April Book of the Month

April Book of the Month

  Legacy of War by Wilbur Smith and David Churchill It is a testament to the enduring appeal of Smith’s action-packed adventures that each new release is greeted with considerable excitement… which is why Legacy of War, the newest installment in the part of the...

read more
James Patterson’s 21st Birthday

James Patterson’s 21st Birthday

  Twenty One is a pretty significant milestone. But this is not your average birthday: this is the 21st instalment of the wildly popular Women’s Murder Club series! Gotta love those balloons. James Patterson and Maxine Paetro have created one of the world’s most...

read more
The Eat Right Revolution

The Eat Right Revolution

  For a while now, Tim Noakes and his innovative variations on the low-carb diet have been informing the way that we eat. Even if you have not openly embraced the meal plans that he has made popular, there’s no denying that we have all become more conscious of...

read more
Two debuts to watch out for

Two debuts to watch out for

  Debut novels. They are a tricky prospect. Oftentimes, they’ll be the best novels you could ever hope to read. The promise of a brand new style, a new voice, and a story that so needed telling that it prompted an author to brave the unforgiving wilds of the...

read more
Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz

Everybody knows about the Orphan X novels (the newest of which is out now), but it may surprise you to learn that Hurwitz has actually been publishing since the late nineties. The six Orphan X novels are easily his most successful works, but he has also released many...

read more
6 Books To Keep Your Ethos Flexible

6 Books To Keep Your Ethos Flexible

  Maintaining an adaptable approach to work and business has always been important but, given the many vulnerabilities exposed by recent events and ongoing crises, it is especially essential at the moment. Here are 6 titles that will offer you new perspectives...

read more
The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

  C.J. Tudor’s flair for the macabre and her taste for the horrific have made her one of the best gothic thriller novelists around. Her very first novel, The Chalk Man, was inspired by some spooky stickmen scrawled on a driveway… and any author that can craft a...

read more
Jordan Peterson Interview

Jordan Peterson Interview

  In 12 Rules for Life, which has sold over 5 million copies around the world, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. His insights have...

read more
March Book of the Month

March Book of the Month

Jordan B. Peterson Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life   He began as a researcher, academic and admired professor within multiple psychological subfields and went on to become a YouTube phenomenon, media bugbear and bestselling author. His teachings incorporate...

read more
Sarah J. Maas: A Court of Silver Flames

Sarah J. Maas: A Court of Silver Flames

  One of the biggest fantasy writers in the world, Maas has now brought us three distinct series, all of which are sexy, compelling and filled with passion. The most recent of her series to receive a new instalment is A Court of Thorns and Roses in which, over...

read more
Kristin Hannah and The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah and The Four Winds

  Kristin Hannah has been steadily publishing novels since the early nineties. The years in which she does not release a new book are far rarer than the ones in which she does. Hannah once worked as a lawyer, though she has assured those who have asked that she...

read more
Valentine’s Day Reading

Valentine’s Day Reading

  Because Real Life Romance is… Inconsistent   … and also because grand gestures and amative outings are that little bit trickier at the moment. So this is the sort of thing we’ll be wanting to aim for this year ↷ “We would be together and have our books and...

read more
Angie Thomas and Concrete Rose

Angie Thomas and Concrete Rose

Teen lit superstar Angie Thomas’ hotly anticipated prequel to The Hate U Give is now available! Yes, the wait may have felt long, but now at last we can return to Garden Heights for a taste of what went down before Starr’s life was profoundly changed by the tragic...

read more

Christmas Sale – Non Fiction

Our Christmas sale is on! Get down to your nearest store to pick up some of these excellent local and international non-fiction books to add to your (hopefully heaving) shelves!   50 People Who F***ed up South Africa: The Lost Decade – Alexander Parker, Tim...

read more

Christmas sale – Fiction titles

With the festive season behind us and the decorations taken down let's look forward to 2021 with positivity. And we have some positively fantastic fiction titles, for those that love a good story, that have been further reduced in our Christmas sale. Get them before...

read more

Afrikaans Books for Christmas

  If there are readers among your family and friends keen on keeping up with Afrikaans lit, there are plenty of great choices. From translations of international bestsellers to new offerings from beloved Afrikaans authors, here are just some that you might...

read more

A Local Christmas with the Young Folk

  One way to guarantee a good Christmas for the little’uns is to have them unwrapping a veritable treasure trove of stories and pictures. And if that’s what you’ll be giving them this Christmas, and it absolutely should be, why not make sure that those stories...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

More International Fiction for Christmas

  Still looking for some more brand new novels to nab and wrap up for your bestest reader friends? Here is another selection of big names, exciting titles, and breathtaking thrillers from which you can choose during this final run up to Christmas. Two of them...

