Zoo City

Lauren Beukes is raising the profile of South Africa in circles not reached by the everyday. The science fiction writer has won the Kitschies Red Tentacle Award as well as the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for Zoo City.

Lauren Beukes is raising the profile of South Africa in circles not reached by the everyday. The science fiction writer from Cape Town has won the Kitschies Red Tentacle Award as well as the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award for Zoo City. Her latest novel, The Shining Girls, is also a bestseller.

South Africa's story since the first democratic elections in 1994 is a remarkable one - and there's no better way to understand it than through our nation's rich literature. Here are highlights of a list of notable South African books from the past 20 years, put together by the books team at the Sunday Times.

Writer Lauren Beukes has made literary history by becoming the first South African to capture the Arthur C Clarke Award in the 25-year history of the prestigious science fiction accolade.
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