Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Named a Book You Need to Read in 2021 by Harper's Bazaar A "moving, astounding, and totally unsettling" (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author) literary debut following two patients...

Conversations about life and death, between a girl and an angel. As Cecelia lies ill in bed, and her family valiantly make their Christmas preparations in the knowledge that she...

At only eighteen years of age, Poppy and Serena were the only witnesses to a tragic event. Amid heated public debate and scrutiny, the two glamorous teens were dubbed The...

1 novel. 18 people. 18 lives. Infinite combinations: families and friends, colleagues and patients, lovers and mourners... But sometimes a crowd is the loneliest place to be. An award-winning exploration...

Celebrity, identity and sexuality - the three poles of our fame-obsessed society, each one a magnet for secrets and lies. Despite her youth, Russian-born Yana Ivanova is already a Hollywood...

'A startling meditation on grief and family and betrayal and the stories we tell about ourselves ... introspective, psychologically astute, and engaging' - Kirkus starred review 'There were other women,...

It's the tail-end of 1986 and Baby is the freshest-faced, starriest-eyed young homo in all of New York City, straight off the bus from closeted backwoods Wisconsin. Adeline is his...

Author: Philip RothBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPhilip Roth's "The Counterlife" is a complex work of literary fiction that challenges the boundaries of...

Author: Colleen McculloughBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markColleen McCullough's "A Creed For The Third Millennium" is a compelling work of speculative fiction that...

Author: Fay WeldonBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, New York, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFay Weldon's "The Rules of Life" is a sharp and witty work of contemporary...

Author: Angus WilsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAnglo-Saxon Attitudes is a satirical novel that masterfully dissects post-war British society through the eyes of...

Author: Graham GreeneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1967Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of narratives exploring the complexities of human relationships. These stories offer a comedic...

Author: C. P. SnowBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1972Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tiny tear to the bottom left of the front of the dj otherwise fineThe book...

Author: Bruce L. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Bruce Smith, 1984Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small tear to the front of the dj and sticker on the back.The narrative...

Author: Robert LudlumBinding: HardbackPublished: Granada, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book introduces a man with amnesia, found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea. He embarks on a perilous journey...

Author: Anne Rivers SiddonsBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1981Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis novel presents a compelling narrative centered around the lives of several women. The story unfolds with intricate character...

Author: Lee LangleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale, London, 1969Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Very good condition with price clipped DJ.A woman's intense gaze dominates the cover, her expression hinting...

Author: P. B. YuillBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1975Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe narrative follows Hazell, a character navigating the streets of London. The plot involves a man's determination, a...

Author: Mario SoldatiBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1979Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition: very good. Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on...

Author: Renate YatesBinding: HardbackPublished: Century Hutchinson, London, 1984Condition:Book: NewJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling narrative unfolds within the intricate tapestry of societal expectations. Characters navigate the perilous landscape of reputation...

Author: Colin ForbesBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1973Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Book in excellent condition. DJ price clipped and small tear to the frontA clandestine operation forms...

Author: Haruki MurakamiBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvill Secker London , 2014Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ with shelf wear. Sticker pack included. The narrative follows Tsukuru Tazaki,...

Author: Christina SteadBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House, New York, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis novel presents a compelling narrative centered on the life of a suburban woman. The...

Author: Jane DuncanBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cut on FEP. The book presents a narrative centered on a character named Sashie. The author,...

Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize For Comic Fiction 'If you're in need of a Succession replacement then this tale of a crumbling English dynasty clinging on to the...

I am as brown as brown can be, And my eyes as black as sloe; I am as brisk as brisk can be, And wild as forest doe. (The Child...

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It is summer and the Canadian Rockies are on fire. Fleeing the fallout of a relationship gone wrong, Alan West returns to the small town in the valley where he...

A visit to a health retreat takes a horrifyingly dark twist... Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her sister, she wakes up one day to discover a...

A visit to a health retreat takes a horrifyingly dark twist... Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her sister, she wakes up one day to discover a...

A decade after fleeing for his life, a man is pulled back to Argentina by an undying love. It was the most obvious thing in the world that I'dfollow her...

From a writer with unparalleled access to Tiger Woods and his family, theonly book that provides the "story behind the story" of Tiger's life andworld. How does a kid from...

Stephen Leeds, also known as 'Legion', has a unique mental condition. He can become an expert on any subject in hours . . . and with every new area of...

Fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging stories from the Nobel Prize Winner, with settings ranging from suburban London to Mozambique.

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice | An Electric Literature Best Novel of the Year | A Most Anticipated Book from Nylon , San Francisco Chronicle , Them...

Three hundred years ago, the settlers on the small Maine island of Sanctuary were betrayed by one of their own, and slaughtered. Now a band of killers has returned to...

Longlisted for the 2014 National Book Award From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize a powerful, engrossing new novel--the life and times of a remarkable family over three transformative decades...

The dazzling new book from one of Britain's best-selling novelists A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only stolen kisses as a substitute. A...

Taking its cue from Diary of a Provincial Lady , EM Delafield's dry-witted classic of domesticity and other vexations, Diary Of A Suburban Lady is a comic novel about the...

'Guglani is the real deal' Michael Faber 'Profound . . . Poetic . . . Humane' Gabriel Weston 'Shows rare skill . . . Power and fear and morality' Sarah...

From the multi-award-winning author of Twice Born comes this dazzling, emotionally charged tale of two mothers' fight to protect their children's futures When the water is safer than the land......

Strangers did not, as a rule, find their way to Chez Dom, a small Tunisian cafe in Paris. Run by the widow Houria and her young niece, Sabiha, the cafe...