Modern Fiction (post 1945)

A major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolano's work - now published as a Vintage Classics author for the first time On New Year's Eve, 1975, two hunted men leave Mexico...

The heartfelt and hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of The Angry Women's Choir. Callie March is fascinated by human absurdity, including the habits of the upper class. So...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'One of the hidden geniuses of the twentieth century' - Colm T ibin A housewife's life is shattered by a sudden...

How do you stop a murder when it's already happened? Find out the lengths one woman will go to save her family It's every parent's nightmare. Your happy, funny, innocent...

Follows a man's thoughts and dreams during a single night. It is also a book that participates in the re-reading of Irish history that was part of the revival of...

This brutal glimpse of Russia under Stalin shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible...

It's 1986, and 'beautiful, radical ideas' are in the air. A young woman arrives in Melbourne to research the novels of Virginia Woolf. In bohemian St Kilda she meets artists,...

'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation' James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America...

This stylish paperback edition of Helen Garner's collected short fiction celebrates the work of one of Australia's most loved authors. These stories-that delve into the complexities of love and longing,...

One family. Nine momentous days. An unforgettable novel of love and folly and heartbreak. It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn't quite realise...

Barcelona 1945- young Daniel Sempere is taken to a fabulous secret library called the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where he is told he must 'adopt' a single book, promising to...

A wickedly witty cosy crime novel set in Sydney in the swinging sixties, ideal for fans of Richard Osman and Bonnie Garmus. WINNER 2024 Danger Awards - Best Fiction SHORTLISTED...

Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award. Winner, Book of the Year, People's Choice, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at NSW Premier's Literary Award. Shortlisted for the Stella Prize. Shortlisted...

One of Patrick White's most loved novels in which he creates a memorable portrait of human resilience Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for companions, journeys to...

For readers of Jenny Offill and Curtis Sittenfeld, this is a funny, provocative, pin-sharp novel that redefines modern motherhood *NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING AMY ADAMS* Are you looking for...

Reacher comes to the UK! Dangerous, sexy and invincible. Jack Reacher is alone, the way he likes it. He watches a man cross a New York street and drive away...

Jack Reacher in a taut, cool, sexy pageturner- One Shot was named on of the 50 best crime novels of the past fifty years by The Times. Six shots. Five...

Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings. Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped. Now he is. . . 1....

A DISAPPEARANCE. A SMALL TOWN. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING... Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the...

At long last Ken Kesey's 1962 cult classic novel has entered Modern Classics series. Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal...

Translated by Robin Buss The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia...

Another addition to Penguin Modern Classics' key Kerouac holdings. THE DHARMA BUMS appeared just one year after the author's explosive ON THE ROAD had put the Beat Generation on the...

The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them as he heaves his vast bulk through the city's fleshpots in a noble...

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and...

A fresh new look for this classic fiction favourite Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer- this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets of Paris as a child, but...

Reissued in electric new backlist style for October 2016, American Pastoral won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Philip Roth's masterpiece provides a piercing look into...

The 'riotous, insanely readable' new novel from the author of THE HANDMAID'S TALE The 'riotous, insanely readable' (Observer) retelling of The Tempest from the 2019 Booker Prize-winning author of THE...

A feast for the senses, a fantasia of magic, mischief and love, The Night Circus is an extraordinary blend of fantasy and reality that will dazzle readers young and old....

The legendary author of V and Gravity's Rainbow is back with a taut, psychedelic yarn, about the sixties, featuring private eye Doc Sportello... Read the cult classic behind the major...

A haunting yet beautiful story that moves the reader from start to finish. INCLUDES A READING GUIDE Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she...

An international classic for fans of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations. A magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves...

Leave reality behind and enter Murakami's fictional universe where nothing is ever as it seems *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW* A marvelous hybrid...

A witty, inventive read with anyone for a passion for travel Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years...

Written in 1908, A Room With A View is one of E.M. Forster's earliest and most celebrated works. Forster's social comedy is a witty observation of the English middle classes...

ONE OF FIVE NEW VINTAGE FUTURE CLASSIC READING GUIDE EDITIONS INCLUDES A READING GUIDE Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more...

Three of the John Fowles' most popular novels, rejacketed with a vibrant new modern design WITH AN AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR 'A major work of mounting tensions in which the...

A bold mix of realism, allegory, adventure, and progressive politics, this collection features Jack London's most profound and moving literary works The Call of the Wild, London's elemental masterpiece about...

Winner, Kiriyama Prize 2004 Winner, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2004 Winner, Best History Book, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2004 Dancing with Strangers is Inga Clendinnen's...

A TikTok sensation! This is an epic and emotional romance about the risks we take for love and the endings we don't see coming When Georgia Stanton discovers that her...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE- An extraordinary, thrilling novel about sex, disability and power LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025 Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa...

A brilliantly original, funny and astute debut that examines how we navigate life, love and choice in a world of never-ending options **READER FAVOURITE IN THE FIRST-EVER GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD...

'I'm lost in admiration. Strange Sally Diamond is vivid, pacy, taut but so very moving . . . defies categorisation' Marian Keyes Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did...

I support women's rights, but more importantly I support women's wrongs. Marnie Sellick is adrift when she lands a job at the coveted, mysterious beauty brand rytual cosmetica. The enigmatic...

Beautifully written and utterly absorbing from the first word, this is a haunting coming-of-age novel that's good enough to eat . . . Abandoned by her mother with only some...

A revelatory and richly varied collection of Korea's greatest short stories This eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth...

Jonathan Noel, bank security guard, has spent 30 years protecting himself from people and events. But an encounter with a glaring pigeon upsets his ordered life and flings him into...

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against...

Candice Fox has taken the Australian crime-writing world by storm in the last few years. Eden is the second novel in her award-winning crime series. Winner of the Ned Kelly...