Book extracts
Friday Night Book Club: Read ‘The High Heel Killer’ – a short story from Mohale Mashigo’s new book Intruders
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‘She was with you in Durban, wasn’t she?’ Read an excerpt from Theo and Flora, the new novel from Mark Winkler
If you’re still waiting to pick up your copy of Theo & Flora by Mark Winkler, here’s an extract to keep you going!
‘If you dead, you wake up again in your homeland. You wake up free.’ – Read an excerpt from Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black
Read an excerpt from Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.
Read an excerpt from Robert Galbraith’s gripping, page-turning new novel Lethal White
Lethal White is new instalment in the highly acclaimed Strike series, written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Plus One, the debut novel from Vanessa Raphaely
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Find out more about the agile and artful caracal in an excerpt from David Muirhead’s Cat Among the Pigeons
Cat Among the Pigeons, the new book from David Muirhead, is out now from Penguin Random House!
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The Carnivorous City by Toni Kan – a story of love, family and just desserts
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend!
‘Some of us still wear our struggle names like war wounds’ – 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! April 2020 I tell this story now in the knowledge …
Read an extract from Green as the Sky is Blue, the new novel by award-winning author Eben Venter
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Eben Venter’s new novel Green as the Sky is Blue, a bold, unflinching exploration of sexuality, intimacy, and the paradox that lies at the heart of our humanity.
The trap is set. Nowhere left to run. Read an extract from Ambush by James Patterson
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Ambush – the new novel by James Patterson and James O Born.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s novel Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
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Read the first 100 words of Christina Dalcher’s new dystopian thriller Vox
In a future, not far off imagined from ours, the government silences people to 100 words a day.
But only if you’re a woman.
‘No one knew exactly what the word “hippie” meant, and it didn’t much matter’ – Read an excerpt from Paulo Coelho’s new novel
The stories that follow come from my personal experiences. I’ve altered the order, names, and details of the people here, I was forced to condense some scenes, but everything that follows truly happened to me. I’ve used the third person because this allowed me to give characters unique voices with which to describe their lives.
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
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend! Stay in this evening and enjoy a glass of wine with …
‘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.’