The Local Lit Scene

This list is compiled by Exclusive Books and is the top 110 bestselling books of 2008.

I found it extremely interesting to see how different this list was compared to the Borders book list. (The ones in bold are the ones that I have read and I get a grand total of 18 and a half!).

Have a look and see how many you get on this one…

1. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
2. A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
3. The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
4. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari – Robin Sharma
5. Spud – John van de Ruit
6. The Shack – William P. Young
7. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
8. In Black and White: The Jake White Story – Jake White, Craig Ray
9. Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts
10. After the Party – Andrew Feinstein
11. Don’t Panic – Alan Knott-Craig
12. Pirates of Polokwane – Zapiro
13. Spud: The Madness Continues – John van de Ruit
14. The Tales of Beedle the Bard – J.K. Rowling
15. Dinner with Mugabe – Heidi Holland
16. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
18. Playing the Enemy – John Carlin
19. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
20. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
21. Some of My Best Friends are White – Ndumiso Ngcobo
22. Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
23. This Charming Man – Marian Keyes
24. Brisingr – Christopher Paolini
25. The Exclusive Books Children’s Best Books Guide
26. Screw It, Let’s Do It – Richard Branson
27. Socrates and the Fox – Clem Sunter, Chantell Ilbury
28. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
29. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life – Alice Schroeder
30. Who Moved My Cheese? – Spencer Johnson
31. Capitalist Nigger – Chika A. Onyeani
32. A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini
33. The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett
34. The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
35. Monty – Mark Keohane
36. A Prisoner of Birth – Jeffrey Archer
37. The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
38. Zhoozsh – Jeremy Mansfield, Jacqui Mansfield
39. Dreams from My Father – Barack Obama
40. The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama
41. In a Different Time – Peter Harris
42. Is it Just Me or is Everything Kak? – Tim Richman, Grant Schreiber
43. Freakonomics – Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
44. 13 uur – Deon Meyer
45. Platter’s South African Wines 2009
46. Brida – Paulo Coelho
47. Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats – Max du Preez
48. There are Ants in My Sugar – Annica Foxcroft
49. Jamie’s Ministry of Food – Jamie Oliver
50. Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
51. Platter’s South African Wines 2008
52. Escape – Carolyn Jessop
53. Around Africa on My Bicycle – Riaan Manser
54. To the Brink: The State of Democracy in South Africa – Xolela Mangcu
55. Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
56. Guinness World Records 2009 –
57. Dark Continent My Black Arse – Sihle Khumalo
58. Stealing Water – Tim Ecott
59. Three Letter Plague – Jonny Steinberg  (read halfway)
60. Madam and Eve Unplugged – Stephen Francis, Rico
61. Now, Discover Your Strengths – Marcus Buckingham
62. Business Stripped Bare – Richard Branson
63. A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson
64. Think Big and Kick Ass – Donald Trump
65. Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
66. Zuma – Jeremy Gordin
67. Change of Heart – Jodi Picoult
68. Mense van my asem – Steve Hofmeyr
69. A Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela
70. The Quest – Wilbur Smith
71. Karma Suture – Rosamund Kendal
72. Optimum Nutrition Made Easy – Patrick Holford
73. Laying Ghosts to Rest – Mamphela Ramphele
74. The Jews in South Africa: An Illustrated History – Richard Mendelsohn, Milton Shain
75. 7th Heaven – James Patterson
76. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – John Perkins
77. Roberts Bird Guide – Hugh Chittenden, Guy Upfold
78. Op die agterpaaie – Dana Snyman
79. For Crying Out Loud – Jeremy Clarkson
80. The Arms Deal in Your Pocket – Paul Holden
81. Q and A – Vikas Swarup
82. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
83. Things I Want My Daughter to Know – Elizabeth Noble
84. The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
85. The State of Africa – Martin Meredith
86. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
87. The Race – Richard North Patterson
88. The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
89. A Most Wanted Man – John le Carre
90. Atonement – Ian McEwan
91. The Art of Possibility – Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander
92. Sail – James Patterson
93. The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam – Lauren Liebenberg
94. Broken Window – Jeffery Deaver
95. The Whole Truth – David Baldacci
96. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun – Peter Godwin
97. The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
98. Good to Great – Jim Collins
99. The Appeal – John Grisham
100. Meals in Minutes – Sharon Glass
101. Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred – Mark Gevisser
102. Night Train to Lisbon – Pascal Mercier
103. The Private Patient – P.D. James
104. Compulsion – Jonathan Kellerman
105. Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
106. Choice, Not Fate – Pippa Green
107. Scarpetta – Patricia Cornwell
108. Cross Country – James Patterson
109. The Appeal – John Grisham
110. The Persimmon Tree – Bryce Courtenay

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