Modern Fiction (post 1945)

A witty, playful, intriguing and ultimately very moving novel of identity and loss. 'Stories are the only thing that defy death. Stories are truth. I hereby give you mine...' Peking,...

Dr Ravi Kapoor has reached the end of his tether. He is over-worked and exhausted; his South London hospital is out of funds; and reporters are hounding him about a...

glamour. access. scandal. Ever wonder what your favorite pop divas are like AFTER the cameras stop rolling? What do they do behind closed doors? What are their parties like? What...

Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from...

Two sisters, four nights, one city. April, 1941. Belfast has escaped the worst of the war - so far. Over the next two months, it's going to be destroyed from...

National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop is "a marvelously piercing fiction" ( Times Literary Supplement ), short-listed for the Booker Prize. With an Introduction by David...

"A rich rewarding trip for everyone." - The New York Times " Alexander's eye for period detail is sharp and subtle; he brings his historic England back to life in...

When Lord Tilbury receives a letter from Galahad Threepwood stating he will no longer be publishing his memoir, he decides to travel to Blandings Castle and steal the manuscript. But...

The nameless character of THE SOCIETY OF OTHERS is an alienated youngster who sees no meaning in life. He doesn't even see the point of getting out of bed in...

'I read it in 24 hours. It's gripping, atmospheric and ultimately deeply satisfying' Val McDermid The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers, The...

Lincolnshire May 1943. Twenty Lancaster bombers stand poised to fly one of World War 2's most daring and dangerous missions, 617 Squadron's legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Germany's dams. Success could...

' Bridget Jones's Diary for the millennial set' InStyle 'Cheeky, sweet and serious' Psychologies 'Will strike a chord with anyone who's survived their twenties' Red 'A funny quarter-life crisis tale'...

For the second time in her marriage, Mariah White catches her husband with another woman, and Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden...

When half-Greek, half-Scots private investigator Alex Mavros is asked to trace a missing teenager, an immigrant of the former Soviet Union, he doesn't see any connection with the recent plague...

From the Booker-longlisted author of Self Help, a mesmeric thriller of corruption in the heart of the Amazon There is only one way in and there is only one way...

A rollicking road novel that is the basis of award-winning director Alexander Payne's new movie of the same name. Sideways describes the journey of two men, Miles and Jack, as...

The daring and electrifying book that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made 'What we were after was lashings of ultraviolence' In this nightmare vision of youth in...

"The fact is, the whole of Australia despises my father more than any other man, just as they adore my uncle more than any other man. I might as well...

Adam and Sandra are dancers, friends since they were fifteen, now lovers. She is in the corps of the New York City Ballet and has just caught the eye of...

Wartime food rationing is bad enough, but when the whisky supplies run out on the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday, nothing seems to go right. Then the fifty-thousand-bottle...

'You won't find a more passionate voice-smart, punchy prose - a smashing combination of the heartbreaking and the hilarious' - Vogue Thelma is six years old. Life at home is...

I want to stretch to the moon, Delia thought. Far, far away. Twelve-year-old Delia Ferri doesn't remember her mother, or her family the way it used to be. All she...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a novella featuring Violet Bridgerton along with a collection of "second epilogues" to her Bridgerton series-her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her...

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novels--the fourth, fifth and sixth of which are collected in this second omnibus volume--stand as an incomparable blend...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CLARE MACKINTOSH THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An utter delight' Sarah Winman 'Quirky, moving and beautifully written' Paula Hawkins 'Vibrant and funny' Guardian Summer,...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CLARE MACKINTOSH THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An utter delight' Sarah Winman 'Quirky, moving and beautifully written' Paula Hawkins 'Vibrant and funny' Guardian Summer,...

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEE The international bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author 'Ghosh has established himself as one of the finest prose writers of his...

People are like flowers. If you give them the right environment in which to grow, they bloom. 'It put a spell on me' Lesley Pearse, Sunday Times Bestseller 'Charming' Katie...

'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...

An urgent literary phenomenon sold in over 22 languages before publication, a gripping tale of one woman's desperate battle to survive the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela. In...

*Make sure you read Trent Dalton's irresistible new novel, LOLA IN THE MIRROR, out now* 'Electric' The Times 'Thrilling' New York Times 'Extraordinary' Joanna Cannon THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A MAJOR...

The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Freedom and The Corrections Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled...

A stunning novel from Richard and Judy pick, Amanda Brooke. Is not knowing worse than knowing the truth? 'Excellent read ... highly recommended. A definite five-star plus read' He has...

A letter, two lovers, a terrible lie. In war, truth is only the first casualty. 'Inspires the kind of devotion among its readers not seen since David Nicholls' One Day'...

The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale tells the story of artist Rachel Kelly, whose life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic...

An alluring, exotic novel set in the late eighteenth century, based on the life of the famous and much-painted courtesan, La Belle Phanariote. Young, beautiful, fallen, Sophie Glavani has brought...

Public relations spin, religion, environmental disaster and offshore outsourcing are entrenching globalisation worldwide. Three power brokers, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Moses Halligan, and Ted Earnstie are all fighting for greater...

Named a Book You Need to Read in 2021 by Harper's Bazaar A "moving, astounding, and totally unsettling" (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author) literary debut following two patients...

From bestselling author Melissa Good comes a tale of heartache, longing, family strife, lust for love, and redemption. Tropical Storm took the lesbian reading world by storm when it was...