Gothic fiction meets romance, self-immolation, forbidden love, biting commentary and adventures in modern dating
Reuben Riffel’s latest book offers set-in-their-ways braaiers ways to reach more lofty culinary heights
Eloghosa Osunde talks about her book ‘Vagabonds!’, Lagos, marginalisation and resilience
Mark Nasila presents artificial intelligence as a milestone as important as discovery of fire or invention of the wheel
Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘Smoke and Ashes’, talks about the opium trade, the opioid epidemic and climate change
There is detail, but not enough emotion, in Marion Sparg’s memoir, ‘Guilty and Proud’
There is plenty of food for thought for the investment community in ‘Madoff: The Final Word’
Timely and agonisingly relevant book explores the almost impossible art of peace
Office novel about a customer service assistant and her unlikely companion
Grieving brothers, power of money, changing face of London, urban versus rural life in Nigeria and paradise scarred
Author Carolyn Boyd seems to have explored every nook and cranny, chip stall, bistro and three-star Michelin joint
‘Deep Utopia’ provides a comprehensive framework for thinking about the future
‘There are Rivers in the Sky’ is a vast, ambitious tale spanning countries, cultures, continents and centuries
‘Good Hope’ is set in an autocratic, oppressive state that has seceded from SA
‘Whale Fall’ explores the tensions of an isolated and tightly knit community on the brink of change
Panel chair Edmund de Waal says ‘the precarity of lives runs through our longlist like quicksilver’
‘The Boiling Moat’ is a call to action, telling readers that the threat to Taiwan from China is real and no-one is equipped to resist it
Kevin van Wyk brings his father to life in this portrait of a writer, a loyal husband and wise parent
‘Long Island Compromise’ is a novel of midlife crisis that explores generational trauma
Psychological thriller, migration, sibling rivalry, Greek mythology retold and gender roles explored