Modern Fiction (post 1945)

From the bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant , a comic and life affirming novel of the clash between progress and tradition, science and magic: " one of...

From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of A Sense of an Ending comes a comedy of sexual awakening in the 1960s that is "wonderfully fresh, crackling with nostalgic irreverence" (...

It is the end of an historical epoch, but to an old professor of physics, Victor Jakob, sitting in his unlighted study, eating dubious bread with jam made from turnips,...

Melody Logan knew her beautiful mother, Haille, was unhappy in their hardscrabble mining town... But with her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melody always felt safe--until a dreadful mine accident ripped...

Twelve years had passed since the last Harvest Ball. I was just eighteen when my hometown crowned me their Peach Queen with a blossom coronet. And I was eighteen when...

A decade after fleeing for his life, a man is pulled back to Argentina by an undying love. It was the most obvious thing in the world that I'dfollow her...

On a South Sea island, the waterline has moved six feet up the beach in the eight years Uli Masoni has been away. His father, the chief, knows that there...

We've been doing the same thing for hundreds of years. Marching, fighting, chanting, dying, changing, winning, losing, marching, fighting, chanting, dying, marching, chanting, planning, failing, fighting, marching, marching, fighting, fighting...

January 1961, and the beaten, stabbed and strangled body of nineteen year old Pearl Gambol is discovered, after a dance the previous night at the Newry Orange Hall. Returning from...

After centuries of ranging unchecked across the northern world, the fortunes of the Vikings have begun to turn. In this time of violent change, a young man, struck by lightning,...

Opening on the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, on the remote north-west coast of England, The Electric Michelangelo is a novel of love, loss and the art of tattooing. Hugely...

From a writer with unparalleled access to Tiger Woods and his family, theonly book that provides the "story behind the story" of Tiger's life andworld. How does a kid from...

Jerusalem 1967: Everyone is reeling from the aftermath of the 6-Day War. The Palestinians are stunned and cannot comprehend their losses, whilst the Israelis are waking up to a new...

Book Two in b estselling sensation Nicola May's gorgeous new series - c atch up with Book One, WELCOME TO FERRY LANE MARKET, now! 'Full of heart, hope, friendship, family...

'As lovely as a burst of bright bluebells' Sunday Express 'Technicolor' Daily Mail 'A moving exploration of the complex relationship between mothers and daughters' Observer ' A poignant tale of...

'I am a mess of tears on the train. Can't remember the last time a book broke my heart so much...' ( Lucy Dillon on Away from You ) Perfect...

Stephen Leeds, also known as 'Legion', has a unique mental condition. He can become an expert on any subject in hours . . . and with every new area of...

'Warm, romantic and funny' Katie Fforde Jo Thomas's new novel invites you to a special cherry orchard in Spain, where sunshine, romance and family secrets are the order of the...

'Wonderfully warm and funny' Cathy Woodman, bestselling author of Trust Me I'm A Vet Will is a Yorkshire lad, through and through. He's in his element when he's outside in...

'The perfect summer read' 'I absolutely loved this book from start to finish' 'Swooned over the delicious Luca' 'A very enjoyable read' She's in love. Just with the wrong man...

' Maybe I've told that version of the story so often, that I can't remember the truth of it anymore.' Dara Gaffney is fresh out of drama school when she...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Finlay Donovan is irresistible!' JANET EVANOVICH 'I adore everything about it . . . the perfect blend of mystery and romcom' ALI HAZELWOOD Finlay...

THE TWISTY THRILLER AND TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN A VILLAGE WITH THIS MANY SECRETS, A MURDER IS JUST THE BEGINNING . . . On New Year's Eve, Rhys...

DISCOVER THE GORGEOUS NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING BOOK CLUB CHAMPION Tucked away on the Cornish coastline and brimming with history, Roseland seemed to belong to another century...

News of the tragedy serves as open invitation to the media and soon the quirky backwater of Martirio is flooded with wannabe CNN hacks all too keen to lay the...

The Island with No-Name, a four-day eastward sail from Chennai, and 170 miles west of the Ten Degree Channel, has been bypassed by the Age of Discovery. Unlike her equally...

Two lonely, lived-in, thirty-somethings. One boring wedding. One heated encounter in a quiet cloakroom. It s not exactly the recipe for love. And John and Jane s time in a...

Tempe Brennan has come to Montreal from Charlotte in early December to testify as an expert witness at a trial. As Forensic Anthropologist for the province of Quebec, that's part...

For reporter Todd Mills, being the city''s most high profile gay man means fighting for those still cloaked in secrecy. But when he finds himself implicated in the murder of...

The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now-classic first collection, Gimpel the Fool, in...

Fifteen thematically and geographically wide-ranging stories from the Nobel Prize Winner, with settings ranging from suburban London to Mozambique.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. 'Glorious' New York Times Book Review 'The compelling energy of...

A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice | An Electric Literature Best Novel of the Year | A Most Anticipated Book from Nylon , San Francisco Chronicle , Them...

' MRS. EVERYTHING is like "Beaches" but with mothers and daughters and sisters. I may never recover.' (Jill Grunenwald, author of RUNNING WITH A POLICE ESCORT and READING BEHIND BARS)...

Life is dangerous when you have everything to lose. Famous, beautiful and talented, Heike Gunn has the world at her feet. Then, one day, she simply vanishes. Jack Parlabane has...

Andy, Dag and Claire are twentysomethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island and scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies, recession, crack and Ronald Reagan, they represent...

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PICK SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE AND THE LAMBDA AWARD *'Absolutely incredible. Beautiful, powerful writing. These pages...

"[A] PRETTY LITTLE BOOK ABOUT MIRACLES. . .Sometimes funny, sometimes reverent, sometimes inspirational". --L.A. Daily News Sophy Burnham's name has become synonymous with angels. Her first book about the beautiful...

Cissy Cahill's world is unravelling fast. One by one, her family are dying. Cissy's right to be afraid but not for the reasons she thinks. The truth is much more...