Modern Fiction (post 1945)

A new translation of this haunting collection of short stories that evoke 1930s Ferrara, with an introduction by Ali Smith Isolated lives and a lost world are evoked in these...

The final masterwork that was nearly destroyed, from one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century Dr Philip Wild, a man of brilliance, wit, fortune and tremendous bulk, is...

A masterpiece of American literature, Call It Sleep is a glorious ode to the migrant experience David Schearl arrives in America in his mother's arms. Waiting for them is a...

A gem of a debut novel by award-winning playwright George Kemp, about small-town lives and the search for genuine sustenance in a fast-food world. Stuck in a regional McDonald's, as...

After a series of Mr Wrongs, Bee has finally found her Mr Right. Attractive, mature-William is everything she's been looking for. Gertrude is Bee's best friend since forever (and also...

An extraordinary new literary novel from the award-winning author of Dog Boy and The Last Garden. 'The long-awaited new novel from one of our finest writers.' The Australian 'A masterpiece.'...

A fresh-from-the-headlines thriller soon to be a major TV series starring Gemma Arterton 'A gripping thriller' Sunday Times 'Imaginative and unexpected' The Times 'A cracking, uber-topical spy thriller' Financial Times...

An always hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking new novel from the publishers of Marian Keyes and Dolly Alderton. Seed is raw, hilarious and so lifelike I kept forgetting I wasn't reading about...

An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as you've never read him before. 'A masterful story for the ages ....

An intoxicating novel of a young woman in Sicily reckoning with the cost of desire 'There are many ways to know someone. You will see. I will show you.' Grace,...

One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World, published in Vintage Classics for the first time as part of a retrospective on the Early Novels of Rushdie 'Salman...

The first of the hilarious novels in the campus trilogy, Changing Places is a funny and wise tale of academic ill-manners - David Lodge at his comic best. The first...

An award-winning and provocative novel about women's bodies, sex, autonomy - and the power of the image. Hypothetically, would you want to live forever but invisible, or a short life...

Like a long winter's dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful...

A heartstopping story of friendship, thrill-seeking and defying expectations- the explosive second novel from the bestselling author of My Absolute Darling Dan and Tamma are two Californian teenagers growing up...

Orwell's chillingly resonant allegorical fable, in a stunning new cover look for his great works 'All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others' When the downtrodden...

The chilling thriller from the international bestselling phenomenon. Christmas Eve, 1957. For one Royal Air Force pilot, one last hurdle remains between himself and a cozy Christmas morning in England....

The international sensation about two young Italian boys from different backgrounds who meet in the mountains every summer, and the men they grow to become 'Could Cognetti be the new...

The film tie-in edition of the international bestseller, including new interviews with Rachel Joyce and the production team. *Soon to be a major film written by Rachel Joyce, award-winning author...

Unforgettable, life-enhancing and uplifting, this unique story of a friendship between an older woman and a teenager received incredible praise from readers, press and retailers alike. 'The most uplifting book...

A twisty, compulsive destination thriller where no one is as perfect as they seem. There's nothing more dangerous than someone who remembers who you used to be. At a secluded...

Set between Tanzania and Tasmania, this is a deeply moving novel about family and belonging, by the acclaimed bestselling author of The Rain Queen and The Beautiful Mother. Once the...

From the Booker-shortlisted author, an audacious comic lament for a world that no longer knows itself. 'Truly wondrous. Nobody on this troubled, glorious planet writes, thinks, feels, amuses, surprises, dazzles...

Bennett's remarkable 'sermon against parental tyranny' set in the industrial world of early twentieth century England Against the beautifully evoked backdrop of the Potteries district, the 'Five Towns'--a gossipy community...

Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, We the Living shows the terrible impact of a revolution on three people who demand the right to live...

A classic comic novel from one of Europe's finest writers 'I hate walking, he says, it seems so pointless to me. I walk, and while I am walking I keep...

Javier Marias's darkly humorous Oxford novel, new to Penguin Modern Classics The pretty young tutor Clare Bayes attracts many eyes at an Oxford college dinner, not least those of a...

An ancient bridge collapses over a gorge in Peru, hurling five people into the abyss. It seems a meaningless human tragedy. But one witness, a Franciscan monk, believes the deaths...

This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The End and The Expelled; these four novellas are among the first major works of Beckett's decision to use French as...

In le Carre's first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely...

A hardboiled story of abduction and murder in the Los Angeles hills Private Detective Lew Archer doesn't believe in coincidences... A forest fire has mysteriously broken out in the hills...

A haunting, dreamlike portrayal of the encroaching horror of the Holocaust onto a genteel MittelEuropean resort town 'A masterpiece ... the greatest novel of the Holocaust' The Guardian Badenheim, a...

An existential masterpiece from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms....

A sensational and mystical novel from one of the 20th century's greatest modernist writers A Breath of Life is Clarice Lispector's final novel, 'written in agony', which she did not...

Told through a dozen distinct voices circling around an elusive man known only as 'S' this is a book that asks if we are the story we tell about ourselves,...

A kaleidoscopic literary debut about love and self set across parallel universes 'An explosion of creative beauty and heart . . . a massively talented writer arriving ready to awe'...

From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory and Bewilderment 'If you have children or will have children, if you know children or can remember being a child, dare to read...

For readers of Coco Mellors and Megan Nolan, a poised, vivid and deeply relatable novel about a young woman finding her way back to herself - from the author of...

A haunting novel exploring a mother's fierce love for her disabled son as she grapples with her own mental health, by the author of the feminist cult classic The Princess...

Re-issued with a stunning new cover, this is one of Frederick Forsyth's best books - a gripping masterclass in espionage fiction from one of the greatest storytellers of our time....

The world's number one thriller writer introduces a cast of unforgettable characters in twenty pulse-pounding standalone short stories, collected together for the first time. I was the guy who always...

'The MOST BUZZED-ABOUT, ADDICTIVE read' STYLIST An edgy, emotionally confronting, contemporary novel of friendship, sex, desire, motherhood and feminism. THE MUST-READ SUMMER 2020 RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'If...

THE QUEEN OF THE REVENGE COMEDY is back with a sharp, funny novel about what a perfect life can look like Iris is happy- decent job, good friends, her own...

From one of Britain's best-loved and bestselling writers comes an intimate yet panoramic novel set in the 19th century Born in 1799, Cashel Greville Ross experiences myriad lives- joyous and...

'Compelling, clever and dark . . . you'll gobble it up in one go' Heat Magazine She knew everything about him - but the truth. Alice and Oliver Ryan seem...

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...

Britain's favourite 21st-century literary author returns to her roots - London Zadie Smith's brilliant tragi-comic NW follows four Londoners - Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan - after they've left their...

A hilarious political satire for voters of any hue, author John O'Farrell explores a divided household in a divided country that has to learn to live together. 'The funniest book...