Daily Maverick Best Sellers June 2022

Our list is compiled from print sales data and other sources. It represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous five weeks to 11 June 2022, and combines Fiction and Non-fiction best sellers.

Months on the list: NEW

#1. The Murders at Fleat House

by Lucinda Riley

The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen’s – a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk – is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident.

But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine ‘Jazz’ Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, and reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss.

Months on the list: 5
Previous rank: 2

#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: 5
Previous rank: 3

#3. 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: NEW

#4. Freezing Order

by Bill Browder

Following his explosive international bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin’s number one enemy by exposing Putin’s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.

A financial caper, an international adventure and a passionate plea for justice, Freezing Order is a timely and stirring morality tale.

Months on the list: 2
Previous rank: 1

#5. Storm Tide

by Wilbur Smith
with Tom Harper

The Courtney family is torn apart as three generations fight on opposing sides of a terrible war that will change the face of the world forever.

A powerful new historical thriller by the master of adventure fiction, Wilbur Smith, of families divided and a country on the brink of revolution.

Months on the list: NEW

#6. Finding Me: A Memoir

by Viola Davis

The deeply personal, brutally honest account of Viola’s inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present-day career.

Meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life changing decision to stop running forever.

Finding Me will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.

Months on the list: NEW

#7. Magda: My Journey

by Magda Wierzycka

The author tells the story of her life, from her childhood in communist Poland, her family’s escape and relocation to South Africa, her early struggles in the male-dominated financial services industry, and the formation and growth of her own company, Sygnia.

Months on the list: 6
Previous rank: 6

#8. **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: NEW

#9. Monster

by Rudi van Rensburg

Afrikaanse lesers is nou maar eenmaal lief vir spanningsverhale, en dan is Monster nog ’n politieke riller daarby. Dis geen wonder Rudie van Rensburg se elfde misdaadroman vlieg van die rakke af nie. Daar’s ’n gesiglose mesmoordenaar wat mense links en regs keelaf sny, ’n Suid-Afrikaanse joernalis wat ’n hele regering probeer afpers, en ’n gevalle oudspeurder wat die monster se tentakels een vir een probeer afkap.

Months on the list: 2
Previous rank: 5
Combines English & Afrikaans sales

#10. The Boer War in Colour: Vol. 1, The Conventional War, 1899-1900

by Tinus Le Roux

Infused with colour, scenes from the Anglo-Boer War suddenly come to life in this striking collection of colourised photos from one of the biggest conflicts on South African soil.

Volume 1 covers the conventional part of the war from October 1899 to June 1900 when Lord Roberts occupied the Boer republics.

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