Book extracts

Try this Red Thai Gochujang Salmon Curry from the new cookbook Bibby’s: More Good Food

Penguin Random House SA has shared a recipe from Bibby’s: More Good Food by Dianne Bibby!

Read an excerpt from Elly Conway’s deathly rollercoaster ride of a thriller, Argylle

Penguin Random House SA has shared an extract from Argylle by Elly Conway!

Read an excerpt from The Ghost Orchid – the new book from bestselling master of suspense Jonathan Kellerman

Penguin Random House SA has shared an extract from The Ghost Orchid – the new Alex Delaware novel from Jonathan Kellerman!

‘As it turns out, I have the charisma of a potato …’ Read an excerpt from Amy Lea’s new romantic comedy The Catch

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Amy Lea’s spicy, swoonworthy rom-com, The Catch!

Read an excerpt from Piglet – the searing, unforgettable and original debut set to take readers by storm in 2024

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Piglet, the captivating new novel by Lottie Hazell!

Your best friend killed a man. Now she needs your help. Read an excerpt from We Were Never Here

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from We Were Never Here, the addictive, twisty new thriller by Andrea Bartz.

‘He looks like a soap-opera villain’ – Read an excerpt from the latest Thursday Murder Club novel, The Last Devil to Die

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Last Devil to Die – the fourth novel in the record-breaking, bestselling Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman!

‘Unfortunately, only a girl again.’ Read an excerpt from The Woman at the Wheel, the inspiring historical novel by Penny Haw

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Woman at the Wheel by the brilliant Penny Haw!

Looking to cut costs in the kitchen? Try these delicious recipes from Jenny Tschiesche’s Budget Air-Fryer Cookbook

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Budget Air-Fryer Cookbook by Jenny Tschiesche! 

‘I found myself holding hands with a baboon’ – Read an excerpt from Hippos, a Mongoose and Me by Karen Paolillo

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Hippos, a Mongoose and Me, the new book by Karen Paolillo!

Listen to an excerpt from The Pole – an indelible tale of life, love, death and Chopin, from Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee

A pianist falls grandly, helplessly in love in this elegant new novella from the twice-Booker Prize winner JM Coetzee.

Bestselling novelist Philippa Gregory shows how women through history have always been at the centre of protest

In Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History, bestselling historical novelist Philippa Gregory radically redefines the roles ordinary women played throughout British history.

‘There was nothing like a bit of controversy to sell a book’ – Read an excerpt from Each Mortal Thing, the new novel by Michiel Heyns

Read an excerpt from Each Mortal Thing, the 10th novel from critically acclaimed author Michiel Heyns, courtesy of Penguin Random House!

Listen to an excerpt from Held by Anne Michaels – a soaring and luminous story of chance and change

Held – the triumphant new novel by Anne Michaels, the author of the Orange Prize-winning Fugitive Pieces – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Can you ever truly wash away your past? Read an excerpt from John Boyne’s haunting new novel Water

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Water by internationally bestselling author John Boyne.

‘I once went to kill a man’ – Read an excerpt from The Year of the Locust, the terrifying and eagerly awaited new thriller by Terry Hayes

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Year of the Locust, the highly anticipated second novel from Terry Hayes, author of the global bestseller I Am Pilgrim.

Read an extract from the pulse-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller The Secret

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Secret – the new high-octane rollercoaster ride of a novel from Lee Child and Andrew Child.

‘The doctor’s bedside manner is one of the coldest, most violent experiences of my life’ – Read an excerpt from Hot Water by Nadine Dirks

Jacana Media has shared an excerpt from Hot Water by Nadine Dirks – an intimate and daring look into the life of a young African woman from the Cape Flats with a chronic illness.