Read an excerpt from Bill Nye's next Jack and the Geniuses book

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. EW can reveal an exclusive excerpt fromthis second installment, in advance of the books Sept. 12 release date. Check it out below. Credit: Jesse DeFlorio; Amulet Books (2) For about the fifteenth time, I checked my seat belt. But I didnt care about finches or swallows. An eagle could have chest-bumped my window and it would not have shifted my focus....

May 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1895 words · Catherine Duffy

Read an excerpt from Captain Hook origin story,Lost Boy

Check them out below. Lost Boywill be published on July 18, 2017. And Peter was bound to the island in some way that the others werent. He understood the land, and it understood him. That was why I had grown a bit and Peter hadnt. It was the island that kept us all young, though some of us wouldnt stay that way. Some of the boys, for reasons none of us could comprehend, grew up like normal....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 774 words · Krystal Rivera

Read an excerpt from Caroline Carlson'sThe World's Greatest Detective

What do you do when a contest turns into a murder mystery? Read an exclusive excerpt from Carlsons upcoming middle grade novel below.The Worlds Greatest Detectivehits bookstores May 16.Preorder it here. This time it had tracked him down more quickly than ever. Credit: HarperCollins Currently, the troubles name was Mrs. Arthur-Abbot. She sat across from Toby in the one good chair Uncle Gabriel reserved for clients. Im sorry, maam, he said to Mrs....

May 1, 2025 · 10 min · 1967 words · James Manning

Read an excerpt from Chloe Benjamin's buzzy novelThe Immortalists

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. Excerpt fromThe Immortalistsby Chloe Benjamin The Woman on Hester Street 1969 Varya Varya is thirteen. New to her are three more inches of height and the dark patch of fur between her legs. Credit: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Her breasts are palm-sized, her nipples pink dimes. Her tiny nose is no ones, or so she thinks. By twenty, it will have risen to assume its full, hawkish majesty: her mothers nose....

May 1, 2025 · 14 min · 2929 words · John Johnson

Read an excerpt from Clare Mackintosh's new thriller,I See You

If you hit links we provide, we may receive compensation. Read an excerpt from I Let You Go author Clare Mackintosh’s new thriller I See You. I move my feet forward an inch and press myself into a gray overcoat that smells of wet dog. A brief case jabs into my thigh. Use the whole carriage! My handbag has swung around behind my body, and I tug it in front of me....

May 1, 2025 · 16 min · 3362 words · Justin Perry

Read an excerpt from Claudia Gray'sDefy the Stars

Today is just practice. Noemi wants to pray like the other soldiers she hears around her. The soft ebb and swell of their whispers sounds like waves against the shore. Only the dark star field outside the few small windows reveals how far they are from home. The troops around her share a mix of faiths. She clutches it tighter and wishes she didnt feel so hollow inside. So desperate for the life shes already given up....

May 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1888 words · Margaret Marshall

Read an excerpt from Diana Gabaldon's nextOutlanderbook,Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Read the excerpt below. “…the night we made Faith.” I lifted my head in surprise. Credit: Brian Sweeney/Starz “You know when she was conceived? I don’t know that.” He ran his hand slowly down my back, fingers pausing to rub circles in the small of it. If I’d been a cat, I would have waved my tail gently under his nose. For a moment, I groped among my memories. That time at the Abbey of Ste....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Joseph Hall

Read an excerpt from Diana Gabaldon'sOutlanderstory collection

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. Below, EW can share an exclusive excerpt from the book, which isavailable for pre-order now. Some were for sale and some were strictly her own. Credit: Dell She touched the bosom of her dress and glanced toward the latticework door at the rear of the shop. Still closed, the blue curtains behind it drawn firmly shut. Minnie had a good head for wine, needed no money, and was imper-vious to her fathers magnetism....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Heather Adams

Read an excerpt from Erin Bowman'sRetribution Rails --plus see the cover

What happens when a young journalist and an outlaw join forces? Thats exactly what Erin Bowman seeks to answer inRetribution Rails. Retribution Railswill be published Nov. 7. Read an exclusive excerpt below. Hobbs is yapping advice in a tone thats earning him rude gestures from Diaz. Besides their banter and the clank of tools hitting metal, the mornings silence is damn near deafening. No cactus wrens singing. Not even the far-off whistle of the train we knows coming....

May 1, 2025 · 7 min · 1362 words · Donna Wagner

Read an excerpt from feminist YA novelMoxie

Ive made some of the most supportive and powerful friendships in my life with other feminists. comes a booming voice from the center of the gym floor. Im bored, Claudia announces, her voice flat. Credit: Pablo Gamez Oh, shit, look at what he has on, Claudia mutters. Another one of his gross shirts. Under his football jersey, Jason is wearing a white T-shirt with big black letters. It reads Great LegsWhen Do They Open?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Mary Kelley

Read an excerpt from Gwenda Bond's latest novel about Lois Lane

Whats that in the sky? Its a bird… Its a plane… Its… aflyingman? Always, I said as I fell into step beside her on the bustling sidewalk. Credit: Switch Press I was determined to do my part for its opening weekend success. Support the things you love with your dollars . and make your friends support them too. Sarah Jane Sanders Especially when journalism is involved. This was my motto....

May 1, 2025 · 21 min · 4388 words · Rachael Wilson

Read an excerpt from historical fantasy novel,The Tiger's Daughter

If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. EW can now exclusively reveal the novels beautiful cover and an excerpt below. But first, check outThe Tigers Daughtersofficial summary, here.The Tigers Daughterhits shelves Oct. 3, 2017. Now, their border walls begin to crumble, and villages fall to demons swarming out of the forests. Excerpt fromThe Tigers Daughterby K. Arsenault Rivera One The Empress Empress Yui wrestles with her broken zither....

May 1, 2025 · 12 min · 2347 words · Richard Rodriguez

Read an excerpt from Iran-set novel,The Last Days of Café Leila

If you hit links we provide, we may receive compensation. And Lilys rejection of life in Tehran could have dangerous consequences. In advance ofThe Last Days of Cafe LeilasApril 18 publication, EW presents an exclusive excerpt, below. Credit: Algonquin Books Excerpt fromThe Last Days of Cafe Leilaby Donia Bijan Noor hatched a plan. The idea of going swimming excited her. Under baggy coats they wore swimsuits beneath t-shirts and jeans and covered their hair in matching headscarves....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 755 words · Nicholas Wallace