Alert! Exclusive Books has announced the annual Homebru list, celebrating the best of South African fiction and non-fiction.
There are 48 books on the list, including the shortlists for this year’s Sunday Times Alan Paton Award and Fiction Prize, the winners of which were announced last Saturday.
Fiction highlights on the list include Lauren Beukes‘ latest offering, Broken Monsters, Sarah Lotz‘ thriller The Three and Damon Galgut’s Arctic Summer.
Non-fiction fans are also spoilt for choice, with titles including Lost and Found in Johannesburg by Mark Gevisser, Gareth van Onselen’s Clever Blacks, Jesus and Nkandla: The Real Jacob Zuma in His Own Words, Tony Leon’s Opposite Mandela, Justice: A Personal Account by Edwin Cameron and Zelda la Grange’s explosive memoir Good Morning, Mr Mandela, which is already taking the country by storm.
Here’s the complete 2014 Exclusive Books Homebru list. Get reading!
The Sunday Times Alan Paton Award Shortlist
The Sunday Times Fiction Prize Shortlist
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- How to Fix South Africa’s Schools: Lessons from Schools that Work by Jonathan Jansen, Molly Blank
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- Retreat: The Joy of Conscious Eating by Daniel Jardim
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- The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by Penny Busetto
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- Doing Life with Mandela by Christo Brand, Barbara Jones
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EAN: 9781868426089
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- South African Battles by Tim Couzens
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- What’s Gone Wrong? by Alex Boraine
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EAN: 9781868425532
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- On Route in SA by BPJ Erasmus
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EAN: 9781920289645
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- Op Pad in Suid-Afrika by BPJ Erasmus
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EAN: 9781920289652
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- Lost and Found in Johannesburg by Mark Gevisser
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EAN: 9781868425884
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- The Three by Sarah Lotz
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- Dear Bullet: Or A Letter to My Shooter by Sixolile Mbalo
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EAN: 9781868426164
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- Opposite Mandela by Tony Leon
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EAN: 9781868426010
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- Clever Blacks, Jesus and Nkandla: The Real Jacob Zuma in His Own Words by Gareth Van Onselen
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- Justice: A Personal Account by Edwin Cameron
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EAN: 9780624063056
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- Oliver Tambo Speaks edited by Adelaide Tambo
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EAN: 9780795706844
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- Krokodil aan my skouer: Stoffel toe en nou by Christiaan Bakkes
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- 21st Century Megatrends: Perspectives from a Fox by Clem Sunter
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- Dubbelspel by Wilna Adriaanse
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- Untitled by Kgebetli Moele
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EAN: 9780795704949
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- London – Cape Town – Joburg by Zukiswa Wanner
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- The Ties That Bind by Praba Moodley
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EAN: 9780795706691
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- Verdeelde land: Hoe die oorgang Suid-Afrika faal by Sampie Terreblanche
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EAN: 9780624067399
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- A Time Traveller’s Guide to Our Next Ten Years by Frans Cronje
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- Winterkos in Provence by Marita van der Vyver
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EAN: 9780624057758
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- Winter Food in Provence by Marita van der Vyver
EAN: 9780624057772
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- Vyf-en-veertig skemeraandsange uit die eenbeendanser se werkruimte by Breyten Breytenbach
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EAN: 9780798166461
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- I’m Not Your Weekend Special: Portraits on the lifestyle and politics of Brenda Fassie edited by Bongani Madondo
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EAN: 9781770103665
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- Incognito: The Memoirs of Ben Trovato by Mark Verbaan
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EAN: 9781770103887
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- The Crazy Life of Larry Joe by Joanne Jowell
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EAN: 9781770103191
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- Unbelievable! by Chad le Clos, Myan Subrayan
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EAN: 9780143538653
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- Good Morning, Mr Mandela by Zelda la Grange
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EAN: 9780241014943
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- Goeiemore, Mnr. Mandela by Zelda la Grange
EAN: 9780143539117
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- Bo-Kaap Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and True Stories by Maggie Mouton, Shireen Narkedien, illustrated by Craig Fraser
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EAN: 9780987028464
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- 100 Good Ideas: Celebrating 20 years of democracy by Brendon Bell-Roberts, Ashraf Jamal
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EAN: 9781415206799
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- Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
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EAN: 9781415206898
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- Dark Windows by Louis Greenberg
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EAN: 9781415206874
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- Call It Like It Is: The Jonathan Kaplan story by Jonathan Kaplan, Mike Behr
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EAN: 9781770225855
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- Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
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EAN: 9781415202005
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- The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War: A Social History by Elizabeth Van Heyningen
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EAN: 9781431405428
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- My Second Initiation: The Memoir of Vusi Pikoli by Vusi Pikoli, Mandy Wiener
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EAN: 9781770103450
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- Portrait of a Slave Society: The Cape of Good Hope, 1717 – 1795 by Karel Schoeman
EAN: 9781869197490
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- A Rumour of Spring: South Africa after 20 years of Democracy by Max du Preez
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EAN: 9781770225435
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- Richard Rive: A Partial Biography by Shaun Viljoen
EAN: 9781868147434
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- Penumbra by Songeziwe Mahlangu
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EAN: 9780795704680
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- Wolf, Wolf by Eben Venter
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EAN: 9780624054993
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- The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
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EAN: 9781415202012
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- False River by Dominique Botha
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EAN: 9781415203811
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- The Spiral House by Claire Robertson
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EAN: 9781415203842
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