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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings #0

J.R.R. Tolkien

364 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy literary middle grade adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
The Promise by Damon Galgut

The Promise

Damon Galgut

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Scatterlings by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

Scatterlings

Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

279 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso

The Woman Next Door

Yewande Omotoso

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
Years of Fire And Ash: South African Poems of Decolonisation by Wamuwi Mbao

Years of Fire And Ash: South African Poems of Decolonisation

Wamuwi Mbao

169 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Innards: Stories by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene

Innards: Stories

Magogodi oaMphela Makhene

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Period Pain by Kopano Matlwa

Period Pain

Kopano Matlwa

188 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Daughters of Nandi by Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang

The Daughters of Nandi

Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang

204 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism emotional informative medium-paced
This Book Betrays My Brother by Kagiso Lesego Molope

This Book Betrays My Brother

Kagiso Lesego Molope

6 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Jojo: Finally Home by Johannes Radebe

Jojo: Finally Home

Johannes Radebe

7 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional hopeful informative medium-paced