Book excerpts
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Craig Higginson’s new novel The White Room
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Read an excerpt from The People in the Trees, the stunning 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.
A man, his girlfriend and the mother who won’t let him go: Listen to an excerpt from The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
Listen to an excerpt from The Other Woman by Sandie Jones, a gripping new thriller about a mother whose love for her son threatens his relationship with his new girlfriend.
Read an excerpt from Sleeper, the new novel from Mike Nicol
Sleeper, the new novel from Mike Nicol, is out in August 2018 from Umuzi!
Find out more about the African Penguin in this excerpt from Cat Among the Pigeons, the new book from David Muirhead
Penguin eggs became a highly popular item in South African kitchens at the start of the 20th century.
Friday Night Book Club: Read the introduction and first chapter of Becoming Iman by Iman Rappetti
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Friday Night Book Club: Read the first chapter of The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa
Stay in and get cosy with a glass of wine and this extended excerpt from The Blessed Girl, the new novel from Angela Makholwa.
One city. Five people. A bloody trail of revenge. Read an excerpt from Beyers de Vos’s debut novel Talion
Ben hears the gunshot before he feels it. The car is still running, the rumble of the engine unnaturally loud. His foot is slipping off the clutch. His blood is spilling out behind him, wetting the seat. His whole body is trying to panic, trying to cry out, trying to flee. But he can’t move; his lungs are filling with blood.
Friday Night Book Club: Read the first chapter of Knucklebone by NR Brodie
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Reunited with her family on the Oprah show – Read an excerpt from The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
‘I’d fantasised about this moment so many times. In Malawi, I used to write my name in dust on trucks, hoping my mother would see my loopy cursive Clemantine and realise that I was alive.’
Read an excerpt from Born to Kwaito – ‘Yizo Yizo: The Poetry of Dysfunction’ by Sihle Mthembu
‘Ronnie Nyakale virtually strangled Teboho when he auditioned for the part of Papa Action.’
Friday Night Book Club: Read the prologue and first chapter of The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
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She smiled a half-smile and asked, ‘Do you have a gun?’ – Read an excerpt from Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
What do divisions matter in a world full of doors? Read an excerpt from Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a tale of love and hope, travelling from the Middle East to London and beyond.
Hauntingly beautiful: Read an excerpt from The Possible World by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz
A captivating novel that will make you laugh, cry and see the world anew: read an extract from the hauntingly beautiful The Possible World.
Friday Night Book Club: Read the first chapter of David Whitehouse’s The Long Forgotten
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Read an excerpt from Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, Yusra Mardini’s story of rescue, hope and triumph
‘I could just as easily be killed in the pool as outside on the street or at home in my bed.’
Friday Night Book Club: Read the first chapter of Nthikeng Mohlele’s Michael K
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Listen to a free audio sample of Jessica Knoll’s ‘deliciously savage and wildly entertaining’ new thriller The Favourite Sister
Listen to a free audiobook sample of The Favourite Sister – the new book from bestselling author Jessica Knoll! Knoll is the author …
Read an excerpt from The Grey Ghost – the latest thrilling book from bestselling master of adventure Clive Cussler
Excerpt from The Grey Ghost by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
Read an excerpt from Walking to Australia, David Robbins’s remarkable memoir
Read an excerpt from Walking to Australia: 21st Century Excursions into Humanity’s Greatest Migration by David Robbins.