This month, every customer who buys a copy of our Book of the Month will get the chance to win a fabulous and exclusive prize: two luxurious nights at Thula Thula Game Reserve. More details on that below, but first, a little about the book. Even though it’s brand new,...

A shoutout to the Bargain Books Community From Tracy Terblanche, manager of Bargain Books Walmer Park  I love working for Bargain Books, for we are given a huge amount of autonomy in our shops. This is not a cooky-cutter book chain. Each store has a unique set of...

Koos Bekker, South African businessman, is the chairman of the media group Naspers - and that’s an entity we are all familiar with, whether we know it or not. Naspers is the parent organisation of Media 24 and Takealot, it’s the largest media company outside of the...

A Good Way to Have Some Calming and Magical Indoor Fun It’s a testament to the lasting appeal of the world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts that more lovely ways to conjure and interact with that universe are being continuously developed. As part of our efforts to keep an...

There are many ways to celebrate the women in your life. There are many ways, too, to celebrate all the women of the world. But, and you may already have guessed our position here, the best way, naturally, is with books! The best way involves sharing directly in the...

A is vir Augustus en Afrikaans. B is vir Bargain Books! In Augustus vier Bargain Books die werk van ‘n groot aantal van ons beste Afrikaanse skrywers deur daagliks afslag te gee op ‘n bepaalde titel. Elke dag, ja, letterlik elke dag, van hierdie maand bied ons 20%...

  How are you and how's 2022 treating you? I’m very well, thank you! 2022 has been lovely – it has been wonderful bringing The No-Show out into the world, and meeting readers face-to-face at last after years of pandemic publication dates. And my little one is...

A good start in education is vital not only to life outcomes but to the health of our nation and our kind as a whole. For some, a foundational education is harder to achieve than it should be, harder than many of us realise… and that's where our new promotion comes...

One of Us is Lying: #BookTok and Streaming Sensation Karen M. McManus is a bestselling author known primarily for the series One of Us Is Next, now also a series on Netflix. Many are calling her the queen of teen crime. She’s also one of the authors benefiting from...

Once again delving into the world of first novels to find the most tantalising debuts, we bring you The Measure by Nikki Erlick - a fascinating and ambitious book that begins with a compelling concept and grows to encompass as many forms of love, hope and fate as you...

Our pick for BOTM this month comes from a beloved author who’s been gripping readers the world over for some time with her suspenseful storytelling and intense domestic dramas.   Deception by Lesley Pearse We all have to wonder, from time to time, whether we...

If the bestseller lists over the course of this year have been any indication, #BookTok - the arm of TikTok dedicated to the love of literature and all things bookish - has been having quite an effect on the publishing industry, and on reading in general. This...

Our picks for the most exciting new fiction of the month this month do feature a whole bunch of murder and mayhem. And who doesn’t like a nice murder, after all? But be not afeared, some of those murders are of the more lighthearted variety (which certainly is a...

June is Pride Month – a month for celebrating and contemplating all things LGBTQ+, for encouraging unity and for honouring the long and often arduous journey that the global queer community has taken to get to this point… as well as all that has yet to be achieved....

June is Pride Month – a month for celebrating and contemplating all things LGBTQ+, for encouraging unity and for honouring the long and often arduous journey that the global queer community has taken to get to this point… as well as all that has yet to be achieved....

It’s amazing to think that not long ago there was something controversial about a book having LGBTQ+ themes. Books with queer content - sometimes even just perceived queer content - were being banned all over the place, being blamed for some kind of vague moral decay...

There’s a new book absolutely smashing the bestseller lists as of right now and we thought you’d like to know about it! It’s a stunningly honest memoir written with unrestrained fervour, and it packs one heck of a personal punch. It’s Finding Me by the legendary actor...

  Twenty-five years ago, the book industry was changed forever. The line between children’s and adult literature was all but dissolved, witches and wizards flew (we’re picturing broomsticks, but there’s the whole apparating thing too, if you prefer) to...

We know, a Bargain Books Warehouse Sale and only a month apart from the other, can it be real? Yes, it most certainly can. Come and enjoy a trip to a warehouse filled with books at LOW PRICES. Our warehouse or rather book heaven offers a large range of books that are...

