Book excerpts

Video: Elsa Winckler lees ’n stukkie uit haar geestelike roman, Arendsvlerke vir Siebert

Verslawing, liefde en oorwinning: Kyk na Elsa Winckler se voorlesing uit haar geestelike roman, Arendsvlerke vir Siebert.

Uittreksel: Sharnelle Hough (17) en Marna Engelbrecht (16) veg vir hul lewens in Die Stella-moorde deur Susan Cilliers

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die Stella-moorde deur Susan Cilliers waarin Sharnelle Hough (17) en Marna Engelbrecht (16) se laaste oomblikke uitgebeeld word.

One family. One unforgettable night. Listen to an excerpt from Malibu Rising by bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid

‘If summer could somehow fit into a book, then you’d find it in Malibu Rising’ – Oprah Daily. Listen to an excerpt from Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, read by Julia Whelan.

‘We are all refugees of our childhoods’: Read an excerpt from Ashraf Kagee’s dazzling new novel, By the Fading Light

Read an excerpt from By the Fading Light, Ashraf Kagee’s stunning follow-up to the award-winning Khalil’s Journey.

Lees nou die eerste hoofstuk van Die geheime lewe van Gita deur Jacolet van den Berg

Sal Gita Bruwer ooit haar diepste geheime met die wêreld kan deel? Vind uit in Die geheime lewe van Gita deur Jacolet van den Berg.

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.