Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Downtown, wartime Auckland. Victoria Park is swamped by a vast American military camp and Ponsonby Road is a sometimes wild place of bars, drunken soldiers and brothels. Peter Sokel is...

Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPR , The Washington Post , and Financial Times "No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more...

An emotionally wrenching work of fiction about a health-care worker who tenders compassion and love to victims of AIDS, by an author who "strips her language of convention to lay...

There's little room in this world for a moral man Meet Early "Trenchmouth" Taggart, a man born and orphaned in 1903, a man nicknamed for his lifelong oral affliction. His...

A book about growing up and being young, about sex and love and rock and roll, about the dreams of youth colliding head-on with the grown-up world. Sometimes you can...

A stranger can change your life in a moment of kindness 1952: Bella is a young French Jew in post-war London, having lost everything in WWII. When she meets Adebayo,...

A border town on the steppe. A small group of emaciated and feral refugees appears out of nowhere, spreading fear and panic in the town. When police commissioner Pontus Beg...

"Perceptive and witty-like a Sally Rooney novel set in Southern California." - Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "It's this author's best work yet. A Sapphic roller-coaster ride." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review...

Discover the unbreakable bond between a dog and their human in this phenomenal New York Times bestseller that inspired a major film starring Dennis Quaid. This remarkable story follows one...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A national favourite . . . touching and emotive' Sunday Express Emma Hunt has spent fifteen years raising her two sons Theo and Jacob on her own,...

From the Number One bestselling author of MY SISTER'S KEEPER and NINETEEN MINUTES, Jodi Picoult 'She is a master of her craft ...and humanity is what she does best' Telegraph...

Alice Shoemaker habitually goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth about herself and her past. After agreeing to help out a friend, by shopping and cleaning for the...

It's the start of another school year at St Ambrose. But while the children are in the classroom colouring in, their mothers are learning sharper lessons on the other side...

Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, with his mind fading, an image of his...

London, 1914. Belle Reilly finally has the life she's dreamed of thanks to a devoted husband in Jimmy and the hat shop she's wanted to own since she was a...

Best Book of the Year Real Simple * AARP * USA Today * NPR * Virginia Living Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling...

JACK REACHER NEVER LOOKS BACK . . . UNTIL NOW. The most hotly anticipated thriller of the year follows our hero Jack Reacher on a quest into his father's past,...

Lara has always had an over--active imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don t get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit...

Flanders, June 1917- a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English...

By the author of "The Gift". This is the story of a woman whose life is changed by one swift, unexpected stroke of fate, challenging the strength of her marriage.

A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this searing portrait of a to-the-death struggle between a mother and a daughter. Clair Knightly and her daughter Helen are...

The no.1 bestseller's fan favourite Walsh sister novel is back, in a stunning reissue edition Meet Anna Walsh. Lying in her parents' Good Front Room, covered in bandages, Anna dreams...

Part political satire, part compulsive thriller, The F*ck-it List is John Niven at his coruscating best. _____________________________ 'Hilarious' ADAM KAY 'Mind-blowingly brilliant' DAILY MAIL 'Highly entertaining' EVENING STANDARD 'Loved it'...

David Lurie, a middle-aged divorcee lecturing at the Technical University of Cape Town, has an impulsive affair with a student. When the passion sours and he is denounced, he resigns...

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....

The New York Times ' #1 Thriller of 2024 'Highsmithian... highly readable, twisty and shrewd' HANYA YANAGIHARA (on Instagram), author of A Little Life 'Atmospheric, diabolical fun' LUCY FOLEY, author...

Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man...A desperate tragedy, a life-long friend, and the long and lonely journey to find a family. Edward Carter is a bully of a...

SHELBY, LOLA AND CAT. THREE WOMEN. THREE DAZZLING CAREERS. THREE IMMINENT DIVORCES. HOLLYWOOD DIVORCES takes you behind the scenes of the Hollywood divorce wars with stories ripped from the headlines....

This memorable debut, originally published in 1993, was hailed for its power and elegance on both sides of the Atlantic. Ranging from the last hours of a condemned man, to...

OBSERVER BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE Oh friend, take my hand - I've been so lonely! One winter night in Prague,...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Lost in Portugal. Lost to grief. With nothing but a chimpanzee. A man thrown backwards by heartbreak goes in search of an artefact that could unsettle history....

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Confessions of a Wild Child takes you on trip and navigates the teenage years of a wild child who will eventually rule an empire. Lucky Santangelo is a powerful and...

It's hard being that woman, the one whose husband disappeared. It's made me quite famous. I just wish it was for something else. He went out five years ago for...

'[Gervase Phinn is] a worthy successor to James Herriott, and every bit as endearing.' - Bestselling author Alan Titchmarsh Summer has arrived in Barton-in-the-Dale and as a new term begins...

The second book in the delightful BARTON-IN-THE-DALE series which began with THE LITTLE VILLAGE SCHOOL. Elisabeth Devine certainly rocked the boat when she arrived in Barton-in-the-Dale to take over as...

From Lake Como in Italy to Oxford, a wonderfully compelling novel about lost love, fate and second chances from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Lake Como - beautiful, enchanting, romantic......

'Utterly thrilling and joyful. I couldn't put it down!' ANTON DU BEKE 'Enthralling and captivating. Absolutely loved it!' CAROL KIRKWOOD 'A stunning debut, this is the perfect summer read' SANTA...

WINNER OF THE ANTHONY, BARRY, THRILLER, LEFTY AND MACAVITY AWARDS FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL 'Harrowing and heartfelt, assured and highly accomplished. One of the standout thrillers of the year' CHRIS...

Amber Salpone thinks in chocolate - talk to her for three minutes and she'll tell you what kind of chocolate you'd be. In fact, most days, if she was asked...

When Kendra Tamale returns to England from Australia she rents a room from Kyle, a divorced father of two, and begins a new job. She's looking forward to a fresh...