It’s time for another brand new debut! This month we’ve chosen a novel dripping in atmosphere and overflowing with historical detail - an intriguing, spellbinding intergenerational tale of family secrets, sacrifice, love and war that timeslips between WWII London,...

Get 15% Off When You Buy Any Lee Child Title for Father’s Day Promotion ends on 19th June 2022 If your dads are anything like ours, they are strong, thoughtful and surprising… and they love a good bit of action. And as we all know, action is what you get when you...

Sadly, the author of the much-loved Seven Sisters series passed away last year, but not before completing this posthumously published, rich and suspenseful new mystery set in a secretive countryside boarding school.   Lucinda Riley Lucinda Riley first started out...

4 More New Nonfiction Releases In May To round off our selection of nonfiction releases for this month, we’re bringing you the following four local titles. We have one on planning for retirement and longer life, one on succeeding in the corporate world, one on a...

  Our second clutch of featured releases for this month includes new titles from veteran bestsellers as well as social media phenomena. We’ve got thrilling mysteries and cabalistic schemes, scintillating disappearances and terrible tragedies, and some truly...

Between the parents and the teachers and the children (all three volumes of them!) you might have thought that David Walliams had finally run out of the Worst Whatsits in the World to delight and appal us with. Not so! Because Walliams is back and this time he has...

  There are many things that need making sense of. That’s not a new truism, of course, but it is an endless source of inspiring, thought-provoking and fascinating writing. So that’s good - even if it can feel a bit much now and then. The five non-fiction picks...

  It’s not often that our new fiction picks are united by a theme. We don’t really pick them that way, but in this case it just seems to have happened. And the theme, if there is one, in this case is almost certainly women. Or, more particularly, the challenges,...

  Being a mother is a stressful business. Not exclusively, obviously, but there’s really no denying that it’s a tough job. And that’s why it’s a good idea to show your mother, all mothers, in fact, some love. You probably ought to be doing that all the time, to...

  By now you all know that we’re ceaselessly excited about debut novels, so we’ll skip the preamble and plunge straight into our brilliant choice for this month: My Name is Yip by Paddy Crewe Already being extensively praised for its vividity, eloquence and, most...

  Genius: How to Take Smart Ideas Global by Bruce Whitfield With his previous book, The Upside of Down (which came out in 2020), veteran journalist and business speaker Bruce Whitfield explored a world awash with chaos… and explained that, with the right...

  If you know anything about James Patterson, you will have spotted that new release 22 Seconds is the 22nd entry in the bestselling Women's Murder Club series, which is regularly cowritten with Maxine Paetro. The women of the titular club have now been applying...

  Part two of our featured new releases for this month includes some real whoppers. We’ve got new ones from some of the world’s best loved storytellers, and we’ve got two emotional and nerve-wracking thrillers that will strike a chord with anyone who’s ever been...

  Peppa Pig. Is there a more beloved piglet? The television show has been running for about 18 years, there’s a couple of films, there’s a couple of video games, there’s even a handful of theme parks. It has even been observed that the show has influenced the way...

Starfell and Willow Moss The New Book and a Series Overview The first outing of Willow Moss - a young witch struggling to find her worth in a family of skilled spellcasters - came in the form of Willow Moss and The Lost Day back in 2019. Right from the start, author...

  This month, our picks kick-off with a gripping trip into the universe of one of the biggest fantasy authors on the planet before dipping into classic mysteries, deadly thrillers, rewritten histories and impossible families. Here are six of the new releases...

  Buy Any 2 Treehouse Books and Get a Free Frisbee!     We just can’t get enough of the 13-Storey Treehouse books! So it’s just as well that they show no signs of slowing down. Everybody’s favourite gravity-defying, expectation-confounding, mind-blowing...

  Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus     Since our deep love of debut novels continues unabated - because, well, of course it does - this month we are choosing to shine our high-powered debut spotlight on a stylish, vibrant and hugely satisfying new...

Two from the Master This month - actually it's becoming rather a happy habit of ours - there are two books of the month! And this time around, they are both by departed, beloved master of all things adventurous, Wilbur Smith. One of them pits members of the famed...

More New Fiction This Month 4 New Young Adult Titles and 3 New Adult Releases Several of the most exciting fiction releases this month are of the Young Adult variety - so here we’ll be taking a look at 4 Young Adult Releases and 3 new adult novels. Fantasy, romance...

