Modern Fiction (post 1945) (4974)

Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is a sweeping, ambitious and invigorating story about family, friendship, hope and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.

With authors such as Julia Quinn, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hilary Mantel, and more!

This is a must read for any horror fan. Set in 1902 and the present making a movie of the 1902 tragedy. I'm really hoping Netflix will pick it up and make it into as series as there is too much good stuff for a movie. LGBTQIA+ – Alison

The instant bestseller. Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship.

When a car carrying five teenagers home from a party crashes into a brick wall, the consequences are devastating. A haunting and emotionally affecting novel of love and loyalty, grief and forgiveness.

**Trigger warning suicide theme** While this book is not for everyone. Mark Watson is my favourite comedian and writes about this sensitive topic with his own form of self deprecating humour – Alison

I would love to receive am invitation to the wedding of Nathan and Meddy… or maybe not. The portrayal of family in this book, and series, is what I love most from Jesse Sutanto. Her depiction of the challenges but also epic highs of Meddy’s relationship with her very close (sometimes too close) maternal South Asian family is an aspect of inter-generational families that is very rarely seen in contemporary romance fiction. And as advertised - is a cry-laugh kind of book. And I almost never cry-laugh. – Willow

Six friends traverse the uneven road of life together in Virginia Woolf's most unconventional classic.

The unforgettable debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway.

I enjoy all James Patterson novels. The Women's Murder Club series is fantastic – Duncan

Alan Hollinghurst's masterly novel takes us through several generations and across key periods of uncertainty and change in British society.

A soulful and wild tribute to Kerouac's final road trip, Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road.

If you loved Daisy Jones and the Six, you’ll love this book – Christina

The outstanding new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of The Garden of Lost and Found.