Daily Maverick Best Sellers June 2024

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 15 Jun 2024, and combines Fiction and Non-fiction best sellers.

Months on the list: 29
Previous Rank: 3

#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: 2
Previous Rank: 1

#2. The Wealth Money Can’t Buy

by Robin Sharma

Offers a life-changing new methodology for enjoying an honestly rich life, one filled with personal power, authenticity, fulfilling work and a beautiful lifestyle that will cause you to feel like real fortune has finally smiled on you.

Based on The 8 Forms of Wealth learning model that Sharma has taught to his clients with transformational results, this masterwork is sure to become your daily guide to enjoying the lifetime of your highest dreams.

Months on the list: 7
Previous Rank: 6

#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: 8
Previous rank: 4

#4. 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: 5
Previous Rank: 8

#5. 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: New
Previous No. 7, Feb 24

#6. 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: 2
Previous Rank: 2

7. My Favorite Mistake

by Marian Keyes

Anna Walsh had a dream life – according to everybody else.
She lived in New York, had a long-term boyfriend, and had The Best Job In The World.

So why did she decide to take a flamethrower to the lot? Because now she’s back Dublin, living with her parents, forty-eight, with no partner, no job, and no direction.

But will the appearance of an old love interest derail things further?

Months on the list: NEW

#8. Think Twice

by Harlan Cohen

How can a man who’s already dead be wanted for murder?

This is the question sports agent Myron Bolitar asks himself when two FBI agents visit him.

The man they are looking for is Myron’s former client and rival, Greg Downing.

But Greg died three years ago. Myron went to his funeral and gave the eulogy.

Could Greg Downing still be alive?

Months on the list: NEW
Previous No. 5, Mar 24

#9. **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.