Modern Fiction (post 1945)

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Daughters of The Labyrinth

Daughters of The Labyrinth

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Author: Ruth Padel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'An immersive novel, steeped in the history and folklore of Crete: transporting, historically informative story-telling' Sunday Times 'A moving, superbly written...
The Lonely Hearts' Quiz League: The MOST uplifting, feel-good book to curl up with this Autumn

The Lonely Hearts' Quiz League: The MOST uplifting, feel-good book to

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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...
While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this bestselling story of love and courage in World War 2

While Paris Slept: A mother faces a heartbreaking choice in this

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On a platform in occupied Paris, a mother whispers goodbye.It is the end. But also the beginning...'What a book... Emotional and heartrending...absolutely phenomenal. I was on tenterhooks throughout. A wonderful...
The Coward

The Coward

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Author: Jarred McGinnisFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 215g, 320 pagesPublished: Canongate Books, United Kingdom, 2022After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he...
The Camel Bookmobile

The Camel Bookmobile

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Author: Masha Hamilton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A superb novel of a travelling library, the Kenyan landscape - and the threat to a fragile way of...
Take My Hand: The inspiring and unforgettable BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

Take My Hand: The inspiring and unforgettable BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

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Author: Dolen Perkins-Valdez Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'Unforgettable' Celeste Ng 'One hell of a book' Stylist 'Heartbreaking and utterly immersive' Kirsty Capes 'Deeply moving' AJ Pearce 'Wonderful' Cathy...
If You Leave Me: A Novel

If You Leave Me: A Novel

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Author: Crystal Hana Kim Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 "An immersive, heartbreaking story about war, passion, and the road not taken." - People "One of the most beautiful and...
Tokyo Redux

Tokyo Redux

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Author: David Peace (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The Occupation had a hangover, but still the Occupation went to work. Tokyo, July 1949, President Shimoyama, Head of the...
Butterflies in November

Butterflies in November

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Author: Audur Ava Olafsdottir (Author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 In a dark Icelandic November, the narrator sees her husband leave without a word of warning. At...
Only Here, Only Now: Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025

Only Here, Only Now: Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025

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'This isn't just a great first novel; it's a great novel. And Cora, the mad, chaotic, wise, funny narrator, is one of the great characters' RODDY DOYLE 'It's not every...
What Time is Love?: The captivating and gorgeously romantic debut you'll fall head over heels for in 2023

What Time is Love?: The captivating and gorgeously romantic debut you'll fall head over heels for in 2023

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Author: Holly Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'It's the new One Day' FABULOUS 'Delightful, insightful and immersive' KATE EBERLEN 'Invigorating [and] fascinating' GUARDIAN 'Holly's beautiful prose smoulders, crackles...
Summer People: The captivating and page-turning poolside read you don't want to miss in 2023!

Summer People: The captivating and page-turning poolside read you don't want to miss in 2023!

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Author: Julie Cohen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'A perfect poolside page-turner' CLOSER 'Tender, complex, complicated and passionate. Stunning.' VERONICA HENRY 'So evocative. A great summer read!' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING...
Attraction

Attraction

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Author: Ruby Porter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Winner of the inaugural Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, Ruby Porter is a leading voice in young New Zealand...
Little Gods

Little Gods

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Author: Meng Jin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD "Compellingly complex...Expands the future of the immigrant novel even as it holds us in uneasy...
No Small Thing: Shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards for Debut Fiction

No Small Thing: Shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards for Debut

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'A taut generational story set on a South London estate' Independent, July Book of the Month'From the powerful opening scene full of tragedy, this poignant debut about mothers and daughters...
A Gentleman Never Tells: The sexy, steamy and utterly page-turning new regency romance from the million-copy bestselling author

A Gentleman Never Tells: The sexy, steamy and utterly page-turning new regency romance from the million-copy bestselling author

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Author: Jodi Ellen MalpasFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 198mm, 280g, 304 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023Million-copy bestselling author Jodi Ellen Malpas is back - with her first ever Regency...
The War for Gloria

The War for Gloria

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Author: Atticus Lish Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Corey Goltz grows up in working-class Boston as the only child of Gloria, whose intellectual ambitions were derailed early. Corey, restless,...
Under the Same Stars: A beautiful and moving tale of sisterhood and wilderness

Under the Same Stars: A beautiful and moving tale of sisterhood and wilderness

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Author: Alexandra Heminsley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Beautifully written, with such heart. Not only did it make me cry, it made me see the world in a different...
London, Burning: 'Richly pleasurable' Observer

London, Burning: 'Richly pleasurable' Observer

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Author: Anthony Quinn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 London, Burning is a novel about the end of the 1970s, and the end of an era. It concerns a nation...
A River Called Time

A River Called Time

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Author: Courttia Newland Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The Ark was built to save the lives of the many, but rapidly became a refuge for the elite,...
The Night House

The Night House

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From the internationally best-selling author comes a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel for fans of Stranger Things and IT A twisted spin on the classic coming-of-age horror...
Once Upon a Time in Venice

Once Upon a Time in Venice

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The new captivating and romantic read from the bestselling author and beloved TV presenter'Glorious escapism ... I fell in love with Italy all over again!' SANTA MONTEFIORE'Soak up the glamour'...
The Group

The Group

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Author: Lara Feigel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'A very funny and brilliant book. Feigel does a thorough and virtuosic job of describing the dilemmas of contemporary middle-class women'...
The Wrong End of the Telescope

The Wrong End of the Telescope

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Author: Rabih Alameddine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION 'A beautiful, well paced, enraging, funny and heartbreaking book' the Guardian 'Favorite novel of...