Modern Fiction (post 1945)

As featured on Obama's Summer 2022 Reading list and the instant No. 2 New York Times bestseller; which spans sixty years in the life of one Caribbean/American family Eleanor Bennett...

The brand-new standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and Still Me The brand-new standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author of...

The acclaimed word-of-mouth bestseller about the marriage of an American First Lady- A rich, utterly absorbing, powerful story of how an ordinary girl from an unremarkable town grows up to...

The brand-new book from the legendary Jilly Cooper, featuring the iconic Rupert Campbell-Black. Be prepared for scandal, sex and sabotage - this time on the football field... Jilly Cooper's legendary...

An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azumah Nelson, the no.1 bestselling, award-winning author of Open Water The one thing that can...

The luminous, life-affirming New York Times bestseller about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a plane crash One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York...

The novel to truly capture the comedy and tragedy of our times Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and...

A mystery, an unsolved crime and one of the most unforgettable characters since Mark Haddon's Christopher. Meet Maud. . . 'Elizabeth is missing', reads the note in Maud's pocket in...

A provocative novel about the desire and duty to procreate, from the author of the critically acclaimed How Should A Person Be? 'Confronts the philosophical questions raised by childbearing and...

Definitely not for the faint hearted. This short story collection has been described as 'the most original work of fiction this year' Guardian Haunted is a novel made up of...

The second novel in Mishima's masterful Sea of Fertility tetraology The second book in Mishima's Sea of Fertility tetraology - this is a story of political violence, traditional samurai values...

Two brothers are reunited in their old family home high in the Italian Alps, in the heart-stopping new novel from Italy's million-copy bestselling author of The Eight Mountains Alfredo and...

From the author of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR, the bestselling companion read to LOST SOULS MEET UNDER A FULL MOON, adored by fans, now in English for the first...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'The disenchanted, the disadvantaged and the disinherited seem, at times of deep crisis, to summon up some sort of genius that...

A story of three grown sisters, whose father - in a moment of crisis - accidentally lets slip that he has a favourite, from the author of New York Times...

A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, by a favourite Australian author. Local vet Jana Malinski runs a wombat sanctuary with her sister on their family's serene property by the Murray River. But...

The second book in the TikTok sensation Addicted series, now in a print edition with special bonus material! As a sex addict, Lily Calloway must do the impossible- stay celibate...

'Brings history to life' Guardian ______________ It can take a lifetime to heal the wounds of war. Edward Enderby has never spoken about being an RAF fighter pilot. But fifty...

The much anticipated publication of John le Carre's last complete novel now in paperback Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a...

One of the great novels of Paris, from the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature 'I am nothing. Nothing but a pale shape, silhouetted that evening against the...

The great writer's brilliant, blistering essay collection, chronicling how America--so great, so accomplished, so magical--began destroying its soul "Sentence by sentence, page by page, Bellow is simply the best writer...

An extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great masters of the Latin American novel Santiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in Montevideo after a brutal military...

Lou Connor wants to escape her emotionally crass family and life of poverty, so she travels from Sydney to the USA as an exchange student. But her host-family, the Hardings...

The first part in a trilogy of novels, Cities of the Red Night satirizes modern society in a shocking story of sex, drugs, disease and adventure An opium addict is...

Burroughs' first novel, Junky remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written Burroughs' first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and...

A tragic tale of a young woman's descent into isolation and despair, inspired by Jean Rhys's own experiences First published in 1934, Voyage in the Dark is the story of...

Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write....

'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices - how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed...' It...

From #1 Sunday Times bestseller Irvine Welsh, the brand new novel in the CRIME series featuring former detective Ray Lennox OLD TRUTHS HAVE NEW CONSEQUENCES Ray Lennox is determined to...

A daughter searches for her father; a mother for her son. From isolated Tasmania to vibrant Morocco, two women seek the truth about what happened to the same man. Khadija...

How do you start again, after losing everything? Find out in the global no. 1 bestseller's latest heartstopper... Anna Walsh had a dream life - according to everybody else. She...

The number one Sunday Times bestselling first book in a new spellbinding series by S.T. Gibson. Including a smouldering rivals-to-lovers polyamorous relationship, Evocation is perfect for those looking for their...

A highly evocative family mystery of secrets and betrayal from the bestselling author of Croc Country. The darkest secrets are buried the deepest. An Unexpected Summons Meg Morrissey has just...

Winner of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize. How did Corporal Hitler's Luger from the First World War end up being the weapon that killed an IRA turncoat in Kempsey,...

A powerful debut novel that delicately blends Hawaiian myth with the broken American dream. 'The next time I went for air you were at the surface, sideways, prone and ragdolling...

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most...

Hot Little Hands contains nine funny, confronting and pitch-perfect stories about stumbling on the fringes of innocence, and the marks desire can leave. Anya, in her fake-leather sneakers and second-hand...

An affectionate satire, The Little Boat on Trusting Lane is a story of human connection and the potential of community and friendship to heal. Rashida Murphy, author of The Historian's...

Erica Marsden's son, an artist, has been imprisoned for homicidal negligence. In a state of grief, Erica cuts off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a quiet...

She gave up everything-and changed the world. A riveting novel based on the true story of the woman who stopped a pandemic, from the bestselling author of Mrs. Poe. "Huge...

For all fans of Hot Milk comes a searing debut novel about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to...

For the centennial of its original publication, a beautiful Deluxe Edition of one of Joyce's greatest works A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper For the centennial...

An extraordinarily ambitious, surprising and enjoyable book, the second of two volumes, celebrating the British short story This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and...

First time in Penguin Classics for this masterpiece of French 'decadent' literature J.-K. Huysmans's gaudy, shocking, and largely autobiographical novel, The Damned (L -Bas) was quickly condemned and just as...

With a new introduction by Ali Smith WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH Katherine Mansfield's clear, sparkling and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre, and this collection represents the whole...

First time in Black Classics for Lawrence- previously in PMC Lawrence was one of the great short story writers of the 20th century. This new collection of ten stories shows...

Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York In a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a pretty girl a story-...

Volume two of Javier Maria's acclaimed and evocative 'novel in parts' The first volume of Javier Marias's 'novel in parts' saw Jacques Deza questioning the morality of his position in...