Modern Fiction (post 1945) (4452)

Imagine you and your sister go on the holiday of the life time to Fiji. You have a fight, one of you ends up on a flight and the other wakes up with a hangover. The flight disappears. You get the perspective of both. The one in the crash and the other 2 years later still coming to terms with what happened. – Alison

A lyrical historical novel of family, friendship, and self-discovery exploring the power of choice in a changing world and love in communion with nature.

The New York Times No.1 bestseller. The Maid is a story about how the truth isn't always black and white - it's found in the dirtier, grey areas in between...

Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.

Escape to the Scottish Highlands where a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch.

**Trigger warning suicide theme** While this book is not for everyone. Mark Watson is my favourite comedian and writes about this sensitive topic with his own form of self deprecating humour – Alison

I would love to receive am invitation to the wedding of Nathan and Meddy… or maybe not. The portrayal of family in this book, and series, is what I love most from Jesse Sutanto. Her depiction of the challenges but also epic highs of Meddy’s relationship with her very close (sometimes too close) maternal South Asian family is an aspect of inter-generational families that is very rarely seen in contemporary romance fiction. And as advertised - is a cry-laugh kind of book. And I almost never cry-laugh. – Willow

The spellbinding historical novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Anne O'Brien. England, 1444. Three women challenge the course of history...

I enjoy all James Patterson novels. The Women's Murder Club series is fantastic – Duncan

This book looks at the ways in which young people must so often make fateful decisions about their lives before they have even begun to figure out who they are and what they want to be.

The instant bestseller. Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship.

The extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller Neil Gaiman.

Six friends traverse the uneven road of life together in Virginia Woolf's most unconventional classic.