Book excerpts
Eer jou vader en jou moeder … maar wat as hulle verkeerd is? Lees ’n uittreksel uit JJ Olivier se debuutroman, Skilderkrans
Lees ’n uittreksel uit Skilderkrans, JJ Olivier se debuutroman wat afspeel tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog.
Skade en skande op die strate van Parys: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Misverstand deur Marita van der Vyver
Penguin Random House SA het onlangs ’n uittreksel gedeel uit Misverstand deur Marita van der Vyver – ’n boeiende roman oor die ontnugtering van die middeljare wat in 2017 op die rakke verskyn het.
‘When he spoke, he sounded as if his throat was full of buzzing bees’ – Read an excerpt from Robert Muponde’s memoir The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse by Robert Muponde – a magical coming-of-age tale in rural Zimbabwe.
Find out more about Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel Of Women and Salt – an instant New York Times bestseller (PLUS: Audiobook excerpt)
Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt is a sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter’s fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born.
VIP intrigue at Decameron – Read an excerpt from Fortunes: The Rise and Rise of Afrikaner Tycoons by Ebbe Dommisse
The restaurant Decameron in the centre of Stellenbosch remains a popular meeting place for some of the country’s top businessmen.
‘Jannie, as jy kat en muis wil speel, moet jy seker maak dat jy die kat is’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Fortuine deur Ebbe Dommisse
Tussen die vier mure van die restaurant Decameron in die hartjie van Stellenbosch word saketransaksies beslis en betwis. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Fortuine deur Ebbe Dommisse.
‘Vrou. Prooi. Geskenk. Offerande’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Dominique deur Erla-Mari Diedericks (Nie vir sensitiewe lesers nie)
Lees die Proloog en Hoofstuk 1 uit Dominique – Erla-Mari Diedericks se jongste domestic noir riller.
[Uittreksel] Sjoe, dis bitter koud! Probeer die patroon vir ’n veelsydige serp uit 50 tydlose hekelpatrone
Oulike idees vir elke hekelentoesias – probeer die patroon vir ’n veelsydige serp uit 50 tydlose hekelpatrone deur Christa Swanepoel.
Jack Reacher is back – read an excerpt from Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Lee Child’s upcoming new Jack Reacher novel Better Off Dead.
‘Een-en-dertig! Die getal tref Roxy soos ’n klip teen die kop’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Kristel Loots se jongste roman
Op haar een-en-dertigste verjaarsdag besluit Roxy sy soek ’n roekelose, skelrooi lipstiek-lewe. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Roxy deur Kristel Loots.
There are secrets in the wild country they call midlife – Read an extract from Unbecoming by Joanne Fedler
Unbecoming is a funny, heartbreaking and provocative homage to the midlife unravelling as women on the brink of elderhood speak honestly about their lives and wonder what the hell to do with vaginas that are not ready to be put out to pasture just yet.
Listen to an excerpt from Listening Still, a delicious new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead – a talent that is both a gift and a curse
Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Anne Griffin’s novel Listening Still, read by Niall Buggy.
Read an excerpt from The Ends of the Earth – Abbie Greaves’s captivating new novel about a woman who can’t let go of her greatest love
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from The Ends of the Earth by Abbie Greaves, the bestselling author of The Silent Treatment.
Friday Night Book Club: ‘In the wrong hands a secret is a weapon.’ Read an excerpt from Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s Daughters of Night
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and …
Read an excerpt from John Grisham’s latest novel Sooley – an intensely moving story with a deeply compelling central character
Global bestseller John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in Sooley, a gripping novel that showcases his storytelling powers in an entirely new light.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Ronald H Balson’s ‘thrilling, action-filled suspense novel’ The Trust
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and …
‘Ek sal eerder gif drink as Engelse tee oor my lippe neem’ – Lees ’n uittreksel uit Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard
Penguin Random House SA het onlangs ’n uittreksel uit Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard op The Waddle gedeel. Lees dit nou!
‘This murder is something different, something out of the ordinary’ – Read an extract from Harlan Coben’s new thriller, Win
Read an excerpt from Win, the new book from bestselling author Harlan Coben, courtesy of Penguin Random House!
Friday Night Book Club: The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex – a gorgeous and atmospheric novel, inspired by a haunting true story
Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been clear all week.
Friday Night Book Club: Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people … Read an excerpt from The Hiding Place by Jenny Quintana
Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this excerpt from The Hiding Place – the spellbinding new novel from bestselling author Jenny Quintana.