Book excerpts
Read an excerpt from The Kingfisher Secret – a new anonymously authored book about a presidential love affair
Read an excerpt from The Kingfisher Secret by Anonymous – a new book about a controversial and wealthy businessman who is running for President of the United States and a former porn star about to go public with details of their relationship …
‘Now, he jerked the pistol at her. Get up.’ – Read an excerpt from A Spark of Light, the new novel by Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult has shared an excerpt from the book on her website. Read on!
‘I tell this story now because I was there.’ – Read an excerpt from Barry Gilder’s debut novel The List
Jacana Media has shared an excerpt from Barry Gilder’s debut novel The List!
A remarkable new literary talent – Read an excerpt from Tumelo Buthelezi’s debut novel The Last Sentence
‘Come to me,’ he heard a voice say, a woman’s voice. It was warm and inviting. Irresistible, in fact.
Read the opening chapter of Transcription, the new novel from bestselling, award-winning author Kate Atkinson
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from Transcription, the magnificent new novel by bestselling, award-winning Kate Atkinson, author of a Life After Life and A God In Ruins.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The Man Who Didn’t Call by Rosie Walsh
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‘She disappeared’ – Read an extract from An Unquiet Place by Clare Houston
‘High on the plateau, evening crept across the sky. Swallows pitched and swung through the air, and a small breeze lifted the grasses, sending a ripple across the surface of the reservoir.’
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Olumide Popoola’s debut novel When We Speak of Nothing
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Read an excerpt from Nigerian–American author Tomi Adeyemi’s epic West African fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone
It’s all I can do not to scream. I dig my nails into the marula oak of my staff and squeeze to keep from fidgeting. Beads of sweat drip down my back, but I can’t tell if it’s from dawn’s early heat or from my heart slamming against my chest. Moon after moon I’ve been passed over.
Read an excerpt from Sally Rooney’s Man Booker Prize-longlisted novel, Normal People
Sally Rooney’s Man Booker Prize-longlisted novel Normal People is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The Shepherd’s Hut, the new novel from Tim Winton
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Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak
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‘Noah Groome is strung out.’ – Read an extract from The Enumerations, the new novel from Máire Fisher
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Enumerations by Máire Fisher, the author of Birdseye.
Find out what Marilyn Monroe has in common with the ugliest bird in the world in an excerpt from Cat Among the Pigeons by David Muirhead
Most folk think that Marilyn Monroe had nothing in common with the ugliest bird in the world, and they are, of course, right. Except for those feathers.
Listen to an excerpt from Hold, the debut novel from Michael Donkor set in Ghana and South-East London
‘Both moving and funny, a big-hearted book that will stay with you.’ – The Guardian (Best Fiction for 2018)
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from AJ Pearce’s hilarious and moving debut novel Dear Mrs Bird
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Find out more about the Firefly in this excerpt from Cat Among the Pigeons, the new book from David Muirhead
Inexplicable things that shine in the night tend to ignite the human imagination and fireflies predictably attract more than their fair share of superstition.
Read an excerpt from Hold – Michael Donkor’s highly anticipated debut novel
Moving between Ghana and London, Michael Donkor’s debut novel Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go.
Listen to an excerpt from The People in the Trees, the debut novel from Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life
The People in the Trees is a powerful work of visionary literary fiction from Hanya Yanagihara, the bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize and National Book Award-nominated modern classic, A Little Life.
An exciting new African voice – Read an excerpt from Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s debut novel The Theory of Flight
Read an excerpt from The Theory of Flight, the debut novel by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu!