Daily Maverick Best Sellers April 2022

Our list is compiled from print sales data and other sources. It represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 09 April 2022, and combines Fiction and Non-fiction best sellers.

Months on the list: 3
Previous rank: 3

#1. It Ends With Us

by Colleen Hoover

Sometimes the one who loves you is the one who hurts you the most. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan – her first love and a link to the past she left behind.

Months on the list: 3
Previous rank: 2

#2. Atomic Habits

by James Clear

Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now.

People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.

He calls them atomic habits.

Months on the list: 2
Previous rank: 1
Combines English & Afrikaans sales

#3. The Lady’s Mine

by Francine Rivers

A delightful new western romance from Rivers, who returns to the California frontier in this sweeping, romantic tale of a displaced New England suffragette, a former Union soldier disinherited by his Southern family, and the town they join forces to save.

Months on the list: 2
Previous rank: 8

#4. The Milk Tart Murders

by Sally Andrew

The second book in the Tannie Maria murder mystery series.

Who knew a Marilyn Monroe movie could kill you? When Oom Frik of Oom Frik’s Fantastiques dies during a vintage movie screening in Ladismith, Tannie Maria and her policeman boyfriend Henk are on the scene.

Months on the list: New
Combines English & Afrikaans sales

#5. 1 Recce, Vol 3: Through Stealth Our Strength

by Alexander Strachan

The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale has been a source of fierce contestation and emotion for decades, but up to now little was known about the Recces’ presence and impact during this controversial battle.

In the last book of the nail-biting trilogy about 1 Recce, Strachan, himself an ex-Recce, reveals more on the Recces’ involvement there.

Months on the list: 4
Previous rank: 6

#6. **The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck**

by Mark Manson

Zen and the art of running out of f*cks to give, on purpose, as quickly as possible. People aren’t just born not giving a f*ck, after all: you’ve got to learn it. Start here.

Manson’s book has been a regular on the Daily Maverick Best Sellers list for more than two years.

Months on the list: 2
Previous rank: 5

#7. Again, Rachel

by Marian Keyes

Back in the long ago nineties, Rachel Walsh was a mess.

But a spell in rehab transformed everything. Life became very good, very quickly. These days, Rachel has love, family, a great job as an addiction counsellor, she even gardens. Her only bad habit is a fondness for expensive trainers.

But with the sudden reappearance of a man she’d once loved, her life wobbles.

Months on the list: NEW
Previous No. 10, June 2021

#8. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

by Jordan B. Peterson

Acclaimed clinical psychologist Peterson has become one of the world’s most popular public thinkers. Here, he provides twelve profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life. Happiness is a pointless goal, says Peterson. Instead we must search for meaning, not for its own sake, but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to our existence.

Months on the list: NEW

#9. Ugly Love

by Colleen Hoover

When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn’t think it’s love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction.

Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her:

Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future.

Months on the list: NEW

#10. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself.

Monique listens in fascination as Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love.

From the author of Daisy Jones and the Six.