Modern Fiction (post 1945)

The brilliant new novel by the Booker-shortlisted author of Shroud and The Book of Evidence, John Banville is, quite simply, one of the greatest novelists writing in the English language...

A beautifully crafted story of a Jewish family, reaching back five generations. Using births, deaths and family legends, here are stories of how people meet and fall in love, of...

Since her husband's tragic death fours years before, 29-year-old Julie Barenson had been reluctant to date, but now feels ready to test the waters. Soon, she is being wined and...

After more than 20 years of marriage, Wilson Lewis, son-in-law of Allie and Noah Calhoun (of The Notebook) is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his...

In 'the stifling heat of equatorial Newark', a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming, paralysis, life-long disability, even death. This is the...

The sun shone intensely on the island of Djerba in Tunisia. The beige earth refracted heat with the dry odour of ripe fennel and thyme.' Rachida has been lucky all...

Awarded the Prix des libraires by France's booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring one's faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss. Tokyo, 1938. An amateur quartet,...

'Susan Lewis has a gift for telling warm family stories that also take you by surprise. One Minute Later will make you savour every second' Jane Corry 'Book of the...

The Sunday Times bestseller returns for a fourth book! Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures - this time taking them a long way from home......

The long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller PS, I Love You ! It's been seven years since Holly Kennedy's husband died - six since she read his final letter, urging...

Opening on the eve of the First World War, set around a stately home, Cavendon Hall, its owners the aristocratic Ingham family and the Swann family who serves them. Two...

Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author Jasmine loves two things: her sister and her...

Joanna Trollope's much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility launches The Austen Project and is already one of the most talked about books of the year. Two sisters...

The uplifting and thoughtful novel from the uniquely talented author. Everyone has a story to tell... Journalist Kitty Logan's career has been destroyed by scandal, and she now faces losing...

The stunning and magical new novel from the Number One bestselling author of PS, I Love You From the author of tear-jerker PS, I Love You comes another unputdownable read....

The powerful new bestseller from the nation's favourite storyteller Harry always knew he would go back one day ! Eighteen years ago when he was a boy, he had made...

The highly anticipated new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Tokyo Cancelled. Solo recounts the life and daydreams of a reclusive one hundred year-old man from Bulgaria. Before the...

A welcome return to the international bestseller Sidney Sheldon, with his first novel for four yearsIn New York, Denver, Paris and Berlin, four people have died separately in apparent accidents....

We first meet Katie Byrne at seventeen. A tall beauty with reddish-gold hair, she has always wanted to be an actress. Her two best friends share her passion for the...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of the Booker Prize-winning novel. A romance, a literary quest, a modern classic. A pair of young scholars investigate...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of the hilarious, dark, ingenious novel that changed the face of British fiction. Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of the Pulitzer-prize winning novel, from the great Toni Morrison. Sethe is now miles away from Sweet Home -...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of Calvino's genre-switching masterwork. A book of surprise and adventure but you, the reader, are the hero. You go...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of a modern Indian classic and winner of 'The Best of the Booker' - the best novel from Booker...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of Jeanette Winterson's explosive first novel- a gripping coming-of-age story, a queer romance, a modern classic. 'I love her.'...

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward. The first...

The most iconic literary work ever produced by one of the world's most loved writers Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his...

Joseph Conrad's haunting Modernist masterpiece, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound Classics series Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and...

Vladimir Nabakov's shocking masterpiece, now in a beautifully designed clothbound edition Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then...

Albert Camus' existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics edition In The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform...

A stunning clothbound edition of John Kennedy Toole's savagely funny, satirical masterpiece A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern...

A gorgeous clothbound edition of Jean Rhys's great masterpiece of desire and madness in the Caribbean Jean Rhys's late masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre,...

Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: J.M. Dent & Sons., 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight tears to back of DJ, some...

Author: D.H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Publishing Group, 2014Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the seminal works of D.H. Lawrence, a master of early 20th-century English literature. It chronicles...

Author: Xavier HerbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Times House, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSet against the harsh, beautiful landscape of northern Australia, Capricornia chronicles the intertwined lives of its diverse inhabitants, revealing...

Author: Ruth ParkBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMissus, the concluding volume in Ruth Park's acclaimed The Harp in the...

Author: Colleen McculloughBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor staining to block.An Indecent Obsession presents a...

Author: Harold RobbinsBinding: HardbackPublished: New English Library., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanned edges and minor sun-fading to spine.This compelling work of...

Author: Richard GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph., 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to DJ and pages, minor tears...

Author: Sheila FugardBinding: HardbackPublished: George Braziller., 1985Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical novel chronicles the life of a formidable woman whose unwavering commitment ignites significant societal...

Author: Cecily HailackBinding: HardbackPublished: Browne and Nolan, 1945Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThe Happiness of Father Happe is a charming work of...

Author: Monica DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerMonica Dickens's One Pair Of Feet chronicles the semi-autobiographical experiences of a young woman undertaking...

Author: Alice Grant RosmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAlice Grant Rosman's Mother Of The Bride presents a delightful and...

Author: Thomas FlemingBinding: HardbackPublished: W.H. Allen., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner's name in back end page, some chips...

Author: Patrick WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Knopf, 2012Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has some staining - especially back which has water ringsPatrick White's The Vivisector...

Author: Anthony PowellBinding: HardbackPublished: Fontana Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase has some wear/tanning, books have yellowed pages and some tanning along spinesAnthony Powell...

Author: Lawrence DurrellBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has general wear, pages have foxingSet against the vibrant,...