Book of the Month – June
For June 2025, we’re spotlighting: The First Gentleman by James Patterson & Bill Clinton! A gripping political thriller that unravels a shocking murder accusation at the White House. As the President of the United States campaigns for re-election, her...
Promotion of the Month – May
For May 2025, we’re spotlighting the Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry! Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry follows Alice Scott as she competes to write the biography of the elusive heiress Margaret Ives, uncovering secrets, scandals, and unexpected...
Promotion of the Month – May
For May 2025, we’re spotlighting The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce! The Homemade God set during a European heatwave, exploring sibling relationships and family fractures. As secrets unravel, the search for their late father’s missing masterpiece threatens to...
Promotion of the Month – April
Read. Obsess. Repeat! Immerse yourself in worlds that spark your imagination and characters who feel like old friends. Lose yourself in stories that stay with you long after the last page, leaving echoes of adventure, romance, and mystery in your mind....
Promotion of the Month – April
Booktok Made Me Read It! BookTok, the vibrant literary community on TikTok, has revolutionized the way readers discover books and authors. Through its dynamic mix of book reviews, heartfelt recommendations, and creative content, it has propelled many titles...
Book of the Month – February
We All Live HereBy Jojo Moyes Here’s something to appreciate about Jojo Moyes: as a romance novelist, she knows that a love story, if it’s really going to touch our hearts (and hers do more frequently than just about any other romance novelist out there), it...
January 2025 – New Author
A Short Life by Nicky Greenwall!"A Short Life" by Nicky Greenwall is a gripping novel that explores the lives of six friends forever changed by two car accidents on the same night. One accident is fatal, and only two friends know the truth about what happened. As...
More Fiction for Christmas
Framed by John Grisham and Jim McClosky The gift of the record set straight. Grisham does some of his best work in non-fiction - not to mention his work in the real world - and with his first work of non-fiction since The Innocent Man Grisham returns to the issue that...
Books for the Kids at Christmas
Here we are to help you choose the best book gifts for the middle-school kids in your life. We’ve got the latest books in some of the biggest series out there, as well as a couple of new departures from beloved authors. Every one of them is packed with imagination,...
Christmas Fiction Picks
Christmas Fiction Picks The whole Christmas season is many things to many people. With any luck, togetherness, kindness and family play a big part in that for all of us. The other thing that marks this period is a certain sense of retrospection - a thoughtfulness...
Give the Gift of Good Times
The Gift of Good Times The best cookbooks for food-lovers and family this Christmas Cookbooks make the ideal Christmas gifts for a whole host of reasons: there’s something for everyone, they’re often very beautiful and there’s more than a fair chance that you,...
Dyslexia Awareness
Dyslexia Friendly Awareness Dyslexic and reluctant readers are being catered to more than ever and since we, too, know that there should be no barriers when it comes to young folks reading for pleasure, we’ve put together this list of titles that will...
Debut of the Month – October
I’ll Look For You, Everywhere by Cameron Capello Sometimes what you want in a debut novel is a brand new dose of sun-bathed romance, something to galvanise your appetite for love lit. And sometimes what you want in a debut is the chance to get to know more of a...
Promotion of the Month – October 2024
Deals to Die For New releases at slashed prices from your favourite crime novelists this October The reading world is clear on this one: everyone loves a bit of murder… or, at least, a thrilling investigation! This month there’s a good handful of new cases from...
Debut of the Month September
The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable Well, September is shaping up to be quite the month for excellent historical fiction releases. Our Book of the Month, as you’ve hopefully already seen, is a wonderful look at authorship and women throughout history from...
Book of the Month September 2024
By Any Other NameJodi Picoult Over the course of nearly 30 novels, Jodi Picoult has crafted a host of memorable dilemmas and explored a great many themes. But there are two that she returns to… because they will never stop being both significant and emotive: who gets...
Debut of the Month – August 2024
The Silence in Between By Josie Ferguson It's time for another Debut of the Month! And this time, with their now well-established zeal for uncovering new voices, our debut pickers bring you The Silence in Between - a powerful, enthralling and beautiful tale of family,...
Book of the Month – August 2024
The Protector by Tony Park One author, perhaps more than any other, is synonymous with adventure. And that author is, of course, Tony Park. But adventure is not all that Park’s about: each of his new thrillers can be depended on to masterfully explore the natural...
Promotion of the Month – August 2024
Introducing Katie Kirby! …and the Embarrassing, Catastrophic, Mega-Complicated and Sometimes Disastrous World of Lottie Brooks!About Lottie When we meet Lottie, in The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks, she's almost twelve and she's about to start high...
Debut of the Month – July 2024
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue Our carefully handpicked featured debut this month concerns work: its relentless irritations, its unexpected joys and the many little frustrations and tiny triumphs that fall between. If you’ve ever worked an office job, in...
Book of the Month – June 2024
Eruption by Michael Crichton and James PattersonOur newest Book of the Month answers one doozy of a question: what would happen if you combined one of the smartest suspense writers ever to have written with one of the paciest? Well, you'd get a true blockbuster: an...
