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Books set in Cape Town

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8 books · 7 authors · 1851–2025

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Most-set authors
J.M. Coetzee (2) · Yewande Omotoso (1) · Achmat Dangor (1) · Nadia Davids (1) · Paul Theroux (1) · Kate Mosse (1)
Genres
literary fiction (3) · historical fiction (1) · adventure (1)

Books set here

Set in Cape Town (6)

An Unusual Grief
Yewande Omotoso
Secondary setting
Bitter Fruit
Achmat Dangor
Post-apartheid Cape Town 1998; site of the Ali family's unraveling as old TRC-era crimes resurface
Cape Fever
Nadia Davids
author-confirmed Cape Town basis, unnamed in text
Disgrace
J.M. Coetzee
Lurie's academic downfall
Life & Times of Michael K
J.M. Coetzee
Michael K's birthplace, origin
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
The Pequod rounds the Cape of Good Hope en route from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean

Also featuring Cape Town (2)

Dark Star Safari
Paul Theroux
Journey end: overland Africa journey concludes in Cape Town
The Map of Bones
Kate Mosse
the Cape of Good Hope arrival

Notable locations in Cape Town

Cape of Good Hope1

Nearby books

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Moby-Dick
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The Map of Bones
Kate Mosse
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