Daily Maverick Best Sellers May 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 07 May 2022, and combines Fiction and Non-fiction best sellers.

Months on the list: NEW

#1. 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: 4
Previous rank: 1

#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: 4
Previous rank: 2

#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: 3
Previous rank: 3
Combines English & Afrikaans sales

#4. 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: NEW
Combines English & Afrikaans sales

#5. 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.

Months on the list: 5
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
Combines English & Afrikaans sales

#7. 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: 3
Previous rank: 4

#8. 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: 2
Previous rank: 8

#9. 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.