The Sunday Times has once again released their monthly bestseller list, revealing the top five fiction and top five non-fiction books in the country. The information is gleaned from SAPnet/Nielsen bookseller data and publisher data.
The fiction list looks grim from a local point of view. All five books are international titles, including the controversial Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian Grey by EL James in the first spot and Go Set a Watchman, the much-anticipated and hotly-debated “new” book by Harper Lee.
The non-fiction list looks better from a South African perspective, featuring two local titles – Eugene de Kock: Assassin for the State by Anemari Jansen in fifth place and How Long Will South Africa Survive by RW Johnson in first place – and the biography of one of the country’s greatest international success stories, Elon Musk.
Have a look at the February bestsellers list to see what these respective lists looked like six months ago:
View the South African bestsellers for July:
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- Grey: 50 Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by EL James
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- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
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- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
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- Without a Trace by Lesley Pearse
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- The Liar by Nora Roberts
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- How Long Will South Africa Survive?: The Looming Crisis by RW Johnson
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- Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of Spacex and Tesla is Shaping Our Future by Ashlee Vance
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- Switch on Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health by Caroline Heath
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- Rich Dad Poor Dad – What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not by Robert T Kiyosaki
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- Eugene de Kock: Assassin for the State by Anemari Jansen
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