Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Gabriel Dax returns in this elegant, twisting mystery of espionage and obsession and takes the reader deep into one of history's most infamous assassinations. Gabriel Dax, travel writer and accidental...

Underworld opens - famously - at the Dodgers-Giants 1951 National League final, where Bobby Thomson hits The Shot Heard Round the World and wins the pennant race for the Giants....

You do not mess with Reacher, in Lee Child's irresistible number one bestseller. You do not mess with Jack Reacher. He is as close to untraceable as a person can...

The number one bestselling author returns with an irresistible new standalone about the perils of burnout - and the joy that awaits when you set yourself free... Sasha is well...

The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse 'Scaffolding is like a perfect French movie of a novel...elegant, original and often very funny' Kevin...

Brace yourself for Lapvona- a rollercoaster ride of depravation and perversion in the singular new novel from Ottessa Moshfegh, author My Year of Rest and Relaxation Welcome to Lapvona. In...

A hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker Prize shortlisted author...

A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE OSCAR WINNING FILM Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen,...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE "Translated into 80 languages, the allegory teaches us about dreams, destiny, and the reason we are all here."-Oprah Daily, "Best...

'Full of glamour, nostalgia, pop music and strong women chasing their dreams. The perfect poolside read to escape into' Georgina Moore 'Weiner captures the tension of sibling rivalry and the...

Hussam and Wassim are teenaged boys living in Syria during America's invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s. When a surprise discovery results in tragedy, their lives, and those of...

In the deceptively quiet Waikato of the 1930s and 1940s, a number of lives connect in a complex web of family ties, desire and violence. The events of this story...

Hugely acclaimed on hardback publication - this is Chaudhuri's break out book Jayojit, a semi successful writer, now divorced, has finally retrieved his son Bonny for his summer holidays. They...

The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho -- a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a...

Sometimes it's possible to want something too much. That's when you risk losing what you have. Sam and Lucy seem like the perfect couple. Successful, happy and in love. But...

Lose yourself in this small town romance, where witchy magic and second chance love flourish against a cozy Autumn backdrop 🔮🌿 'I was under a spell... I loved it.' Reader...

An hilarious and sinister tale of dark secrets and secret forces in suburban England - from the author of the Booker-Prize winning author of Wolf Hall , Bring Up the...

In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret,...

A haunting portrait of Paris past and present from the bestselling author of Birdsong **Sunday Times Bestseller** A haunting portrait of Paris past and present from the bestselling author of...

' Breaking Point is raw, compelling, and ground-breaking; Coffey puts the life of working mothers under a microscope. To say I loved it is an understatement, I expect it will...

"One of the year's most compelling reads."- Washington Post "Its naturalness and ease with the most fundamental questions of existence make it a big project knocking around in a small...

The incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize- winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri. 'The kind of writer who makes you want to grab the next person and say "Read this!"' Amy...

'Dettmann at her hilarious and heartwarming best.' Tim Minchin When Margot receives an email from her best friend it comes as a shock ... seeing as Tess died twenty years...

WINNER - 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction WINNER - 2025 NSW Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction WINNER - 2025 ALS Gold Medal WINNER - 2025 Story...

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enriquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart,...

A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023 "A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and feeling."-Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay...

'Unsparing and tender' Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn 'A brilliant novel from our most brilliant of writers' Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon 'A quietly stunning achievement' Ocean Vuong, author of...

'Brinkley's sentences are daggers' RAVEN LEILANI 'Extraordinary ... moving, compelling and virtuosic' OBSERVER 'A triumph' COLIN BARRETT An electric collection of stories set in contemporary New York, from the award-winning...

Engrossing and memorable, The Sins of the Father is the second novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's celebrated the Clifton Chronicles. It takes us to New York in 1939 where...

She thinks it was murder. But if she can't trust herself, can anyone else? Nancy North and her boyfriend Felix are making the move across London to Harlesden. A new...

From the bestselling author of ALMOND, The Devil Wears Prada meets The Office in this witty, humane, and ultimately transformative story of a group of young workers who rebel against...

A propulsive novel about music, coming of age and the cost of fame, for fans of Megan Abbott and Daisy Jones and the Six. 'The secrets simmer in this atmospheric,...

A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears, and series editor Steph Cha....

A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus, from the author of cult hit Diary of a Void...

From the authentic and original healing fiction author of TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES comes a 1.4-million-copy bestseller - set in a famously scenic railway line in Japan, following key emotional dramas...

'Brilliantly evokes a dystopian England.' The Observer A compelling novel that takes place in a version of our world where some lives are valued less than others. It will shock...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' - Colm T ibin A housewife's life is shattered by a sudden...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don't look.' From Warhol's romantic relationships to his...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books It is 1837 and a brilliant German artist sets out to cross the mountains between Chile and Argentina. Perhaps nobody before...

THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2025 'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' SALLY ROONEY 'One of my favourite books...

Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own Search...

"Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its cast of unforgettable protagonists-almost all of whom are named...

"My darling B, my heart, my soul. I only wish we'd had longer. Longer to search for the daughter that I should never have given up. The daughter that I...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2024 'Tender and merciless . . . a hallucinatory window into what it means to excavate the past in a world committed to its erasure'...

An unputdownable supernatural thriller about a mysterious global event, set in an Australian rural town. It began in every town and city at the same time, in every dark and...

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread and their determination to shape their own stories, from the acclaimed author of The...

A glittering new novel of deeply-buried secrets, passionate love, obsession and redemption from the master storyteller. Thirty-year old Serena Stone is a talented war photographer who has followed in her...

**Order the paperback of Bella Mackie's latest hilarious novel, WHAT A WAY TO GO, now** THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'I loved this book' RICHARD OSMAN 'Funny, sharp, dark and...