South Africa has a distinguished literary tradition, particularly in English and Afrikaans. Whether you prefer fiction or non-fiction, the following books offer a distinctly South African perspective and have received international recognition. Try some of the books listed below, or search the UNC-Chapel Hill Library Catalog for more.

Fiction

Cry the Beloved Country.
Alan Paton. New York: Scribner, 1995.
Davis Library, Undergraduate Library PR9369.3.P37 C737 1995

You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town.
Zoë Wicomb. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2000.
Davis Library PR9369.3.W53 Y6 1987

Disgrace.
J.M. Coetzee. London: Secker & Warburg, 1999.
Davis Library PR9369.3.C58 D584 1999

Non-Fiction

Kaffir Boy.
Mark Mathabane. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
Davis Library, Stone Center Library, Undergraduate Library DT779.95.M38 A34 1986

Long Walk to Freedom.
Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994.
Davis Library, Undergraduate Library DT1949.M35 A3 1995

Country of My Skull.
Antjie Krog. Johannesburg: Random House, 1998.
Davis Library, Undergraduate Library DT1757 .K757 1998