Modern Fiction (post 1945)

The second book in the acclaimed new historical crime series, set in Victorian London and featuring a transgender protagonist It's been a year since Leo Stanhope lost the woman he...

Author: Katherine MinFormat: Hardback, 162mm x 234mm, 520g, 304 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2024'Incandescent, astonishing, a miracle' R. O. KWON'With The Fetishist, Min has left the world...

Author: Molly JamesFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 260g, 368 pagesPublished: Quercus Publishing, United Kingdom, 2022 'Joyful, wise and enormously good fun' TASMINA PERRY       'An utterly gorgeous story...

Author: Louise CandlishFormat: Paperback, 153mm x 234mm, 270g, 480 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024 A bestselling gripping new thriller from the author of Our House, full of characters you'll...

Author: Celeste Ng Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'It's impossible not to be moved' Stephen King 'Stunning...this novel will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on...

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Author: Nalini Singh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Where are the broken? A propulsive question that unleashes a world of secrets in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's...

Author: Lucy Debussy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 'You will lose yourself in Lucy Debussy's worlds.' Meghan Flaherty, author of Tango Lessons 'Rich and creamy writing fired with a...

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Author: Ian Rankin Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 0 From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE...

A beautiful collectible edition containing the seventh and eighth novels of the beloved Bridgerton series by New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. Its in His Kiss Gareth St. Clair...

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Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work...

' Banal Nightmare will end summer with a bang. It's about turning 37 and realising you hate everybody you know. So funny, so smart, utterly vicious - just brilliant' Zadie...

'Calling all millennials - this is the comic novel for you.' - The Times The Life of the Mind opens with Dorothy sitting on a library toilet, checking her phone...

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...

Shortlised for the Miles Franklin and winner of the Age 2021 Book of the Year Award, the highly praised second novel from Robbie Arnott is now available in a beautiful...

Steinbeck's last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Reflecting back on his New England family's past fortune, and his father's loss of...

Nabokov's suspenseful whodunit and one of his most acclaimed works The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with...

A stunning new series look for one of the greatest writers of the 20th century in Penguin Modern Classics Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's...

Reality bends all the more acutely with lack of sleep in this stunning novel from the master of the surreal. *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN...

The ground-breaking first novel from Umberto Eco - a murder mystery, an enthralling chronicle of the Middle Ages, a piece of biblical analysis and a stunning popular and critical success...

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023WINNER OF...

The extraordinary, gloriously uplifting and hotly-anticipated debut novel from Samuel Burr - available to pre-order now!'Utterly beautiful. I adored it' JOANNA CANNON'Hugely uplifting and wonderful' AJ PEARCE'A ripping yarn full...

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A wholly new kind of coming-of-age story about lust, punishment, artistic drive and desires that defy the hard-won boundaries of the self'Deeply empathetic and horny' CARMEN MARIA MACHADO'Will quietly engulf...

Daughter of two ruthless high-gradient telepaths, Auden Scott is not the child her Psy parents wanted or expected, even before her brain injury. Her thoughts are scattered, her memories fuzzy-or...

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?? FALL IN LOVE WITH FOUR STRANGERS WHO MIGHT JUST FIND LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP WHERE THEY LEAST EXPECT IT... ?? 'Full of heart' LUCY GILMORE'The cast is wonderful. I thoroughly...

'Had me in a chokehold from beginning to end... A true five star read' Lisa Jewell'Devious and dizzying, with twist after twist after twist - I loved it' Louise Candlish'Wonderfully...

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home 'This powerfully brutal novel is the most exciting thing I've read in years' S. J....

LIFE ON DEATH ROW TAKES ITS TOLL.   UNTIL YOU CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE...     Death Row duty comes with three simple rules:   Do not make it personal...

"Remarkable . . . vividly captures the urgency of youth, and becomes a heart-breaking elegy for a communal, almost utopian approach to urban life." Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the...

*A GUARDIAN BEST TRANSLATED NOVEL OF 2023**A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2023 FINALIST**A WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS BEST TRANSLATED BOOK OF 2023*"A powerful story of mothers and daughters" Guardian"A haunting,...

'Immersive, engrossing and ultimately beautiful' Marian KeyesThe heart-stopping and magical story of a childhood, a house, and the deepest of loves...'A beautifully written family saga which already feels like a...

Author: Gary ShteyngartFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 237g, 336 pagesPublished: Atlantic Books, United Kingdom, 2022'A masterpiece . . . There cannot be a more relevant novel for our moment, certainly...

'A writer innately drawn to paradox, and to the moral questions inherent in the relationships between richness and poverty, mind and body, history and imagination' Ali Smith'As cunning and rich...

For nine months, Alfie has been caring for his twin daughters after the sudden death of their mother, Pippa. One night, he wakes to find them at the foot of...

'Powerful and profound' Daisy Buchanan'Breathtakingly original... a searing examination of the modern world and its sensibilities' Imran Mahmood__With words come power. But do you speak out or shut up? Everywhere...

Author: Joseph O'NeillFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 280g, 304 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2024'A fantastic novel, brilliantly crafted' MARCUS DU SAUTOY'Enthralling ... not to be missed' GUARDIAN'A meticulously constructed...

Author: Heidi Swain Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 'An absolutely gorgeous summer tale of love and secrets' RACHAEL LUCAS Join Sunday Times bestseller Heidi Swain in Nightingale Square for...

Author: Jonas Jonasson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window...

Author: Ilaria Bernardini Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 COMPETITION. PERFECTION. DESTRUCTION. 'A tight, frightening story of friendship, rivalry and obsession, told in sparse and beautiful prose' Abigail Dean, author...

Author: Stacy Willingham Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 From the author of New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, comes a gripping and atmospheric new thriller about...

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Author: Amanda Craig Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2021 A Times, Sunday Times, Observer, Daily Mail and Financial Times Best Book of 2020 Pick...

Jill Mansell's engaging and romantic bestseller MAKING YOUR MIND UP is perfect for readers of Jojo Moyes and Katie Fforde. Reviewers love Jill's books: 'Warm, witty and wise' Daily Mail...