Whether you’re into braai flames, family dinners, nostalgic South
African flavours, or health-conscious meals that don’t skimp on taste,
2025’s cookbook line-up has you covered. From Karl Tessendorf’s
indulgent comfort food to Jamie Oliver’s energising health fare and
Jan Braai’s latest for budding young cooks, this year’s offerings span
the full spectrum of how we love to eat. With bold voices like Ilse van
In Favourite Daughter, debut author Morgan Dick delivers a funny, tender,
and emotionally rich novel about two estranged sisters thrown together by
their late father’s will. Tackling themes like grief, addiction, mental health,
and the complexities of family, Dick balances heartbreak with humour in a
Literary phenomenon Taylor Jenkins Reid first entered our consciousness with the hedonistic novel, Daisy Jones & The Six. Following a fictional rock band inspired by Fleetwood Mac, it was later turned into a successful TV series starring Elvis’s granddaughter, Riley Keough. So far, so cool.
Dive into a thrilling collection of YA novels that span mythic fantasies, intense romances, and gripping adventures. From a fierce Greek myth retelling where prophecy and war collide, to a sequel packed with secret societies and life-altering mysteries at Oxford, these stories captivate with strong characters facing impossible choices. Feel the sparks fly in sports romance and Formula 1 drama, or journey with dragon riders and magical rebels fighting oppression.
The Pop-up Peekaboo! series from DK invites toddlers and preschoolers
on vibrant, interactive adventures filled with playful surprises. Each sturdy
board book features lively rhymes, lift-the-flap elements, and captivating
pop-ups that encourage early literacy and sensory exploration. Whether
exploring blossoming flowers, waddling penguins, friendly monsters, magical
Dan Garvie can't move on from a thing he didn't do. He saw the boy.
He knew he needed help. But he ran and hid – and a terrifying serial
killer got away. Years later, Dan is a successful criminal psychiatrist,
unpicking the very darkest of human behaviour. Because, despite
Two unlikely detectives. A killer cocktail of suspects. Mimi, 77, prefers
her Gibson martini served with a crossword puzzle — not at a lavish
auction party hosted by the infamous Jane Ireland. But when she’s
blackmailed into attending the event at a grand mansion on Mackinac
Island, she drags along her heartbroken granddaughter, Addie, for
support. While Addie navigates a sea of celebrities and Mimi wrestles
Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is a powerful Mod hiding her psychic
abilities to survive in a world where Modifieds are hunted by the Primes
– immune elites who want them eliminated. While aiding the rebel Uprising,
a mistake lands Wren in the Continent’s elite military program, Silver Block,
Ellie Kent, abandoned as a child and raised in a bleak and harsh asylum,
becomes a governess for a family bound for South Africa. Before reaching
their destination, she is abandoned again and left to navigate a vast and
From chilling thrillers and heartwarming romances to magical realism and
literary fiction, this round-up of book blogger reviews has something for
every kind of reader. You’ll find Freida McFadden’s The Crash described
as a gripping, claustrophobic page-turner; Ali Novak’s My Return to the