Modern Fiction (post 1945)

The most daring -- and deadly -- terrorist plot of all time is about to unfold aboard the supercarrier USS United States . If it succeeds, the balance of nuclear...

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN INTRODUCED BY DENISE MINA 'Highsmith is a giant of the genre. The original, the best, the...

The Sunday Times bestselling novel about two star-crossed lovers in war-torn Cyprus Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both...

Miles Franklin's classic of 1901 follows the unconventional life and struggles of one of Australia's most memorable female characters. Sybylla's passion and rebellion bring her no end of trouble, in...

What would you do if out of the blue, you received a letter from your first love? Sian Richards sees no reason why she can't write back to Charles Callahan....

A collection of memoirs by Primo Levi, published in Italian as "Ii Sistema Periodico" in 1975. Regarded as his masterwork, it is a cycle of 21 autobiographical stories, each named...

Penniless and homeless, David Benediner, a young writer, arrives in Warsaw with two contacts: a young woman and a Zionist functionary who informs him that he has qualified for a...

FROM THE MOST REMOTE AND ONLY PAGAN BRITISH ISLE COMES MOONLITE MCDUFFIE, A PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL ODDITY, WHOSE MATHEMATICAL AND LAY PREACHING TALENTS COMBINE TO GAIN HIM ADMISSION TO JESUS...

From the acclaimed author of Top Hook and Hostile Contact, the fifth exhilarating tale of modern espionage and military adventure featuring US Navy intelligence officer Alan Craik -- sure to...

Maverick pilot Patrick McLanahan takes aerial warfare into unknown territory in an explosive new adventure from the bestselling author of FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG, WARRIOR CLASS and WINGS OF...

At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Townsend seem to have little in common, but both of them are gamblers and are prepared to risk everything in their battle to...

All families have secrets. In Sunday Times bestseller Penny Vincenzi's WICKED PLEASURES lies a family secret that will tear it apart. 'Penny Vincenzi is the doyenne of the modern blockbuster'...

Elegant, pocket-sized paperbacks, VINTAGE Editions celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found. Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once...

Read the cult classic behind the major new film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin. It's been a while since Doc Sportello saw his ex-girlfriend, when suddenly out...

Frances is a graduate student spending a summer volunteering in rural France, in the hope that tending vegetables and harvesting honey will distract her from a scandal that drove her...

Marie may be 'getting on a bit' but it's certainly not getting her down. Her family around her and a man who loves her means that life is good -...

Art is not only about rage and justice and politics. It is also about pleasure and joy; it is also about beauty ... In a time of rage and confusion,...

For fans of Amy Tan and Kevin Kwan, this sharp and tender debut follows a family of estranged Vietnamese women - cursed to never know love or happiness - as...

The Night Ship is an enthralling tale of human brutality, fate and friendship - and of two children, hundreds of years apart, whose destinies are inextricably bound together. ONE SHIPWRECK....

How the brutalities of working life are transformed into exhaustion, shame, and self-doubt- a writer's account of her experience working in an Amazon fulfillment center.No longer able to live on...

"Nuruddin Farah is one of the real interpreters of experience in our troubled continent. His insight goes deep, beyond events." Nadine Gordimer Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature,...

Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now in her eighties, she finds it easier...

Catherine Cookson was one of the world's most beloved writers. Her books have sold millions of copies, and her characters and their stories have captured the imaginations of readers around...

Poor Judd Foxman returns home early to find his wife in bed with his boss - in the act. He now faces the twin threats of both divorce and unemployment....

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with...

Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the...

Frank Munro has had change thrust upon him. So he's changing. He's trying. An award winning journalist, now put out to pasture, Frank is looking to renew his purpose, renew...

In this higher consciousness love story, author, Jeff Brown, introduces the concept of 'uncommon bonds' through the profound connection between Sarah and Lowen - two soul-mates who have found their...

Nexus , the last book of Henry Miller's epic trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion , is widely considered to be one of the landmarks of American fiction. In it, Miller vividly...

Presents the tragic romance of Emma and a wounded buffalo soldier. When the two fall in love, it poses problems for William McSimmons' political career. Can their love keep them...

One man's journey - from fatherless, poverty-stricken child growing up in a Scottish fishing village in the 70s, through teenage angst, falling in love, going to London, living in squats,...

Spanning four decades of Chinese history, Wives of the East Wind is an epic tale of friendships, love, and idealism betrayed. Two couples - Wenya and Zhiying, Zhenzhen and Lao...

Liz and Sarabeth have been friends forever, childhood neighbours bound together in adolescence by a devastating event, the suicide of Sarabeth's mother when the girls were just sixteen. In the...

Mary Beth and her younger sister Leeann are trying to support themselves in their small Southern hometown. So, to make ends meet, alongside her job at the diner Mary Beth...

The last thing Cammie Morgan remembers is leaving the Gallagher Academy to protect her friends and family from the Circle of Cavan - an ancient terrorist organisation that has been...

Based on the true story of the theft of Katherine Mansfield's letters. the life of the New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield poses the central question of this exciting new novel...

This stunning story collection includes two prize-winning novellas along with an impressive range of historical and contemporary stories, all written by characters who yearn to belong and find acceptance. From...

***Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014** * b>***Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2014*** Ma, I feel exhausted with consuming, with taking and grabbing and using. I am so...

TWO PEOPLE. TWO GLOBAL SUPERPOWERS. ONE DATE WITH DESTINY. ... set them on a collision course in a rapidly converging story, mix-in a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier on a week-long...