Award-winning and internationally acclaimed South African-born author, Masande Ntshanga, shares some of his favourite books on his bookshelf.

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Michel Houellebecq – Submission: It’s very entertaining.

Ralph Waldo Emerson – The Portable Emerson: It’s great for research.

Loren B. Landau – Exorcising the Demons Within: It’s also great for research

Oliver Sacks – Awakenings: For research.

Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra: for research.

Masande’s critically acclaimed novel, The Reactive, is available online and at all leading book stores.