Nielsen’s top five in four categories

BESTSELLERS

Nielsen’s top five in four categories

Graffiti and DEBORAH STEINMAIR look at which titles, locally and internationally, are topping the charts in South African bookshops.

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BOOK publishers, editors and marketing teams are constantly wondering and arguing: is this going to sell? Every day new books are printed all over the world. What sells like hot cakes in our bookshops, in terms of both local and international titles? Nielsen keeps us informed.

Here are Nielsen's bestsellers, with links to the Graffiti online store, where you can buy the books at a discount, and links to Vrye Weekblad's reviews, where appropriate.

Afrikaans fiction

#1 Gebooie – Rudie van Rensburg | Purchase | 

#2 Gouelokkies en die professor – Cecilia Nortjé | Purchase |

#3 Bessie se hangkasbiblioteek – Madelein Rust | Purchase |

#4 Onrus op Steynshoop – Ingrid Winterbach | Purchase | 

#5 Al wat tel – Irma Venter | Purchase |  


Afrikaans nonfiction:

#1 Seun – Dana Snyman | Purchase | 

#2 Geroep vir 'n tyd soos hierdie – Farren Cloete | Purchase |

#3 Nogtans – geloof – Ivor Swartz | Purchase |

#4 Jopie Fourie – Albert Blake | Purchase

#5 Blou bloed: Koninklike spore in Suid-Afrika – Daniël Lötter | Purchase |


English fiction:

#1 It Ends with Us – Colleen Hoover | Purchase |

#2 The Protector – Tony Park | Purchase |

#3 Reckless – Lauren Roberts | Purchase |

#4 A Death in Cornwall – Daniel Silva | Purchase |

#5 Powerless – Lauren Roberts | Purchase |


English nonfiction:

#1 Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results – James Clear
| Purchase |

#2 The Psychology of Money – Morgan Housel | Purchase |

#3 48 Laws of Power – Robert Greene | Purchase |

#4 The Diary of a CEO – Steven Bartlett| Purchase |

#5 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck – Mark Manson | Purchase |

♦ VWB ♦


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