Book extracts

‘I was due to meet a striking man on Shark Island and couldn’t be late’ – Read an excerpt from At the Edge of the Desert by Basil Lawrence

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Basil Lawrence’s new novel At the Edge of the Desert, a meditation on loss, isolation and love, which asks us to consider the implications of telling someone else’s story.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The City of Tears by Kate Mosse – a sweeping historical epic about love in a time of war

The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself this evening with an excerpt from Kate Mosse’s The …

Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of The Prophets, the debut novel by Robert Jones Jr

Robert Jones Jr’s debut novel The Prophets has become an instant New York Times bestseller. Listen to the audiobook excerpt below to find out what all the buzz is about!

Read an excerpt from Thinking, Fast and Slow – the acclaimed bestseller that will change the way you make decisions

In the New York Times bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes you on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think.

’n Kind wat verdwyn. ’n Ondier op vrye voet: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Brandmerk deur Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels

Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Brandmerk deur Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels: ‘Hy het gister weer ’n trial run gehad, maar dit was op die ou einde nie eintlik veel van ’n uitdaging nie. Sy was net dáár, langs die pad, en hy het stilgehou.’

CJ Tudor is back with her darkest, twistiest novel yet! Read an excerpt from The Burning Girls

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor.

‘Prooi en jagter het nou plekke geruil’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Jagter, Bettina Wyngaard se derde Nicci de Wee-riller (Plus: Video)

Prooi en jagter ruil plekke in Bettina Wyngaard se derde Nicci de Wee-riller. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Jagter en kyk na ’n video met die skrywer.

’n BDSM-situasie wat skeefloop. ’n Beeldskone vrou in ’n koma. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Skoolgeld deur Vita du Preez

Erotika op sy beste – lees ’n uittreksel uit Skoolgeld deur Vita du Preez: ‘Wie ís hierdie Emma?! En die meneer Swart? Hy het gepraat van ‘ons’. Is hulle getroud? Het hulle kinders?’

[Book excerpt] Find out why everyone is laughing (and crying) while reading The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson

Penguin has shared an excerpt from The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson. Scroll down to dip into the book!

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Sarah Moss’s Summerwater – a novel of wit and verve and beauty

Treat yourself this evening with an excerpt from Summerwater, the powerful new novel by Sarah Moss.

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Oopmond deur Jan Vermeulen, wenner van LAPA se Jeugromankompetisie 2017

Wil jy deelneem aan die LAPA-jeugromankompetisie 2021? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Jan Vermeulen se 2017-wenroman, Oopmond, vir inspirasie! Onthou, inskrywings sluit 31 Oktober 2021.

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Vuur deur Marijke Greeff: vuurwarm e-rotika nou beskikbaar by Wenkbrou

Onblusbare e-rotika op sy beste: lees ’n vuurwarm uittreksel uit Vuur deur Marijke Greeff.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Daylight – the gripping third title in David Baldacci’s FBI special agent Atlee Pine series

Daylight is the high-octane follow up to Long Road to Mercy and A Minute to Midnight featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.

Naomi Bütow deel 8 wenke vir entrepreneurs in Welvaartskeppers: Strategieë wat jou lewe kan verander deur Riaan Botha

Hoe behaal mens sukses in die sakewêreld? Mommy Mall South Africa se Naomi Bütow deel haar geheime en topwenke in Welvaartskeppers deur Riaan Botha. Lees ’n uittreksel.

Saul Sithole dedicated 62 years of his life to the scientific world of birds and fossils: Read an extract from The Forgotten Scientist

Read an extract from The Forgotten Scientist: The Story of Saul Sithole by Lorato Trok – the untold story of a pioneering black scientist who made a great contribution to the fields of anthropology and ornithology in South Africa.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from All That Glitters – the new book from Danielle Steel, the world’s favourite storyteller!

The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. From New York to London to St Tropez, All That …

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Grensgeval deur Marita van der Vyver: ‘Daar is soveel wat sy nooit gehoor het nie … nie wou hoor nie’

Uittreksel: Marita van der Vyver se roman, Grensgeval, bekyk die Suid-Afrikaanse Grensoorlog (1966 tot 1989) van die kant van vriend én sogenoemde vyand.