Modern Fiction (post 1945)

A Japenese masterpiece, reissued in Modern Classics Written when Mishima was only twentysix, Forbidden Colors is a depiction of a male homosexual relationship, in which a rich older man buys...

Raymond Chandler created the fast talking, trouble seeking Californian private eye Philip Marlowe for his first great novel The Big Sleep in 1939. Marlowe's entanglement with the Sternwood family -...

First time in Black Classics for Lawrence- previously in PMC Lawrence was one of the great short story writers of the 20th century. This new collection of ten stories shows...

Philip Roth's hilarious novel about sex, growing up, psychoanalysis, now reissued in electric new backlist style 'The most outrageously funny book about sex written' Guardian Portnoy's Complaint n. after Alexander...

Dark, dreamlike love stories with a twist from the author of There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbour's Baby In these dark, dreamlike love stories with...

Three works of erotic prose fusing sex and spirituality, new to Penguin Modern Classics In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly...

Nabokov's 'other' great love story, following an extraordinary relationship across decades and continents Written in mischievous and magically flowing prose, Ada or Ardor is a romance that follows Ada from...

Helen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola, who is flying down from Sydney for a three-week visit. But this is no ordinary visit-Nicola has advanced cancer. She is...

Candice Fox has taken the Australian crime-writing world by storm in the last few years. Eden is the second novel in her award-winning crime series. Winner of the Ned Kelly...

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...

A new Vintage Classics edition of Martin Amis's MONEY - 40 years since its first publication WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM ANDREW O'HAGAN John Self is a consumer extraordinaire. Rolling...

Elegant novellas-in-translation, VINTAGE EDITIONS celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found. FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF...

The international bestseller. Over three million copies sold worldwide. 'Charming and heartwarming...A delightful example of how love can be imperfect, messy-and utterly magical.' Dua Lipa Don Tillman is getting married....

One family. Nine momentous days. An unforgettable novel of love and folly and heartbreak. It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn't quite realise...

Apple TV + tie-in of the multi-million-copy No. 1 Sunday Times, No. 1 New York Times and No. 1 international bestseller and prizewinner THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Soon to be an...

The 8-million-copy worldwide and Sunday Times #1 bestseller and award-winner featuring the uncompromising, unconventional Elizabeth Zott THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER, now a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson. A...

From the Number One bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, a gemlike collection of unforgettable short stories in which nothing is quite what it seems... Discover...

E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper new take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe. **AVAILABLE NOW** Relive...

A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner. A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner....

Moving, ribald and semi-autobiographical, Lives of Girls and Women is the only novel from Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'Superb' Independent 'Exact and unflinching' Guardian Catching...

From award-winning crime writer Margaret Hickey comes a collection of captivating short stories celebrating the Australian countryside. Margaret Hickey's Rural Dreams takes a look at life outside the big smoke,...

The gripping historical romantic adventure from the bestselling author of The Pearl Thief. One woman's ambition Sydney, 1925- When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Sweeting, dreams of selling...

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR A stunningly compelling novel, where compassion meets bigotry, hatred meets love, and ultimately despair meets hope on an isolated island off Western Australia. LOST AT SEA...

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR A captivating saga of four lifelong friends navigating the waves of change in Western Australia's transformative decades, from the idyllic 1950s to the dynamic 90s. PERTH'S...

Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award. Winner, Book of the Year, People's Choice, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at NSW Premier's Literary Award. Shortlisted for the Stella Prize. Shortlisted...

Australia's master novelist takes us on the race of a lifetime. Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in western Victoria. Together they enter the...

WINNER OF THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION 'Haunting . . . Beautifully written' The New York Times Book...

One of Patrick White's most loved novels in which he creates a memorable portrait of human resilience Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for companions, journeys to...

Welcome to a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize- their freedom. FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR LOVE. WELCOME TO THE KILLING GROUND. 'America's...

The very first book by number one bestseller Lee Child, which introduces his iconic hero Jack Reacher. 'This was the first Jack Reacher novel and with its lean, spare prose...

Escape to the ocean this summer with the Costa Book of the Year 2020 Escape to the ocean with the entrancing, unforgettable winner of the Costa Book of the Year...

The stories in Emma Cline's stunning first collection consider the dark corners of human experience, exploring the fault lines of power between men and women, parents and children, past and...

A 2021 pick for Barack Obama and the New York Times, Intimacies is a dazzling exploration of truth and power 'An incredible writer' Natalie Portman 'One of my favourite novels...

The hilarious, poignant and insightful first novel from the now world-wide bestselling author Claire has everything she ever wanted- a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then,...

'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' - Mick Herron- our hero Jack Reacher's quest into his father's past climaxes in the most stomach-clenching, hair-raising, blood-curdling ticking time bomb...

The 21st Jack Reacher thriller by number-one bestselling author Lee Child takes Reacher back to his army days, but this time he's not in uniform. With trusted sergeant Frances Neagley...

Jack Reacher in a taut, cool, sexy pageturner- One Shot was named on of the 50 best crime novels of the past fifty years by The Times. Six shots. Five...

The bestselling classic novel repackaged with an introduction by Barry Miles, author of the definitive Bukowski biography YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF THE GUTTER, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE...

Amy Tan's bestselling classic novel of mothers and daughters. 'The Joy Luck Club is an ambitious saga that's impossible to read without wanting to call your Mum' Stylist Discover Amy...

An unforgettable novel that shows how easily a life can be ruined when the police and the media are allowed to run rampage through a person's life. It resonates as...

The very first book by number one bestseller Lee Child, which introduces his iconic hero Jack Reacher. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** \"This was the first...

What if Hillary hadn't married Bill? RODHAM is the latest addictive Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of AMERICAN WIFE, perfect for summer reading. BY...

One of the new PB editions of three classic Discworld titles introducing new readers to the wonderful world of Terry Pratchett. Death comes to us all. When he came to...

A DISAPPEARANCE. A SMALL TOWN. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING... Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the...

The bestselling razor-sharp debut novel by the author of Everything I Know About Love He said 'I love you'. And then he disappeared. Things that are going right for Nina...

A gorgeous coming-of-age love story about two teenage boys in 1980s France Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a...

Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve very different people Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she...

Two people. Ten chances. One perfect love story. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But...