Fictional works from the cultural melting pot that is South Africa (these works include novels, short stories and plays)
created by robynnn
last updated July, 2026
The Quiet Violence of Dreams
K. Sello Duiker
Fools and Other Stories
Njabulo S. Ndebele
The Island
Athol Fugard
Mhudi
Sol T. Plaatje
The Reactive
Masande Ntshanga
The Promise
Damon Galgut
Requiem for Sophiatown
Can Themba
Woza Albert!
Percy Mtwa
Invisible Strings
Naledi Mashishi
Hum If You Don't Know the Words
Bianca Marais
What We Lose
Zinzi Clemmons
Spud
John van de Ruit
July's People
Nadine Gordimer
Thirteen Cents
Welcome to Our Hillbrow
Phaswane Mpe
The Ones with Purpose
Nozizwe Cynthia Jele
Zoo City
Lauren Beukes
The Yearning
Mohale Mashigo
Innards: Stories
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
Bantu knots
Lebo Mazibuko
All Gomorrahs Are the Same
Thenjiwe Mswane
The Woman Next Door
Yewande Omotoso
The Road to Mecca
Ways of Dying
Zakes Mda
Scatterlings: A Lyrical Family Saga – The Immorality Act Tears a Multiracial Family Apart
Rešoketšwe Manenzhe
Entertaining Angels
Marita van der Vyver
The Smell of Apples
Mark Behr
The Heart of Redness: A Novel
Coconut
Kopano Matlwa
Master Harold...and the boys
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