Debut of the Month – June 2024
Five Broken Blades by Mai CorlandA new month, a brand new exciting voice in fiction! Our most dedicated booksellers have once again surveyed the new-release landscape and have picked a standout new author to share with you all. The debut we’ve chosen for you this...
Book of the Month May 2024
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes This is the superstar’s sixteenth novel. Marian Keyes has made her career crafting sociable, witty and sometimes gritty novels about women: the desires of women, the hearts… the hilarious blunders. Her novels offer us all a big...
Book of the Month April 2024
The Wealth Money Can't Buy By Robin SharmaThrough one of the most celebrated careers in inspirational writing, Robin Sharma has consistently helped us to unlock our innate gifts, to pursue our true callings, to get all we can out of the days we're given, and to...
Debut of the Month
It's time for another Debut of the Month - our favourite chance to share with you another brand new and uniquely exciting voice in fiction! If you're not already watching for our new author picks each month, well, may we kindly recommend that you do? Because they tend...
Book of the Month – March 2024
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown How many new authors have you tried so far this year? Every month, through our Debut of the Month promotion, we get the chance to introduce you to one we feel sure you'll be glad you met. Looking out for and choosing these debuts...
Book of the Month – March 2024
The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black Holly Black, author of the Magisterium books and The Spiderwick Chronicles, is one of the best-known and most celebrated writers of fantasy for children and young adults. Her work tends to be both thoughtful and action-packed and...
Book of the Month – March 2024
The Women by Kristin Hannah Kristin Hannah, celebrated author of The Four Winds, The Nightingale and recent Netflix adaptation Firefly Lane, is well known for the power and emotional depth of her movingly human stories. Now she's back with an epic tale of love,...
Debut of the Month February 2024
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White Booksellers spend much of their time talking about and promoting the newest books by the most well-known authors. That's the nature of the business. But what we're really passionate about, and what really makes the book world so...
Book of the Month- February 2024
House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City #3) by Sarah J. Maas Could it be the most anticipated fantasy release of the year? Oh absolutely. Could it be the sexiest and most spellbinding? Too right it could. Is its gorgeous cover already making book bloggers drool? You...
Blind Date with a Book
At all Bargain Books branches, love yourself first and treat yourself to a little Valentine's Day surprise. In books, as in romance, it's often the most unexpected that most touches the heart. Some romance books reveal the essence of love, some explore its...
Debut of the Month – Jan 2024
Happy New Year everybody! There are a lot of things that can be said about this year just passed, as there always are… but the best of them is this: it was filled with so many good books! We hope you've had a chance to reflect on your year's worth of reading, and we...
The Summer Sale is Now On! And There’s a Brilliant Competition Too…
Sometimes it happens that you don't get that many books for Christmas. Horrible to contemplate, we know, but it does happen. Fortunately, we have a remedy for this! And it's our Summer Sale! It's a fabulous time of year for us because we get to bring you even more of...
Give the Gift of Inspiration
Give the Gift of Inspiration Two things we can probably agree on about inspiration. One: it’s possibly the greatest gift you can give. Two: books are the best way to do that! Then again, it’s a hard thing to put your finger on, isn’t it? But you know when it’s there....
Give the Gift of Imagination!
Give the Gift of Imagination! It's fair to say that Christmas Elves - and their boss, we forget his name (just kidding, you know who we mean) - know a thing or two about imagination. You'd have to, wouldn't you, if your only job was to thrill and delight kids...
Give the Gift of Escape
Give the Gift of Escape Which best-selling new novels are our Christmas elves most excited about? Well, read on to find out! Nothing is as satisfying as a well-crafted story by a proven, celebrated author. When looking to leave the concerns of the day behind for a...
Give the Gift of Flavour
Give the Gift of Flavour There’s nothing quite like introducing a loved one to a new flavour. We bet we can all remember a time we delighted someone we care about with a food they had never tasted before. And that’s really what it’s all about, right? Flavours last...
PRIDE Blog – October 2023
Happy Pride!To celebrate all the super strides that are being made in the book world in terms of representation, variety, and queerness - and to treat you all to some wonderful gay stories, of course - we have put together a list of scintillating pride reads. There’s...
Book of the Month and Debut of the Month October
Another new month means another pair of books that warrant special attention. And in this case, they could hardly be more different. One is the moving new novel from an acclaimed voice in historical fiction while the other is a debut that’s distinctly contemporary;...
Roald Dahl Month
Roald Dahl Month At Bargain Books, this September is Roald Dahl month! And, yes, there are Golden Tickets up for grabs. The children’s books of Roald Dahl, not that you needed telling, are among the most charming, memorable, and evergreen stories ever put to page....
Get Ready for the World Cup!
Get Ready for the World Cup! With rugby’s most hotly anticipated contest now just weeks away, everybody’s asking the same question: can Erasmus and the Springboks do it again? We could debate it forever, of course, but we thought it might be more appropriate for us to...
