Books from South Africa
Hector Pieterson Memorial: Remembering the 1976 Soweto uprising, marked each Youth Day. Writers include Alan Paton, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela, Sindiwe Magona and others. Set in or written from South Africa. First published 1948 to 2021.
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, South Africa, 1948
- Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1980
- July's People by Nadine Gordimer, South Africa, 1981
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela, South Africa, 1994
- Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona, South Africa, 1998
- Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee, South Africa, 1999
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah, South Africa, 2016
- The Promise by Damon Galgut, South Africa, 2021