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…
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1. Piers Plowman
By: William Langland , Elizabeth Robertson , Stephen H.A. Shepherd , Stephen H. A. Shepherd
3.44
Format: 672 pages, Paperback
Piers Plowman is one of the most significant works of medieval literature. Astonishing in its cultu… read more
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"And what a tree took away a tree shall restore"-William Langland, Piers Plowman
2. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
By: Simon Winchester
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. Cloud Atlas
By: David Mitchell
3.90
Format: 49 pages, Paperback
Cloud Atlasbegins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to hi… read more
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4. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
This startling novel describes the adolescence of a ferociously bright and rebellious orphan adopte… read more
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5. Die Groot Verlange: Die Verhaal Van Eugène N. Marais
By: Leon Rousseau
3.70
Format: None pages, Hard cover
Die groot verlangebied nie net 'n fassinerende blik op een van die veelsydigste en merkwaardigste A… read more
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- africa
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6. False River
By: Dominique Botha
2.88
Format: 29 pages, ebook
"You are too close to the water," Paul whispered. "There are barbels in the mud. They will wake up … read more
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7. Dancing the Death Drill
By: Fred Khumalo
3.75
Format: 289 pages, Softcover
Paris, 1958. A skirmish in a world-famous restaurant leaves two men dead and the restaurant staff b… read more
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8. Disgrace
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a… read more
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9. Instructions for a Heatwave
By: Maggie O'Farrell
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Hardcover
Sophisticated, intelligent, impossible to put down, Maggie O'Farrell's beguiling novels blend richl… read more
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10. 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
11. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- history
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
12. The Overstory
By: Richard Powers
4.12
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
The Overstory is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning ev… read more
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"Human history was the story of increasingly disoriented hunger."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
"The confirmation of others: a sickness the entire race will die of."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
"Civilized yards are all alike. Every wild yard is wild in its own way."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
"Trees fall with spectacular crashes. Planting is silent and growth invisible."-Richard Powers, The Overstory
13. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
By: India Holton
4.00
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agen… read more
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"That was a relief. She might contract tetanus over the next few hours in this shack, but at least there would be tea."-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
"She felt all-peopled-out after the morning and wanted to go home, close the curtains, and hug a book until her nerves settled."-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
"Was there a more exquisite woman in all the world than the one standing before him? If so, Daniel had not met her, and never expected to."-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
"Alice gazed up at his mouth and the calm line of his cheekbone - for looking too long into his eyes overwhelmed her even more now than it had before. He thrilled every nerve in her. He engulfed every…"-India Holton, The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels, #3)
14. The Mercies
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
4.01
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
After a storm has killed off all the island's men, two women in a 1600s Norwegian coastal village s… read more
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"Handsome man, as these Scots often seem to be…"-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies
"It is written, and once written, things aren’t easily forgotten."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies
"…she isn’t sure a life spent here is worthy of the label of living."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies
"This is your land?' 'No.' The girl's tone was firm as her gaze. 'We only lived here."-Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies
15. Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.11
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is … read more
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"I think our job--maybe even our 'duty'--is to--To bear the burden of the mystery with as much grace as we can."-Elizabeth Strout, Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)
16. Once Upon a River
By: Diane Setterfield
3.95
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes pla… read more
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"There must be more to stories than you think."-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
"A curtain was drawn back in every man's inner theater and their storytelling minds got to work."-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
"They think I am concealing my ugliness from them, when in truth it is their ugliness I am hiding."-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
"A child is not an empty vessel.... to be formed in whatever way the parent thinks fit. They are born with their own hearts and they cannot be made otherwise, no matter what love a man lavishes on the…"-Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River
17. The Dark Flood (Benny Griessel, #7)
By: Deon Meyer
4.39
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From internationally acclaimed crime writer Deon Meyer, a new thriller featuring superstar detectiv… read more
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- africa
- south africa
18. Flowerheart
By: Catherine Bakewell
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poiso… read more
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"The goal was not to subdue one's anger or shame, but rather to embrace it. Control was not the objective; freedom was. (Chapter 16, page 220)"-Catherine Bakewell, Flowerheart
19. The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
By: India Holton
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse... Miss Charlotte Pettifer belong… read more
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"Madam,"-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
"I’m Irish. Being both Catholic and a pirate are almost obligatory."-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
"Alex did not like bewilderment. He liked smug certainty and hitting things with his sword."-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
"I meant all the way to Lady Armitage’s house, which will be the climax of our efforts. Once I have my amulet, you can withdraw."-India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels, #2)
20. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
By: Amy Jeffs
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more
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- history
21. Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens
By: James Boyce
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A pre-existing population of proud indigenous people are forced out of their homelands. Then they a… read more
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- nonfiction
22. The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
By: Kate Strasdin
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - to… read more
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- biography
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23. Everything I Need I Get from You
By: Kaitlyn Tiffany
3.55
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A thrilling dive into the world of superfandom and the fangirls who shaped the social internet. … read more
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- history
"Infatuation is irrational but it can be a precursor to introspection. The experience of bodily joy is an invitation to reconsider the conditions that hold you away from it most of the time. Screaming…"-Kaitlyn Tiffany, Everything I Need I Get from You
24. You Will Be Safe Here
By: Damian Barr
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“There is pain on these pages and poetry too. I left this book bruised yet somehow better for it.”… read more
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- africa
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"The news is a never-ending horror movie and nobody knows how it's going to end"-Damian Barr, You Will Be Safe Here
"Cape Town, so beautiful she was bored hearing about it and would never go just to spite it."-Damian Barr, You Will Be Safe Here
"In the water, in the dark. It doesn’t matter whose fingers find whose toes. Nobody can see. The stars are saying nothing."-Damian Barr, You Will Be Safe Here
"Researching and writing my novel has taken me to some really dark places. It is when you are in these dark places that you can see: there is always hope, there is always love."-Damian Barr, You Will Be Safe Here
25. Die verdwyning van Billy Katz
By: Chris Karsten
4.16
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Moordspeurder Ella Neser is terug. Erg hees en met ’n bewing in haar hande wat sy nie vir kolonel S… read more
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26. 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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- nonfiction
27. Villager
By: Tom Cox
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
There’s so much to know. It will never end, I suspect, even when it does. So much in all these live… read more
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28. Hoerkind: Die memoires van ‘n randeier (Afrikaans Edition)
By: Herman Lategan
3.87
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
Die joernalis en skrywer Herman Lategan word vroeg reeds ʼn hoerkind genoem. Hy is buite die eg gebo… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Zeus van Wyngaardt en die godin van die jag
By: Julio Agrella
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Privaat speurder Zeus van Wyngaardt sou nooit kon droom dat ’n godin soos Diana Engelbrecht (sy naa… read more
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30. Zeus van Wyngaardt en die skrikgodin
By: Julio Agrella
4.45
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dit is die tweede boek in die Zeus van Wyngaardt-reeks. Die eerste boek, Zeus van Wyngaardt en die … read more
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31. 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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