Book extracts

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Paula Brackston’s new novel Secrets of the Chocolate House, the second in the Found Things series

Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this excerpt from Secrets of the Chocolate House, the second novel in Paula Brackston’s bewitching Found Things series! 

Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Under the Whispering Door, a charming queer love story from TJ Klune

Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this exclusive excerpt from Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune.

‘Ek het dadelik besef ek is in groot gevaar’: Lees die Inleiding tot Ina Bonnette se aangrypende verhaal, INA

Lees ‘n uittreksel uit INA, ‘n Verhaal van genade en genesing deur Ina Bonnette – die merkwaardige ware verhaal van ‘n oorwinnaar van geslagsgeweld.

‘Nobody’s perfect, she liked to say. But, man, we all fall short so beautifully.’ Read an excerpt from Bewilderment, the magnificent new novel by Richard Powers

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Bewilderment, the heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory, Richard Powers.

Read an extract from The Jealousy Man – the first ever collection of short stories by Jo Nesbo, the master of Scandicrime

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Jealousy Man and Other Stories by Jo Nesbo!

‘She was the one I sang my hymns to, Moliehi, child of my mother’ – Read an extract from Zakes Mda’s new novel Wayfarer’s Hymns

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Wayfarers’ Hymns, the highly anticipated new novel from Zakes Mda.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from The Prince of the Skies – a novel about the man behind the classic tale The Little Prince

Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this exclusive excerpt from The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe, the bestselling author of The Librarian of Auschwitz.

The Thursday Murder Club is back! Read an excerpt from Richard Osman’s new novel The Man Who Died Twice

Penguin Random House has shared an extract from The Man Who Died Twice – the second novel in Richard Osman’s number one bestselling Thursday Murder Club series!

Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from The Heron’s Cry – the new novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of Vera and Shetland

Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this exclusive excerpt from The Heron’s Cry – the second novel in Ann Cleeves’s new Two Rivers crime series, following her bestseller The Long Call.

Na ’n plaas in Afrika deur Irma Joubert is nou ‘n oudioboek! Luister na ’n voorsmaak gelees deur Anton Brink

Irma is beslis die gewildste en mees geliefde skrywer van Afrikaanse historiese fiksie. En nou kan jy na Na ’n plaas in Afrika luister!

Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Never Tell a Lie by Gail Schimmel

From the author of The Accident and Two Months comes the story of a whirlwind friendship – and the dark secrets lurking beneath it.

Warren Ingram explores new and unforeseen challenges – and a load of new opportunities – in Global Investing Made Easy

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Global Investing Made Easy, the new book by Warren Ingram.

‘Ek moet jou iets vertel … Jip, ek is gay’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Skeef deur Renaldo Schwarp

‘Elkeen se reis is uniek,’ skryf mediapersoonlikheid Renaldo Schwarp in ’n uittreksel uit sy LGBTIQ-memoir, Skeef.

Lees ‘n uittreksel: Die onderwêreld is in rep en roer in Peet Venter se jongste misdaadroman, Een vir een

Is iemand besig om die grootkoppe in georganiseerde misdaad een vir een uit te haal? Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Een vir een deur Peet Venter.

Read the first chapter of Over My Dead Body, the new book by international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Archer has shared an excerpt from his new book Over My Dead Body – an unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal. …

Innocent or guilty, everyone is damaged. Some are damaged enough to kill. Read an extract from A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from A Slow Fire Burning, the propulsive new thriller by Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water.

‘Maar ’n geruime tyd al hoor hy niks nie. Die musiek, die note dis weg’ – Lees ’n uittreksel uit ’n Liedjie vir Anine deur Elsa Winckler

[Uittreksel] Bekende musiekster, Zander Breedt, se muses het hom verlaat in ’n Liedjie vir Anine deur Elsa Winckler.

Read an extract from Snow Country, the spectacular, sweeping new novel from internationally acclaimed author Sebastian Faulks

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Snow Country, the epic new love story from master storyteller Sebastian Faulks, and his most powerful novel since Birdsong.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Shelley Parker-Chan’s historical fantasy She Who Became the Sun

Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this excerpt from She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan – a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice.