Stankie
Frankie and Stankie 3.62 avg rating — 876 ratings
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Birdseye
Birdseye 4.41 avg rating — 105 ratings
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The Children's Day
The Children's Day 3.92 avg rating — 102 ratings
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Confessions of a Gambler
Confessions of a Gambler 4.03 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Cobra (Benny Griessel, #4)
Cobra (Benny Griessel, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 3,694 ratings
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Rumours Of Rain
Rumours Of Rain 3.95 avg rating — 464 ratings
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The Theory of Flight
The Theory of Flight 3.89 avg rating — 656 ratings
50.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,215 ratings
50.
Iron Love
Iron Love 4.20 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Agaat
Agaat 4.03 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
53.
Tsotsi
Tsotsi 3.59 avg rating — 2,097 ratings
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Water Music (Clare Hart, #5)
Water Music (Clare Hart, #5) 3.77 avg rating — 326 ratings
55.
Children of Sugarcane
Children of Sugarcane 4.47 avg rating — 1,390 ratings
56.
The Safest Place You Know
The Safest Place You Know 4.03 avg rating — 62 ratings
57.
The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls 3.54 avg rating — 53,493 ratings
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An Exceptionally Simple Theory
An Exceptionally Simple Theory really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Broken Monsters
Broken Monsters 3.59 avg rating — 23,646 ratings
60.
Die uitgespoeldes
Die uitgespoeldes 3.79 avg rating — 326 ratings
60.
The Three (The Three, #1)
The Three (The Three, #1) 3.31 avg rating — 14,517 ratings
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Day Four (The Three #2)
Day Four (The Three #2) 3.28 avg rating — 6,430 ratings
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The Whale Caller
The Whale Caller
by: Zakes Mda
3.56 avg rating — 566 ratings
64.
Coconut
Coconut 3.65 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
64.
Like Clockwork (Clare Hart, #1)
Like Clockwork (Clare Hart, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 445 ratings
66.
The Cry of Winnie Mandela
The Cry of Winnie Mandela 3.42 avg rating — 256 ratings
67.
The Heart of Redness
The Heart of Redness
by: Zakes Mda
3.72 avg rating — 1,627 ratings
68.
Flat Water Tuesday
Flat Water Tuesday
by: Ron Irwin
3.61 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
69.
Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)
Ways of Dying (Toloki #1)
by: Zakes Mda
3.89 avg rating — 1,940 ratings
70.
Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog 3.49 avg rating — 199 ratings
71.
Shades
Shades 4.12 avg rating — 420 ratings
72.
The Keeper
The Keeper 4.06 avg rating — 200 ratings
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A Man Who is Not a Man
A Man Who is Not a Man 3.75 avg rating — 188 ratings
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Mother to Mother
Mother to Mother 3.38 avg rating — 1,785 ratings
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Red Ink
Red Ink 3.83 avg rating — 252 ratings
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The Madams
The Madams 3.70 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Bitches' Brew
Bitches' Brew 3.84 avg rating — 125 ratings
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To Every Birth Its Blood
To Every Birth Its Blood 3.91 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Stormwrack
Stormwrack 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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When a Man Cries
When a Man Cries 3.69 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Dancing the Death Drill
Dancing the Death Drill 4.22 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Flyleaf
Flyleaf 3.57 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Fetch
The Fetch 3.70 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Hidden Star
The Hidden Star 3.96 avg rating — 160 ratings
85.
Stiltetyd
Stiltetyd 3.89 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Vergenoeg
Vergenoeg 3.89 avg rating — 156 ratings
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Pompidou Posse
Pompidou Posse 3.69 avg rating — 93 ratings
88.
Philida
Philida 3.58 avg rating — 1,454 ratings
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Spud: The Madness Continues
Spud: The Madness Continues 4.04 avg rating — 3,605 ratings
90.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating — 34,748 ratings
91.
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating — 20,652 ratings
92.
Napoleon Bones
Napoleon Bones 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings
93.
Trinity on Air
Trinity on Air 3.55 avg rating — 31 ratings
94.
Thoughts in a Makeshift Mortuary
Thoughts in a Makeshift Mortuary 4.26 avg rating — 68 ratings
95.
The Plains of Camdeboo
The Plains of Camdeboo 4.01 avg rating — 83 ratings
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What Will People Say?
What Will People Say? 4.16 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Trinity Rising (Trinity Luhabe' #1)
Trinity Rising (Trinity Luhabe' #1) 3.77 avg rating — 43 ratings
98.
The Broken River Tent
The Broken River Tent 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings
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A Slim Green Silence
A Slim Green Silence 3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings
100.
Fools and Other Stories
Fools and Other Stories 3.92 avg rating — 251 ratings
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