A few tips on how to make the world a worse place in a new take on an old anti-self-help book
Jonathan Kellerman’s latest novel provides a window into a well-plotted, escapist world, writes John Fraser
Juhea Kim’s Beasts of a Little Land is a literary masterpiece of love and war, writes Monique Verduyn
Johann Hari's exhaustively researched book explores the many dimensions of focus — and how the modern world is hacking away at it
Improvisation and mindfulness can lead to intuitive insights and creative leadership solutions
Monique Verduyn takes her pick from the best new works that illuminate different facets of the experience
Malcolm Ray’s The Tyranny of Growth sets out to inform, educate and enlighten but it makes for hard work, writes John Fraser
While most countries will become drier, Central and East Africa will probably get much wetter
It’s risky, but the path we’re on now may be even riskier
Nozuko Siyotula’s debut novel Christopher spans generations and all the nuances of SA's history
Our Country Friends is a cracking social comedy that comes at an opportune time
‘Permitted Plundering’ is an essential book that lays bare a major hole in our democracy
‘The Ledger’ provides a superb discussion on the costly and futile Western attempt to crush the Taliban
Michael Olivier’s Friends. Food. Flavour. is an appetising and lip-smacking tour around the cuisine of our rainbow nation
Michela Wrong’s book will be eye-opening for many and forces a reckoning with our own cognitive biases, writes David Gorin
Noah Hawley’s novel is about standing up for the children at a time when ideologies have never been more polarised
While at times the pace of Robert Peston’s ‘The Whistle Blower’ lags a bit, John Fraser finds it to be an enjoyable holiday read
Journalist Sophie Haydock brings the artist’s figures to life through her writing in ‘The Flames’
Fred de Vries has written a book that confronts racial politics in a manner few white South Africans would dare to write
Three books capture terror of trenches and futility of war
