Daily Maverick Best Sellers August 2024

Our list is compiled from print sales data and other sources. It represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous six weeks to 24 Aug 2024, and combines Fiction and Non-fiction best sellers.

Months on the list: 31
Previous Rank: 1

#1. 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: 3
Previous Rank: 6

#2. 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: 8
Previous Rank: 2

#3. The Psychology of Money

by Morgan Housel

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people.

Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.

Months on the list: 7
Previous Rank: 4

#4. The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this book is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

Three thousand years of the history of power are distilled into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz, and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.

Months on the list: 10
Previous rank: 5

#5. The Diary of a CEO

by Steven Bartlett

Business strategy changes like the seasons. This is a book about something much more permanent.

At the very heart of all the success and failure Bartlett has been exposed to – both his own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews he’s conducted on my podcast – are a set of principles that can stand the test of time, apply to any industry, and be used by anyone who is search of building something great or becoming someone great.

Months on the list:2
Previous Rank: 9

#6. Gebooie

by Rudie van Rensburg

’n Reeksmoordenaar maai bekendes op ’n streep af.

En Kassie en Rooi moet hom vastrek. Maar dit is makliker gesê as gedaan.

Die moordtonele is smetloos, met slegs bisarre boodskappe by die lyke. Die slagoffers se hoë profiele veroorsaak ook ’n ongekende mediaherrie, wat bykomende druk op die ondersoekspan plaas.

Die Spesiale Spookeenheid se elite-speurspan tas behoorlik in die duister rond. Het hulle dié keer hulle meerdere teëgekom?

Months on the list: NEW
Previous No. 7, Sep 2022

#7. It Starts with Us

by Colleen Hoover

Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side. But her excitement is hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life – and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter’s life.

Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas’ side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to It Ends With Us.

Months on the list: NEW

#8. The Protector

by Tony Park

Professor Denise ‘Doc’ Rado is South Africa’s expert on pangolins, busting poachers and freeing the endangered anteaters in elaborate undercover stings. After a risky operation backfires, Doc’s life is shattered, but she still has to lead an eclectic group of donors on a wildlife tour of southern Africa.

But there’s a target on her back.

Is Doc being hunted by the poachers she once fought, or is there some other bloodthirsty predator prowling the wilderness?

Months on the list: NEW

#9. A Death in Cornwall

by Daniel Silva

A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve…

Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh.

But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary.

Months on the list: 3
Previous Rank: 8

#10. **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 four years.

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