{"id":30159,"date":"2020-12-16T01:31:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T23:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=30159"},"modified":"2020-12-16T01:31:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T23:31:38","slug":"buyers-guide-5-books-to-buy-for-holiday-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/buyers-guide-5-books-to-buy-for-holiday-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyer’s Guide: 5 Books to Buy for Holiday Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we might live in the internet era where everything is digitized and super-efficient it doesn\u2019t mean that our love affair with literature is over. People still love to read an old fashioned, printed book and no matter your interests there is a genre for you: thriller, comedy, horror, suspense, romance, fantasy, mystery, etc. The holiday period offers the perfect opportunity to tuck into a good book, but with so many options available how do you know which books are worth picking up this festive season? Here are our suggestions for must-read books this holiday season.<\/p>\n

Silence of the Sea, by Yrsa Sigurdardottir<\/h3>\n

\"Silence<\/p>\n

Crime and thrillers are the most popular genres with Scandinavian crime fiction having become increasingly popular over the past 10 years. Beginning in the \u201890s with Maj Soj\u00f6wall and Per Wahl\u00f6\u00f6\u2019s \u2018Martin Beck\u2019 series, the genre took off with Stieg Larsson\u2019s Millennium trilogy which includes the popular The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. Yrsa Sigurdardottir, aka the Queen of Nordic Noir, follows on from her peers\u2019 literary successes with her award-winning crime novel Silence of the Sea<\/a>. It\u2019s been acclaimed as Yrsa\u2019s most chilling novel yet and uncovers the plight of a cursed yacht whose occupants are found to have mysteriously disappeared as it docks in Reykjavik harbour. Yrsa\u2019s known for her spooky writing and bloody horror. She attributes this to her Icelandic upbringing where tales of boiling children and eating them alive are common. Ironically Iceland statistically only has one murder a year.<\/p>\n

Softening the Edge by\u00a0Mimi Nicklin<\/h3>\n

\"Softening<\/p>\n

You may recognise Mimi Nicklin from her popular podcast, \u2018Secrets of the Gap\u2019 or her much-loved weekly breakfast show, \u2018Empathy for Breakfast\u2019. And now, her long-awaited book is finally here in South Africa! Already a best-seller in the USA, Canada, Australia and the UAE, Softening the Edge<\/a><\/em>\u00a0addresses empathy in all its facets and explores how humanity\u2019s oldest leadership trait is changing our world. A great gift for a book worm who loves self-improvement-style guides, Softening the Edge will make for the ideal stocking stuffer this festive season.<\/p>\n

Waiting for the Barbarians by JM Coetzee<\/h3>\n

\"Waiting<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve already read JM Coetzee\u2019s critically acclaimed work, Disgrace<\/em>, then you\u2019ll want to move onto the Booker Prize winner\u2019s 1980 masterpiece, Waiting for the Barbarians<\/em>. This gripping novel tells the story of an unnamed magistrate at the edge of a remote frontier town as he grapples with the imperial forces of which he is a part of. And, while many might think that Disgrace<\/em> is Coetzee\u2019s best work it is Waiting for the Barbarians<\/em><\/a> that truly sets Coetzee apart one of the world\u2019s most politically astute writers.<\/p>\n

Mile 8 by David Higgs<\/h3>\n

\"Mile<\/p>\n

Inspired by one of chef David Higgs\u2019 childhood stories where his food journey began, Mile 8 is sure to delight both your palate and your mind. Namibia\u2019s coast is lined with mile markers running north through the country for 108 miles. Mile 8 is where Higgs caught his first fish and where he fell in love with the art of food. The book is a great read for those with a sense of adventure and follows Higgs\u2019 story from the coastal town of Walvis Bay, through the kitchens of Cape Town in the 90s, to the winelands and ending at Marble restaurant in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

The New Success Paradigm by\u00a0Stephen Engels<\/h3>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Stephen Engels\u2019 new book The New Success Paradigm<\/em>: \u201cA Personal Leadership Discovery Platform\u201d is centred around a metaphor of the ‘River of Life’ and in using this metaphor he develops the book\u2019s key theme of personal leadership strategies. Whether you’re seeking guidance or are looking for a way to\u00a0derive meaning from your life, or your business, this self-help guide by Engels is sure to be an inspiring holiday read. The book takes on the form of a very effective personal leadership programme, offering the tools you need to make a change in your professional or personal life now.\u00a0With its step-by-step, interactive approach, this book makes it enjoyable to contemplate success. Designed to be used alongside a very practical workbook and the highly interactive ELS LeaderApp, this book is ideal for anyone who wants to use the holiday season as an opportunity to better themselves before the start of a new year.<\/p>\n

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