6 Best nonfiction books like Daisy de Melker: Hiding among killers in the City of Gold by Ted Botha

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Daisy de Melker: Hiding among killers in the City of Gold

By: Ted Botha

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poi…

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1. Commando: A Boer Journal Of The Boer War

By: Deneys Reitz

3.82

Format: None pages,

Deneys Reitz was 17 when the Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899. Reitz describes that he had no hatre… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. Moerbeibos

By: Dalene Matthee , Delane Matthee

3.77

Format: 300 pages,

Italiaanse sywurmboere word ingevoer om 'n sybedryf te kom vestig in Gouna se boswereld, maar moerb… read more

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3. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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4. The House of Doors

By: Tan Twan Eng

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more

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"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

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5. Dwelm (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Rudie van Rensburg

4.32

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Twee gewese speurders word koelbloedig langs ’n plaasdam afgemaai . . . En Kassie en Rooi moet die … read more

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6. Rassie: Stories of Life and Rugby

By: Rassie Erasmus

4.31

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Rassie Erasmus has been called a genius. He’s been called reckless. All his life, he’s done things … read more

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7. Al wat tel (Ami Prinsloo, #3)

By: Irma Venter

4.51

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Toe Ami hoor dat 'n man voor haar gim geskiet is, weet sy daar is moeilikheid. En die feit dat die … read more

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8. Kwaaiwater (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Irna van Zyl

3.88

Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition

Die grootste uitdaging van haar loopbaan wag op speuradjudant Storm van der Merwe. Die kusdorp Herm… read more

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9. Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom

By: André de Ruyter

4.56

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

André de Ruyter’s explosive account of his three years as CEO of Eskom, where he dealt with corrupt… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Millionaires for the Month

By: Stacy McAnulty

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner chall… read more

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11. Leo (Bennie Griessel, #8) (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Deon Meyer

4.41

Format: 552 pages, Kindle Edition

’n Student se dood in die berg by Stellenbosch lyk verdag. ’n Oud-recce vermoor as ’n boodskap. ’n … read more

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12. Finding Endurance: Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End

By: Darrel Bristow-Bovey

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancor of 2022 from the headlines of the w… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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13. Rise: The Brand New Autobiography

By: Siya Kolisi

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.’ M… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Those People

By: Louise Candlish

3.30

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense … read more

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15. Minder as niks (Ami Prinsloo, #1)

By: Irma Venter

4.31

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

Dertig jaar gelede is Johan Botha lewenslank tronk toe gestuur vir die moord op drie tienermeisies.… read more

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16. Die fantastiese mevrou Smit

By: Elizabeth Wasserman

3.90

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

An Alternative Cover Edition for this ISBN can be found here Skaars op Aronspoort, of mevrou Smi… read more

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"Wat drink jy?"

-Elizabeth Wasserman, Die fantastiese mevrou Smit

"Hulle sê ‘n ma is slegs so gelukkig soos haar ongelukkigste kind."

-Elizabeth Wasserman, Die fantastiese mevrou Smit

"Die dorp se kerk is werklik mooi en die argitektuur het haar vir ‘n paar minute besig gehou. Die ou gebou het ‘n statigheid wat verlore gegaan het in die ontwerp van al die ander kerke waarin sy al w…"

-Elizabeth Wasserman, Die fantastiese mevrou Smit

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17. The Bitterness of Olives

By: Andrew Brown

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

‘Why can you not be friends anymore?’ It was the story of his country, he supposed. Perhaps they… read more

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18. Daisy de Melker: Hiding among killers in the City of Gold

By: Ted Botha

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. Laaste kans (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Marita van der Vyver

3.87

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

’n Groep vriende kom die eerste keer in vyf-en-twintig jaar bymekaar om Adriaan se verjaardag te vi… read more

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20. Katvis

By: Annelie Botes

4.20

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Ná ’n huwelik van twaalf jaar waartydens sy aan Gerhardus se magsbeheptheid en seksuele sadisme ond… read more

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21. Diensplig: Hoekom stotter ons pa's so? (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Anelia Heese

4.20

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Anelia Heese hervertel die rou en soms skokkende stories van Suid-Afrikaanse mans wat in die 1970’s… read more

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22. Die Dooies Praat Nie

By: Peet Venter

3.82

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Tydens ’n swaar reënbui stop Thys Krige by ’n Mini Cooper wat in ’n sloot water vasgeval het. Nandi… read more

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23. Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty

By: Michael Cardo

4.39

Format: 765 pages, Kindle Edition

This book will surely be the most readable, best informed, most complete account of Harry Oppenheim… read more

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24. Catch Me a Killer: A Profiler's True Story

By: Micki Pistorius

3.88

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Serial killers experience the power over life and death as omnipotence … When I interrogate a seri… read more

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25. Emily Hobhouse: Beloved Traitor

By: Elsabé Brits

4.25

Format: 418 pages, Kindle Edition

A fresh, nuanced look at an extraordinary woman and her lifelong fight for justice. Defying the con… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Lost Property

By: Megan Choritz

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

One morning Laine wakes up to discover that the man she's been married to for 15 years has been sec… read more

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27. Moer

By: Michèle Meyer

4.07

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Dis ’n roman oor die aftakeling wat vrou- en ma-wees op gees en lyf kerf. Daar is ’n ongewone, ont… read more

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28. Buried Treasure

By: Sven Axelrad

4.42

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Vivo, where the only cemetery is run by old Mateus and his dog, God. Mateus’s eyes aren’… read more

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"she told me not to worry so much - I was dead now and all the worrying had to stop at some point."

-Sven Axelrad, Buried Treasure

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29. Gebooie (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Rudie van Rensburg

4.54

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

’n Reeksmoordenaar maai bekendes op ’n streep af. En Kassie en Rooi moet hom vastrek. Maar dit is m… read more

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30. Sewe keer sondig (Afrikaans Edition)

By: Stefaans Coetzee

3.33

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

Saamgestel deur Stefaans Coetzee en Anschen Conradie 25 kortverhale, die een sondiger as die ander… read more

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31. SIZZLERS: The hate crime that tore Sea Point apart

By: Nicole Engelbrecht

4.00

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2003, ten gay men were brutally attacked at Sizzlers, a massage parlour in Sea Point. In a massa… read more

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Deneys Reitz

3.82

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André de Ruyter

4.56

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Darrel Bristow-Bovey

4.49

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4.14

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Sebastian Barry

3.85

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Karen Jennings

3.53

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Shubnum Khan

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