Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defiant Desire: Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa | 1995 | Mark Gevisser | Buy |
| 2 | Portraits of Power: Profiles in a Changing South Africa | 1996 | Mark Gevisser | Buy |
| 3 | Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred | 2007 | Mark Gevisser | Buy |
| 4 | A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream | 2009 | Mark Gevisser | Buy |
| 5 | Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir | 2014 | Mark Gevisser | Buy |
| 6 | Sue Williamson: Life and Work | 2016 | Mark Gevisser | Buy |
| 7 | The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers | 2020 | Mark Gevisser | Buy |
Mark Gevisser’s non-fiction work spans nearly three decades and covers a wide range of subjects connected to South African life and global identity politics. His early books, Defiant Desire (1995) and Portraits of Power (1996), established him as a writer interested in the intersection of personal experience and political change in post-apartheid South Africa.
His two books on Thabo Mbeki offer a detailed look at one of South Africa’s most controversial political figures. Lost and Found in Johannesburg (2014) shifts into memoir, using old maps and personal memory to reconstruct the city of his childhood. The Pink Line (2020), his most recent major work, tracks how LGBTQ+ rights have become a global fault line, told through the stories of individuals living on those boundaries.