read more

Non-Fiction Local Christmas Picks

  For the friends and loved ones who value a true story and a deeper look at what constitutes our era, here is a selection of new and enticing non-fiction reads. From politics and crime to resistance essays and personal finance, there’s something here for...

read more

International Fiction for Christmas

So your friends and family fancy some new fiction for Christmas. But what are you going to choose? Here are some big names and new novels available at special festive prices. A Time For Mercy – John Grisham Was R359, Now R289. Save R70! The king of the legal thriller...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

Christmas Books for Kids (ages 9-12)

  Perfect books full of rip-roaring fun. Give the kids in your life a hilarious, adventurous Christmas with these specially marked-down titles and guaranteed favourites.   Guinness World Records 2021 Was R429, Now R349. Save R80! Really it goes without...

read more

Christmas Trading Hours

With Christmas just around the corner we want to be sure you know when our stores are open for that last minute shopping or even post Christmas splurge. See our trading hours for the 16th, 24th and 26th December plus 1st January 2021. Happy shopping! Gauteng, Free...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

International Non-Fiction

In addition to all the great fiction available this year, there is also a pretty great selection of new non-fiction from which to choose. Which is excellent, because, as you well know, some avid readers are not so much into the made-up. Therefore, here are ten factual...

read more

Local Fiction for Christmas

We are brimming this holiday season with great new local fiction offerings. Personally, I’ve always tried to abide by the rule “one for me, one for you” when buying books as presents (because that way you guarantee yourself immense joy on both sides of the literary...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

Fantastic Mark-Downs and Offers

  Ahead of Black Friday and Christmas, we’ve marked down a whole heap of exciting new titles so that you can treat your reader friends and loved ones (and yourself) to as many books as you can carry/wrap! Here are some of the titles onto which we’re cheerfully...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

New from Jeffrey Archer

              Hidden in Plain Sight – William Warwick #2 Archer has been one of the biggest international thriller/mystery writers since the 80s. Famous for his Kane and Abel series and the Clifton Chronicles, (as well as for the 20+ stand-alone novels and...

read more

Barack Obama: A Promised Land

            Regardless of the fact that he left office four years ago, Barack Obama continues to be an influential figure. Indeed, for many, he continues to represent many of the values that have arguably been whittled away by the current president – as does his...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

Dudu Busani-Dube

  Best known for her Hlomu series – and for writing the novelisation of the 2018 film Zulu Wedding – Busani-Dube is a self-published novelist based in Johannesburg. She describes her books as being about “broken men and the women who try to fix them”, and when...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

More from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  The fifteenth episode in the hilarious tale of Greg Heffley and his ever-calamitous exploits is out now! Right, so, there’s no way that any reader is unfamiliar with DOAWK and the colossal phenomenon that it has become. As well as the fifteen books in the main...

read more

Storytime Saturday

  Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

The Treehouse Just Keeps on Growing!

  Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton and The 130-Storey Treehouse     Okay, so the 13-Storey Treehouse wasn’t exactly modest to begin with – I mean, it did start off with 12 more stories than your average arboreal haven – but now it’s grown to incorporate...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

A Family Affair by Sue Nyathi

With her new novel, Nyathi tells the tale of an unravelling family torn apart by terrible secrets. Behind their carefully manicured façade, which is made up of traditional values, Christian faith and duty, the Mafus are complex and compromised. A Family Affair is a...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

Jodi Picoult and The Book of Two Ways

It is fair to suggest that as a novelist, Picoult has spent much of her career exploring those moments in which everything changes – the enduring echoes of single decisions, the more fateful hinges that support our lives. As if her stellar reputation and consistently...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

Mandy Wiener and The Whistle Blowers

  In Stores Now! Here’s the thing about exposés: they’re designed to whip up controversy, invite scrutiny and justice (rightly) and perhaps even prompt some sort of hysteria. And in all that litigious frenzy and shocking revelation, there’s a group of people who...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more

Kitchen Queen book review

This book review comes from Omphile Raleie, founder of the Bookamoso book club. The word Bookamoso is derived from the Setswana word bokamoso which means future. With the extra ‘o’, Bookamoso has come to mean ‘our future in books’. The purpose of the Bookamoso Book...

read more

Storytime Saturday

Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...

read more
Ken Follett and his New Kingsbridge Epic

Ken Follett and his New Kingsbridge Epic

Ken Follett is widely renowned and hugely respected as a craftsman of historical epics. As a bestselling novelist, he ranks up there with Wilbur Smith, Tom Clancy, Dan Brown and Jeffrey Archer. Though he is arguably best-known for his historical trilogies, he has also...

read more