  This month, we’ve chosen six exciting new non-fiction releases to elevate, educate and perhaps even shock you. Three transformative takes on happiness and wealth, one incredible memoir, one shattering exposé… and a lovely local recipe book stirred in for good...

  It’s an exciting month for fiction. We’ve got highly anticipated new work from some established favourites, a whole bunch of local flavour, some visceral thrills and even some voyeuristic delights. Whichever of these most takes your fancy (no judgments, of...

  7 Books To Make Work More Workable   We all know that work is never perfect. And a lot of us are looking to shake things up at the moment: to branch out, to become more self-sufficient, and/or to just spend less time putting up with dreadful people. We at...

Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton   Officially On Sale Today!     Let’s get something straight: there is a world in which you are allowed to be perhaps a little annoyed with the endless number of celebrity novel collaborations. However,...

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake Our Debut of the Month this month speaks to the rising influence of TikTok’s book-lover community, BookTok. Recently, BookTok has led to the meteoric rise/revival of Colleen Hoover and her runaway bestseller, It Ends With Us. Now, BookTok...

  This month, because once again we had a hard time choosing between two very exciting new releases, we actually have two Books of the Month for March. For more about the first of these, read on. And, of course, stay tuned for more about our second Book of the...

  Our second selection of new fiction this month features some real crowd pleasers. From searching romances from veterans Francine Rivers and Danielle Steel, to enthralling murder mysteries from authors new and established, from a city of books to a city of...

  Colleen Hoover only recently exploded onto the scene. But she has been writing and releasing books for some time (time enough to get over twenty romances and psychological thrillers under her belt, at least). Until recently, she was not especially well known,...

  Our first selection of new novels for this month is packed with irresistible mysteries. We have old magic and a shipwreck, the disappearance of the world’s most famous mystery novelist, an autobiography spilling over with appalling secrets and… well, that’s...

  It’s so easy to get yourself in a tangle. Most of us will know that feeling: there are so many things you want to sort out, to be better at and to get right, it’s hard enough just to know how and where to begin. Fortunately, we have some good ideas on how to...

  Yes, it’s a new month and it’s time for another of our favourite debuts. This time around, it’s a historical blend of mystery, romance and fantasy that draws from Ancient Greek myth. Dripping with atmosphere, glittering with historical charm and packed with...

  The moment we’ve been waiting for! Almost 25 years after Rachel’s Holiday, one of Marian Keyes’s most loved books, comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Again, Rachel. Lauren Mc Diarmid found out why now was the right time for a sequel, Marian’s latest...

  This month, we’re kicking off what will no doubt be another great year of Books of the Month - at least that’s something we can rely on! - with the return of one of the funniest writers out there. By this point, Keyes has published more than twenty books of...

Books shouldn't break the bank.   Many of you could be getting those books at even lower prices. Read on to find out how.   Those of you concerned about your book budget already know that, thanks to our excellent prices, Bargain Books is the best place to buy your...

It’s the new year, and that means only one thing… okay, it means a lot of things, but most importantly it means that it’s time for us to showcase and celebrate a brand new debut novel. And here’s a beautiful, lyrical tale told in grand tradition that’s just the thing...

  The beauty of the book boxset is plain to see. And there’s no way around it: box-shaped Christmas presents are just better. And it’s not just that. They’re also instantly memorable. No kid ever forgets receiving a collection of books. It’s a gift for life,...

  The Harry Potter fan is a gift-giver's dream. It’s the fandom that keeps on giving. For the fan who already has all the books, there’s a world of supplementary merch. And we’ve included some of our favourites below. Also, it must be said that the illustrations...

  It’s one of those universal truths: pictures just have a way of saying it better. The honestly exquisite illustrations found in these two works of simple philosophy will thoroughly charm anyone who gets to see them. And it helps that they accompany the kind of...

  As The Grinch once never remarked: maybe this season’s really about sharing experiences and genuine positivity. The Grinch would have made it rhyme, we guess. Anyway, for the reader who likes their reading uplifting and reflective, we bring you these five tales...

  It’s about the kids really though isn’t it? Not to harp on or anything, but if you haven’t already come independently to the conclusion that reading is the best gift of all, then perhaps you’ve wandered over here by mistake. Or perhaps (and this is where it...