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South Africa - A book from/about this country preferably written by a local author
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Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

Bianca Marais

420 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Disgrace

J.M. Coetzee

220 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction classics contemporary literary challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Conversations With Myself by Nelson Mandela

Conversations With Myself

Nelson Mandela

480 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee

Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life

Scenes from Provincial Life #1

J.M. Coetzee

166 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction literary memoir reflective slow-paced
Single Dads Club by Therese Beharrie

Single Dads Club

Therese Beharrie

300 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
July's People by Nadine Gordimer

July's People

Nadine Gordimer

176 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective tense slow-paced
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Cry, the Beloved Country

Alan Paton

320 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk, Michiel Heyns

Agaat

Marlene van Niekerk, Michiel Heyns

630 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Beauty's Gift by Sindiwe Magona

Beauty's Gift

Sindiwe Magona

174 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
I Write What I Like: Selected Writings by Steve Biko

I Write What I Like: Selected Writings

Steve Biko

240 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective slow-paced