Readers Recommends - 24 April 2023

Reader's Recommends is our weekly live session, streamed live on Facebook, where we recommend the best, the popular and the latest Reads from all genres and WHY you should read them! 
Each week our representative, Thomas Bulpin, is joined by a few representatives from different publishing companies. In this week's edition, Thomas is joined by Ammaarah Gamieldien from Penguin Random House South Africa, with upcoming April top-titles.

Ammaarah’s Recommends: 

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben 

David and Cheryl Burroughs were living the dream life when tragedy struck. Now, five years after that terrible night, Cheryl is remarried. And David is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison for the brutal murder of their son.

Buried Treasure by Sven Axelrad 

Vivo is a town with a pigeon-messaging service, a phone booth used for romantic encounters, and a number of residents who are not quite what they seem, including a prostitute, a professor and a prophetic flower-seller. Oh, and the coffee is hellishly strong.

Erudite and wise, magical and quirky, Sven Axelrad’s debut novel is an enchanting adventure that explores what our names mean to us and who we are without them. 

A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo

A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption.

Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

This celebrated, unforgettable first novel, shortlisted for the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction and set in Nigeria, gives voice to both husband and wife as they tell the story of their marriage--and the forces that threaten to tear it apart.

An electrifying novel of enormous emotional power, Stay With Me asks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family.

The Best Pocket Guide Ever for Wealth-building Investment by Jillian Howard

Money plays a role in nearly every aspect of our lives, and yet very few of us know how to save, where to invest and how to make our money grow. This reliable and highly accessible guide is aimed at the financial novice who needs clear basic guidelines on how to deal with money, and covers all aspects of investment that the average person would encounter in his or her life, from earning the first salary cheque to retirement.

This book will show you that financial freedom is possible for everyone – and that means you, too!

Count Down by James Patterson & Brendan Dubois 

Agent Amy Cornwall excels at working from the shadows—until a botched field operation reveals dark dealings between her bosses and an informant. And a hidden plot by a terrorist genius that could kill thousands of Americans. Among them: her husband and daughter.

She has to go dark. The Division wants to erase her. And they know every detail about her identity, her history, and her family. 

Modern Cape Malay Cooking by Cariema Isaacs 

My Cape Malay Kitchen by Cariema Isaacs 

My Cape Malay Kitchen is Cariema Isaacs’s heartfelt and poignant account of the extraordinary relationship between herself and her father and how that was reflected in their shared passion for food and cooking.

Cariema's refreshing approach to food showcases many of the much-loved Cape Malay vintage recipes as well as a selection of modern dishes, and is ideal for anyone who needs a little inspiration in the kitchen.

Spice Odyssey by Cariema Isaacs 

Cariema’s affinity for spices emanates from her Cape Malay heritage and her time spent cooking and baking in her grandmother’s kitchen in Bo-Kaap, the Cape Malay Quarter in Cape Town. 

Spice Odyssey showcases a multitude of beautifully written recipes with some familiar spices from her Cape Malay heritage and fresh aromatics from her travels to India, Turkey, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Middle East.

Curried by Cariema Isaacs 

This joyful homage to one of the world’s most beloved and versatile dishes – the curry – is Inspired by the author’s memories of the slow-cooked Cape Malay curries of her childhood, as well as the fast-paced landscape of the Middle East, where she now lives.

Cariema’s love of writing is evident on every page, making this carefully-crafted and beautifully-photographed book both a pleasure to read as well as to cook from.