Debut of the Month
Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding Here we are once again shining the spotlight on a brand-new author and this time around we have for you a brilliantly tangled-up thriller, with a decapitated narcissist and seven women who rightfully hated him at its centre. Rose...
2nd Book of the Month
Betrayal by Lesley Pearse Because we couldn’t choose between these two exciting new releases, Pip Williams’ new novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, is joined by the newest home-based suspense novel from one of the best household names in fiction. Being one of the UK’s...
Book of the Month July
The Bookbinder of JerichoBy Pip Williams Imagine spending your life surrounded by the most mind-expanding books being written. Imagine spending your life in a city absolutely overflowing with knowledge and learning. And then imagine being told that it is not...
Book of the Month June
Book of the Month June: Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø It’s been a little while since we’ve had anything new from Nesbø - who’s still, often convincingly, called the king of crime writers - and thus we’ve not heard from one of the book world’s most compelling and memorable...
Book of the Month May
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt By Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker An epic family saga reaches its stunning, long-awaited conclusion. In crafting the epic, resonant Seven Sisters series, the late Lucinda Riley not only captured the hearts and minds of readers...
Bargain Books at Comic Con!
That’s right we’re going to be at Comic Con Cape Town this year. And we’ll be bringing all the value, range, service and passion that make our stores the best. Spend more than R400 at our Comic Con stall and stand a chance to win a Tokyo Ghoul: re box set!Find us at...
Bargain Books Easter Egg Hunt
If you ask us, there are not many traditions that are as much fun as a proper Easter egg hunt. They’re fun to set up, they’re fun to take part in, heck, they’re even fun just to watch. All the colour, all the excitement… all the chocolate. Add books to this situation...
Books of the Month March
This month, we thought we’d go with something thrilling. And then we saw that there are two enormous thrillers new to the shelves this month and, rather than attempting to choose between them, we thought we’d feature them both. So, if you’re into shocking twists,...
Happy Cape Town Pride!!!
Pride month is all about understanding, accepting, and valuing your identity. So, in celebration of Cape Town Pride 2023, we have created a list of LGBTQIA+ Must Reads! Strap yourselves in and get ready for a weekend full of satisfying reads that tick all of your...
Pokémon Day with Bargain Books
Pokémon Day with Bargain Books Join us for a whole host of events celebrating the inimitable world of Pokémon and its many evolutions! If you are a person of, let’s say, a certain age, you might just remember what it was like trying to explain Pokémon (and why you...
8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It and Let it Go by Jay Shetty
Our Book of the Month is, as seems only appropriate for February, a book about love. A book about romance, connection and intimacy, about how to find these things, keep them and improve upon them. A book by a former Vedic monk and current leading light of wellness and...
Debut of the Month – More Fresh and Exciting New Voices for 2023!
The thrill of finding a brand new voice in fiction is, for many of us, the real pinnacle of reading pleasure. It certainly is for us. We are captivated by that singular excitement that comes from meeting a new writer through their work, and there’s just nothing like...
Valentine’s Day Promotion
Valentine’s Day Promotion This Valentine’s Day, you can get four Mills and Boon titles for just R200! This is at least half the usual price! Here’s a Valentine’s thought: what would romance be without books? Books can, and have, explored and illuminated every facet of...
Win with Quivertree Publications – The Grootbos Florilegium Getaway Competition!
Buy your Copy Today Win with Quivertree Publications – The Grootbos Florilegium Getaway Competition! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF CONSERVATION IN FYNBOS FROM THE CAPE FLORISTIC KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA! The greatest botanical artists in the world capture one of the most...
Young Adult Books on our Christmas List
Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman 👉WAS R359 NOW R329 SAVE R30 Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. This joyful trip into the LGBTQ+ world of Heartstopper is the perfect gift for anyone who loves the graphic novels or Netflix TV series The...
Cookery Books on our Christmas List
Die Demokratiese Republiek van Braai 2 by Jan Braai 👉WAS R429 NOW R399 SAVE R30 Die nuwe uitgawe van Die Demokratiese Republiek van Braai bevat 'n keur van nuwe resepte. Die indeling van die hoofstukke is aangepas, met besonderse resepte vir steak, hoender,...
Gift Books on our Christmas List
Minecraft Gift Box 👉WAS R389 NOW R359 SAVE R30 Dive into Minecraft with the official Minecraft Gift Box, packed with tips and tricks for creating amazing builds in the game. Get creative with this ultimate builder's gift box, a must-have for all Minecraft...
Autobiography & Inspirational Books on our Christmas List
Terry Pratchett A Life with Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob Wilkins 👉WAS R359 NOW R329 SAVE R30 Terry Pratchett, as if you need telling, was one of the greatest world-creators, wordplay humourists, off-kilter satirists, unseen academics and, of...
Fiksieboeke Op Ons Kerslys
Op pad na Moormansgat by Chris Karsten 👉WAS R229 NOW R199 SAVE R30 Een aand in 1914 word Koos de la Rey op pad na ’n rebellie noodlottig gewond. Die teiken was die bendelid William Foster. Dat De la Rey in die spervuur beland het, was pure toeval. Of was dit?...