Modern Fiction (post 1945)

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A daughter searches for her father; a mother for her son. From isolated Tasmania to vibrant Morocco, two women seek the truth about what happened to the same man. Khadija...

'Pacy, exciting and often unexpectedly moving storytelling.' THE AUSTRALIAN Like the moon landing itself, a feat of enormous ingenuity imagining the lives of the Apollo mission heroes, and those on...

'A good rom-com is a balm for the harshness of the outside world, and no one does romance and comedy better than Rachael Johns.' Australian Women's Weekly When serial dater...

'The feelgood read of the year.' - Better Reading 'Prolific, entertaining and charming, Rachael Johns is arguably the best romantic writer in Australia.' The Australian Named after a famous fictional...

Look who's back in hot water! The highly anticipated new novel in The Tea Ladies mystery series, a runaway bestseller of the year. Ideal for fans of Richard Osman and...

The heart-stopping new crime thriller in the Detective Jack Hawksworth series by blockbuster author Fiona McIntosh. Superstar footballer Luca Bruni is being blackmailed for a night of lust he swears...

Set between rural Australia and London, The Echoes is a story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future 'This is stranger, darker and more brilliant...

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF A...

From the iconic author of the international sensation CRAZY RICH ASIANS THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CRAZY RICH ASIANS Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshamsbury and son of...

The world's number one thriller writer introduces a cast of unforgettable characters in twenty pulse-pounding standalone short stories, collected together for the first time. I was the guy who always...

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love- a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both....

Kate Grenville's latest bestselling novel, now in a beautiful paperback edition What if Elizabeth Macarthur-wife of the notorious John Macarthur, wool baron in the earliest days of Sydney-had written a...

'A powerful achievement.' Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer 'Transcendent.' THE AGE 'Anam is a beautiful book. I loved its hypnotic rhythms, its restlessness, the way memories, dreams and ideas, like...

Judy Nunn's latest bestselling novel will take you from the cotton mills of England to the magnificent theatres of Melbourne, on a scintillating journey through the golden age of Australian...

A highly evocative family mystery of secrets and betrayal from the bestselling author of Croc Country. The darkest secrets are buried the deepest. An Unexpected Summons Meg Morrissey has just...

From award-winning novelist Barbara Hannay comes a timely and uplifting story about the importance of community and connection. Can love and friendship blossom on a rooftop? The residents in Brisbane's...

An epic and compelling novel that reimagines the fate of one of Iceland's famous women of history. UQP is offering a money-back guarantee that The Sorrow Stone is a great...

From one of the world's greatest writers comes a story of theft and adultery Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together, simply happy. Oliver...

A murder, a miscarriage of justice, and a man too innocent for his times . . . Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with...

A powerful debut novel that delicately blends Hawaiian myth with the broken American dream. 'The next time I went for air you were at the surface, sideways, prone and ragdolling...

The heartwarming new family drama from the bestselling author of The Cake Maker's Wish Award-winning jam maker Aggie is determined to take her Barossa Valley cafe to new heights. She...

Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie...

Truman Capote began writing when he was eight and became one of America's most versatile and gifted authors.A Capote Readercontains much of his published work- his dazzling fiction, includingBreakfast at...

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most...

From the author of A Room Called Earth, a brilliant new novel about the mess that comes before salvation. Camille lives in the country. She's forgotten her phone. She's taking...

An unforgettable and life-affirming story of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis from the Number One bestselling author. From Number One bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story -...

Erica Marsden's son, an artist, has been imprisoned for homicidal negligence. In a state of grief, Erica cuts off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a quiet...

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question- can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster? On the face of it, Freya...

She gave up everything-and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe. "Huge...

For all fans of Hot Milk comes a searing debut novel about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to...

The long-awaited new collection of short stories from Australia's master of the short-story genre. An artist marooned on a remote island in the Arafura Sea contemplates his survival chances. He...

An extraordinarily ambitious, surprising and enjoyable book, the second of two volumes, celebrating the British short story This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and...

Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped...

'That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with...

A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative...

A surreal, chilling tale of rebellion and tyranny in the Ottoman Empire, by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize. A surreal, chilling tale of rebellion and tyranny in...

A daughter pulled between two worlds and a mother willing destroy both to protect her... Gods and men wage their petty wars, but it is the women of spring who...

'Mesmeric, haunting and heartbreakingly tragic. A profound, alluring masterwork of singular genius' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed...

Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York In a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a pretty girl a story-...

Volume two of Javier Maria's acclaimed and evocative 'novel in parts' The first volume of Javier Marias's 'novel in parts' saw Jacques Deza questioning the morality of his position in...

Arnold Bennett's superb London novel - both a story about one grim household and a panorama of the life of a great city Henry Earlforward, a shabby Clerkenwell bookseller, has...

One of Patricia Grace's most popular novels. Now a feature film, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. Makareta is the chosen one - carrying her family's...

One of the great novels of the twentieth century, now with a gorgeous new cover The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated...

Paul Bowles's masterpiece explores the dangerous space between cultures, through the attempt of one young man to find his place in a fragmenting society Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham...

An indispensable addition to the canon of Burroughs's works, this series of short stories and sketches guides the reader through his literary evolution Interzone portrays the development of Burroughs's mature...

A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger man's face; a doctor yearns for a virus that might eliminate his discomfort by turning everyone else into doubles of...

"The Adventures of Augie March is the Great American Novel. Search no further" - Martin Amis Augie March is a penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up during the Great...