The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Cape Town

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
2809 Summertime J. M. Coetzee 2009 South African English
5531 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
6382 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
7881 13 Hours Deon Meyer 2008 South African Afrikaans
8643 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
8744 Biko Donald Woods 1978 South African English
11663 Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World Ramachandra Guha 2018 Indian English
11861 Swimming To Antarctica Lynne Cox 1994 American English
13941 My Traitor's Heart Rian Malan 1990 South African English
14826 The Turning Wheel Stuart Cloete 1937 South African English
14985 Ornamentalism David Cannadine 2001 British English
17163 Mandela Anthony Sampson 1999 British English
17163 Olive Schreiner Ruth First, Ann Scott 1980 Unknown English
17163 I Have Life Marianne Thamm 1998 Unknown English
17163 Confessions Of A Gambler Rayda Jacobs 2003 South African English
17163 Thabo Mbeki Mark Gevisser 2007 Unknown English
17163 Eight Days In September Frank Chikane 2012 South African English
17163 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17163 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17163 Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010 American English
17163 Fathers And Fugitives SJ Naudé 2024 Unknown Afrikaans
17163 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17163 The World That Made Mandela Luli Callinicos 2000 Unknown English
17163 Tomorrow Is Another Country Allister Sparks 1994 South African English
17163 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17163 The Anglo Boer War, 1899 1902 F. Pretorius 1999 Unknown English
17163 Cape Town E. Van Heyningen, Nigel Worden, Vivian Bickford-Smith 1998 Unknown English
17163 Moxyland Lauren Beukes 2008 South African English
17163 The New Century Of South African Poetry Michael Chapman 2002 South African English
17163 Inside & Out Jeremy Cronin 1999 South African English
17163 I Write What I Like Steve Biko 1978 South African English
17163 The Bang Bang Club Greg Marinovich 2000 South African English
17163 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17163 The Washing Of The Spears Donald R. Morris 1965 American English
17163 The Broken String Neil Bennun 2004 Unknown English
17163 The Afrikaners John Fisher 1969 Unknown English
17163 The Rise & Fall Of The Zulu Nation John Laband 1995 Unknown English
17163 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17163 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Plot To Save South Africa Justice Malala 2023 South African English
17163 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17163 Winnie And Nelson Jonny Steinberg 2023 Unknown English
17163 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17163 Cem Dias Entre Céu E Mar Amyr Klink 1985 Brazilian Portuguese
17163 Trekka Round The World John Guzzwell 1979 British English
17163 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou 1994 American Unknown