Fiction

Yes, its time for the brand new Madam & Eve annual, Strike While the Iron is Hot and this one is better than ever! No one can deny that here in South Africa, its been a humour-filled year chock-full of gags, howlers and outrageous punch lines coming...

Another satirical winner from this sharp and witty creative team. The motley crew of Madam, Eve, Thandi and Mother Anderson are like old friends to most South Africans and their dysfunctional, chaotic and totally recognisable South African household is...

From Julius Malema's tantrums to President Zuma's plane trips, from Bakkies Botha's booting to Helen Zille's toyi-toyiing, it's been a big and busy year for news in the Rainbow Nation. Now comes the newsiest titbit of all_ the new Madam & Eve annual hits...

Madam, Eve, Thandi and Mother Anderson return with their chaotic and totally recognisable South African household in the latest hilarious reflection of everyday life in South Africa. Featuring the humour South Africans have come to know and love, this...

Theyre back, and better than ever! This year sees the release of the twenty-second Madam & Eve, and it is another winner from this sharp and witty creative team. Featuring the humour South Africans have come to know and love, this Madam & Eve promises to...

It is hard to believe the Anderson family and their domestic sidekick, Eve, have been part of our daily landscape for 23 years. Dip into these cartoons for a much-needed chuckle. Madam & Eve cartoons appear regularly in the Mail & Guardian, The Star,...

Tessa is a beautiful, tiny, dark-eyed princess â who's given up her duties to follow her heart, working for nothing backstage at the Viennese opera. No one there knows who she really is, or that a fairytale castle is missing its princess, and Tessa is...

Magnus Chase - Book 2Thors hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon - the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isnt just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his...

My name is Magnus Chase. I'm orphaned and living rough on the streets of Boston. And things are about to get much worse.My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake and said, 'They're after you.' Next...

Best Books to Read in August - The Independent Gwendolyn and Estella are as close as sisters can be. But now Gwendolyn is lying in a coma, the sole survivor after Estella poisons their entire family. As Gwendolyn struggles to regain consciousness,...

The world's best magician is going blind, but is there a story in his past that can save him? Victor Losa has spent his life studying magic. His mentor, Mario Galvan, taught him not only the practical aspects of the art, but also its history and the...

Die verteller, Maud, sien van kleinsaf dinge wat nie daar is nie. Bedags word sy bloots gery deur "lukrake visioene en snags deur ingewikkelde drome". Dimensions : 13.7 X 21.3 x 1.3 cm Format : Paperback Age Group : ADULT Page Numbers : 160

The must-read novel of 2020. Chilling, moving and unputdownable, The Memory Wood is a thriller like no other.'Beautifully told, with two superbly drawn young protagonists, Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent' Daily Mail'Superbly creepy, with an...

Welcome to Keri Arthur's urban fantasy world of the Spook Squad... Welcome to Keri Arthur's urban fantasy world of the Spook Squad...Sam Ryan has no memory of her past. All she has is a crayon drawing of a woman with the word Mummy scrawled underneath...

A Minute to Midnight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world's most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci. Without Mercy. At six years old, Atlee's twin sister, Mercy, was taken from...

From the #1 New York Times bestsellingauthor of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing storyof dreams and desires, death and destiny.Do the dreamers need the ley lines to save the world . . . orwill their actions end up dooming the world?As Ronan, Hennessy, and...

MB is for Masters in Business Which is what Kimmy, Russ, Jamie, and Layla are supposed to be studying for at the University of Connecticut. Jamie at least has serious academic intent. Well, until the first day of preterm when he develops a not-so-secret...

Oxfordshire, 1947. Exhausted by the war and nursing a tragic secret, Kit Smallwood flees to Wickam Farm to recuperate. There she throws herself into helping Daisy set up a charity sending midwives to India. Daisy's plan is fraught with danger. With...

1814: Two 16-year-old stepsisters run away with a married man. The results are devastating and the ripples will be felt for centuries.This is the incredible story of Mary Shelley - radical, rebellious and entranced. It is the story of a young woman who...

Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson Guardian series is packed with everything you need_ a feisty heroine, vampires and werewolves, suspense and a whole lot of sexy action. Shape-shifting werewolf and vampire Riley Jenson is through with death - causing it,...

A beautiful puzzle_ fiendishly clever and hugely entertaining. A masterpiece.' Lucy Foley, author of The Hunting Party Retired publisher Susan Ryeland is running a small hotel on a Greek island with her long-term boyfriend. But life isn't as idyllic...

Named one of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Novels and Best Beach Reads by Entertainment Weekly ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ Travel + Leisure ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ Bustle ∙ SheReads ∙ Brit + Co and more!"An exciting and inspiring read that shows us...

In the heady summer of 1977, a naive young woman called Calista sets out from Athens to venture into the wider world. On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set, she finds herself working for the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder, about...

MRS. EVERYTHING is like "Beaches" but with mothers and daughters and sisters. I may never recover.' (Jill Grunenwald, author of RUNNING WITH A POLICE ESCORT and READING BEHIND BARS) From Jennifer Weiner, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of WHO...

Jude Lomax scrapes a living playing the trumpet on the neon streets of Baton Noir. Then she is invited to play at the funeral of the infamous cajou queen, Ivory Monette. Passing through the cemetery gates, Jude finds herself possessed by the murdered...

Chicago, 1948. Martin Jones, insignificant pastor of the small Church of the Sons of Ezekiel, is visited by someone who calls himself a messenger of God and performs a miracle. The small-time preacher soon becomes the charismatic leader of millions of...

London, 1949. Onefoggy night, Rosie Lanesees her son Brian on the banks of the Thames.Only he died four months earlier; and when she comes near him, he crumbles intodust. An incident strikingly similar to Kathy's own encounter with Goring in Namibia...

Never Have I Ever been punished for what I have done . . .'An unsettling whirlwind of a novel with a startlingly dark core. 5 Stars' Sun on The Other TwinTwenty years agoFour teenagers discover a new game.They add their own rules, going from sharing...

With 2 million copies of her Immortals series in print, Alyson Noel is one of the hottest paranormal teen authors writing today. NIGHT STAR continues the epic love story that has enchanted readers across the world. Ever and Damen must face bitter rivals,...

When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, NUMA operatives Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine.A doomed aircraftFlying over the South Pacific, the most...

No Big Deal is a fierce and body-positive celebration of friendship, first crushes and loving yourself 'No Big Deal is an iconic love song to everyone out there who knows that life isn't one size fits all' Julie Murphy, bestselling author of Dumplin' ...

Family always comes first. Until now.Get ready for the ultimate summer read with the explosive new novel from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller and 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) Martina Cole.Diana Davis has been head of the family business...

A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist. For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a peaceful, largely...

There are worlds beyond our own - the Compass will show the way...The first novel in Philip Pullman's epic "His Dark Materials" trilogy is now the stunning motion picture "The Golden Compass", made by New Line Cinema and Scholastic Media. When Lyra is...

Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story-it becomes an experience to remember forever. The Notebook is such a book. It is a celebration of how passion can be ageless and timeless, a tale that moves us to...

In a small town where loyalty is valued above all, defying unspoken rules can be deadly. A coming-of-age novel for fans of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.At fifteen, Boady Sanden dreams of being anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. Then the Elgins move...

Die beste 21 verhale uit die inskrywings vir Human & Rousseau se Nuwe Stories-kortverhaalwedstryd vir skrywers onder dertig. In hierdie bundel kan jy die pols van ’n nuwe generasie Afrikaanse skrywers voel. Die verhale dek die hele spektrum_ die...