The co-op bookstore for avid readers

Jonathan Ball Publishers Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

Jonathan Ball Publishers on X
User avatar

Jonathan Ball Publishers are the leading publishers and distributors of English general books in South Africa.

341 books
Book Cover for: The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

This scintillating new novel from the author of the TikTok sensation The Love Hypothesis serves up more sassy fun in the lab, as a scientist has to collaborate with her handsome arch-enemy. Read more: https://t.co/uZinsyYQQa https://t.co/A5QRHrqxxi

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s. Pre-order now: http://ow.ly/WTHJ50Gevdy https://t.co/DiI6fyMb9R

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Tenth of December: Stories, George Saunders

Tenth of December: Stories

George Saunders
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

Booker Prize-winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of December. Read more: https://t.co/dhoH2vTjOA https://t.co/VvkZHZRe19

Paperback, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Fairy Tale, Stephen King

Fairy Tale

Stephen King
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

Welcome to the dark side of Happily Ever After. We are delighted to reveal the bewitching cover for Fairy Tale, the spellbinding new novel from Stephen King, coming later this year. https://t.co/917lr9WtME

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Jane Austen Remedy: It Is a Truth Universally Acknowledged That a Book Can Change a Life, Ruth Wilson

The Jane Austen Remedy: It Is a Truth Universally Acknowledged That a Book Can Change a Life

Ruth Wilson
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

A beautiful, life-affirming memoir of love, self-acceptance and the curative power of reading. Published the year Ruth turns ninety, The Jane Austen Remedy is an inspirational account of the lessons learned from Jane Austen over nine decades. Read more: https://t.co/7mdgjEfAF2 https://t.co/0HJRmksoNN

Paperback, 2023

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel), Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)

Brit Bennett
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

Told from different points of view, this is an utterly compelling and deeply relatable novel. Fans of Girl, Woman, Other and The Vanishing Half will love this book about friendship, community, chosen family, and healing after trauma. Read more: https://t.co/JcI0APOj0m https://t.co/Rrfru0wYjr

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

A Scatter of Light is a companion novel to the National Book Awards winner and New York Times bestseller Last Night at the Telegraph Club, and is about how the threads of family, inspiration, art, and identity are woven across generations. Read more: https://t.co/yDmQy7Uf0r https://t.co/F4G2GBxfar

Paperback, 2021

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

STAFF PICK SUNDAY This week Publisher Annie Olivier recommends GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey. https://t.co/Hbk8PzLb8j

Paperback, 2024

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick, Jodi Picoult

Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick

Jodi Picoult
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

If you loved the sweeping story of family, parenthood and gender identity in THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS, you should read MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, a soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. https://t.co/N3rEwdJsbW

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others, Stephen M. R. Covey

Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others

Stephen M. R. Covey
Jonathan Ball PublishersJonathan Ball Publishers

In his new breakthrough leadership book Trust and Inspire, Stephen Covey shows that though our world has evolved, our style of leadership still has not—but it’s time to change that. Read more: https://t.co/7elQloBFEP https://t.co/4dTSYIxkhs

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon