Book extracts
Not quite the sexy surprise I was expecting: Read an excerpt from Sophie Kinsella’s latest novel Surprise Me
Dan and Sylvie try to keep their marriage fresh by organising special treats for each other. But not all of them go to plan, particularly when an unexpected pet is brought home …
A fast-paced thriller set in Joburg: Read an extract from NR Brodie’s debut novel Knucklebone
Pan Macmillan SA has shared the opening chapter of Knucklebone, the debut novel by NR Brodie.
‘The more he swore off sex, the deeper the memories sank into his subconscious’ – Read an excerpt from Toy Boy, the new novel by Leon van Nierop
The air is hot and humid, and there’s a Joburg thunderstorm brewing on the horizon.
Read and listen to an excerpt from This Idea is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know
In This Idea is Brilliant, John Brockman asks 206 of the world’s most brilliant minds the question: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?
Read an excerpt from The Tattooist of Auschwitz: An unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity, based on true events
The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved.
Read an excerpt from Jeremy Maggs’s new book Win! Compelling Conversations with 20 Successful South Africans
Jeremy Maggs chats to activist, politician, diplomat and business leader Cheryl Carolus!
‘A Woman’s Place is in The Struggle’ – Read an excerpt from The Knock on the Door
Like so many South African women, Daphne Mashile faced additional burdens in detention because she was a mother.
Read the opening chapters of Peter Carey’s new book A Long Way From Home
A Long Way From Home, the new book from award-winning author Peter Carey, is out soon from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
A remarkable 10-year-old – Read an excerpt from The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
Superbly researched and enormously gripping, The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan by Sebastian Mallaby is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Read an excerpt from Hugh Masekela’s autobiography, Still Grazing
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela died in Johannesburg yesterday, after a long battle with prostate cancer.
Read an extract from Under Glass, the new novel from award-winning author Claire Robertson
Under Glass is a high-stakes narrative of deception and disguise that will appeal to a range of readers of literary fiction by one of the country’s finest novelists.
‘To be great is to be misunderstood’ – Read an excerpt from Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Long Walk To Freedom
Mandela knew that his own legacy depended on the course he had championed: the talks between the government and the ANC.
‘Her husband’s almost home. He’ll catch her this time.’ – Read an excerpt from the new smash hit, The Woman in the Window
I’ve noticed she likes a drink in the afternoon, as do I. Does she also like a drink in the morning? As do I?
Read an excerpt from Wake Me When I’m Gone, the second novel by Nigerian author Odafe Atogun
The morning the letter arrived he was like a man in a shell, deaf to the voices in his head from a distant place, calling him, imploring him with old promises.
Listen to an audio book preview of The Demon Crown: The new Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins
Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed and possessed by a species beyond imagination.
Read the first chapter of Still Me, the new novel from Jojo Moyes
It was the moustache that reminded me I was no longer in England: a solid, grey millipede firmly obscuring the man’s upper lip; a Village People moustache, a cowboy moustache, the miniature head of a broom that meant business. You just didn’t get that kind of moustache at home. I couldn’t tear my eyes from it.
Read an excerpt from New Times, the new novel from award-winning author Rehana Rossouw
Courtesy of Jacana Media, read an excerpt from New Times, the much-anticipated new novel from Rehana Rossouw.
Listen to an excerpt from The Sparsholt Affair, the masterly new novel from Alan Hollinghurst
Pan Macmillan has shared an excerpt from audiobook of The Sparsholt Affair, the highly anticipated new novel from Alan Hollinghurst.
‘They do not smile or welcome us but they let us in’: Sisonke Msimang recalls returning home to South Africa
The Johannesburg Review of Books has shared an excerpt from Sisonke Msimang’s new book Always Another Country.
Read an excerpt from Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian, the new EL James novel
‘My patience has been tested by the clock as it ticks closer to my reunion with Miss Anastasia Steele.’