Book extracts
Is South Africa teetering on the edge of becoming a mafia state? Read an extract from Mafia Land by Kyle Cowan
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Mafia Land: Inside South Africa’s Darkest Cartels, in which multi-award-winning journalist Kyle Cowan rips open the terrifying truth about organised crime.
Read an excerpt from Jackie Phamotse’s new novel The Advocate – a tale of power, corruption and the impossible choices love demands
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Jackie Phamotse’s new novel The Advocate – the gripping follow-up to the The Tea Merchant!
‘I found myself wondering where all the satanists had gone’ – read an excerpt from The Devil Made Me Do It by Nicky Falkof
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Devil Made Me Do It: Understanding Occult Crime in South Africa by Nicky Falkof.
Love and life in upmarket Johannesburg – read an excerpt from Ntombi Nkabinde’s new novel In the Late of Night
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from In the Late of Night by Ntombi Nkabinde!
‘Let me hide in the wind.’ Read an excerpt from Claire Robertson’s sweeping, beautifully written novel The Immortalites
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Immortalites, the highly anticipated new novel by Claire Robertson!
‘Dad said there was probably no smoking in heaven and no cigarettes in hell.’ Read an excerpt from Sven Axelrad’s new novel The Nicotine Gospel
Read an excerpt from The Nicotine Gospel by Sven Axelrad – a darkly funny road trip novel.
Read an excerpt from Rachel Joyce’s extraordinarily compelling new novel The Homemade God
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce – a story about sibling relationships, what holds a family together and what might fracture it forever.
5 remarkable people share ‘Why Am I Like This?’ – Read an excerpt from the new book We Can Do Hard Things
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions!
Read an extract from Blood’s Inner Rhyme – Antjie Krog’s most intimate and most universally resonant work to date
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Blood’s Inner Rhyme by Antjie Krog.
‘What was this poison that I had let in?’ Read an excerpt from Milton Schorr’s memoir Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Addict: A Tale of Drugs and Recovery by Milton Schorr – essential reading for anyone who has battled addiction or loves someone who has.
Romantic, breathtaking and heartbreaking – read an excerpt from Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven, a fantastical love story that defies death as two souls reincarnate through the centuries.
Read an excerpt from Confessions by Catherine Airey – an essential immersive debut from an astonishing new voice
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Confessions by Catherine Airey.
‘Arrival in the Cape’ – Read an excerpt from John Stewart’s new book Sir Herbert Baker: A Biography
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from Sir Herbert Baker: A Biography by John Stewart.
‘I wouldn’t wish my childhood experience on my worst enemy’ – Read an excerpt from I Am Tshiamo: My Transition to Self-acceptance and Womanhood
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from I Am Tshiamo: My Transition to Self-acceptance and Womanhood by Tshiamo Modisane!
Read an excerpt from Alex Pavesi’s Ink Ribbon Red – the most original literary thriller of the year
Penguin Random House SA has shared an extract from Ink Ribbon Red – the wickedly plotted new thriller by Alex Pavesi!
Life’s messiest moments make the best stories – find out more about Jojo Moyes new novel We All Live Here
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from We All Live Here, the new novel from Jojo Moyes!
‘Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.’ Read an extract from Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Elizabeth Strout’s new novel Tell Me Everything! Tell Me Everything is hopeful, healing novel …
Fool your tastebuds with this recipe for Carne Pizza from All Sorts of Junk Food Made Healthy!
Penguin Random House SA has shared the recipe for a delicious Carne Pizza, from Chantal Lascaris’s new cookbook All Sorts of Junk Food Made Healthy.
Read an excerpt from William Boyd’s gripping, must-read new spy thriller Gabriel’s Moon
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd! From the internationally bestselling author beloved by readers …
Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Ougat by Shana Fife – a story of survival on the Cape Flats
Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some by Shana Fife is out now in audiobook from Jonathan Ball Publishers!