Modern Fiction (post 1945)

The explosive new thriller in the bestselling international Jack Hawksworth series 'A compelling read' Sydney Morning Herald Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth is seconded by counter-terrorism to investigate a spate of...

An epic love story that reimagines the tempestuous romance of Wuthering Heights in the sparkling, savage world of elite figure skating Everyone thinks Heath Rocha was my first love. He...

'Mesmeric, haunting and heartbreakingly tragic. A profound, alluring masterwork of singular genius' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed...

Scission, Tim Winton's first collection of short fiction, contains spare, jagged stories in which people struggle with change and disintegration. Scission, Tim Winton's first collection of short fiction, contains spare,...

Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and...

From the Number One bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, a gemlike collection of unforgettable short stories in which nothing is quite what it seems... Discover...

THE FIFTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. ___________________________________ THE FIFTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES Now a major TV series 1771- the Colony of North Carolina stands in...

Maurice Swift is an aspiring novelist struggling to come up with the story that will make his name, and he doesn't care where that story comes from. Even if he...

The gripping historical romantic adventure from the bestselling author of The Pearl Thief. One woman's ambition Sydney, 1925- When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Sweeting, dreams of selling...

IN CINEMAS NOW, from Leah Purcell, named as one of the 100 figures shaping Australia's creative future. The Drover's Wife is utterly authentic, brilliantly plotted, thoroughly harrowing and entirely of...

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR As refugees gather in the Australian highlands to redirect a river, their lives intertwine in a powerful tale of rebirth, struggle, and the forging of the...

The film-tie in edition to Jonathan Glazer's award-winning new adaptation THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE OSCAR WINNING FILM Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen, has found love....

The hilarious, poignant and insightful first novel from the now world-wide bestselling author Claire has everything she ever wanted- a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then,...

This pacy, nailbiting new Jack Reacher thriller is one of Lee Child's darkest and most addictive yet. Prepare to be nailed to your seat by another hair-raising, heart-pounding adventure from...

You do not mess with Reacher, in Lee Child's irresistible number one bestseller. ** REACHER SEASON 2- BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE coming soon to Prime video ** \"The invincible Reacher...

The very first book by number one bestseller Lee Child, which introduces his iconic hero Jack Reacher. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** \"This was the first...

To celebrate the 25th anniversary since first publication, a new edition of Kate Atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel with an introduction by the author. The unforgettable, award-winning debut novel...

One of the new PB editions of three classic Discworld titles introducing new readers to the wonderful world of Terry Pratchett. Death comes to us all. When he came to...

Luminous and devastating, a portrait of young manhood and working class life from Observer Best New Novelist Michael Magee Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits....

The bestselling razor-sharp debut novel by the author of Everything I Know About Love He said 'I love you'. And then he disappeared. Things that are going right for Nina...

Reissued on the 70th anniversary of its first publication by Hamish Hamilton 'Obsessed with sex!' said Jassy, 'there's nobody so obsessed as you, Linda. Why if I so much as...

Drones, murder and a time-travelling crime - a thrilling return to science fiction from the bestselling author of Neuromancer Flynne Fisher lives in rural near-future America where jobs are scarce...

An exciting new cover design brings this essential existential classic into the twenty-first century Meursault leads an unremarkable, bachelor life in Algiers, but his sudden involvement in a violent confrontation...

A Kafaesque marvel and a biting satire of bureaucracy, medicine and modern life In Tokyo, in the middle of the night, an uncalled-for ambulance arrives to spirit away a man's...

A gem of a book about the aggravations and great joys of cats from a literary master In the autumn of 1965, flush with the unexpected success of his first...

Mailer's classic account of the 1967 anti-Vietnam War rally in Washington D.C., and one of the best 'nonfiction novels' ever written October 21, 1967, Washington, D.C. 20,000 to 200,000 protesters...

A tale of intense friendship and almost overwhelming grief amongst the frozen fjords of rural Norway In winter, the black ice cracks like a gunshot across the lake, growing thicker...

The book that shocked a generation and introduced Kathy Acker as the enfant terrible of the 1980s literary underground This is a book about feminism, capitalism, sex, punk, youth, the...

First new English translation since 1959 by acclaimed translator Robin Buss When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and...

Published alongisde other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his death Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as...

Most highly praised debut novel in recent years One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years, WHITE TEETH is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics...

Dark secrets, a devastating mystery and the games people play- the gripping novel from the bestselling author of Invisible Girl and Watching You. You live on a picturesque communal garden...

'Captivating and compelling. A masterpiece' Independent on Sunday Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia...

'Wondrous - brilliantly inventive, full of dazzling set pieces. Not simply the most original novel I've read in years - it's also one of the best' The Times OVER TEN...

A triptych of allegorical fables told in Calvino's ingenious genre-defying style. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of...

Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting Ernest Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting. 'I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and...

The gloriously moving and extravagantly filthy cult classic from the internationally bestselling author of Submission Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. Michel is a...

'A brilliantly inventive novel... Malouf puts on a dazzling literary display in this arresting, original, lyrical work' Wall Street Journal In the first century AD, Publius Ovidius Naso, the most...

Four modern classics by the great South African writer, J. M. Coetzee, re-released with stylish new covers and accompanied by introductions from some of Australia's brightest writing talents. There was...

'A remarkable performance... As gripping as The Collector and The Magus' Observer Widely acclaimed since publication, John Fowles' most beloved novel is the ultimate epic historical romance. Charles Smithson, a...

A playful mock 'biography' of a chameleonic historical figure, written for Virginia Woolf's intimate friend Vita Sackville-West. Orlando has always been an outsider . . . His longing for passion,...

In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and...

Australian literature's strangest novel, written by its most familiar novelist. It is the duty of a good child to let his parents know the second they turn into animals. Barbara...

Kate Grenville's Orange-Prize winning novel The Idea of Perfection is the story of the small town of Karakarook, and of Douglas Cheeseman and Harley Savage-two people who seem the least...

A wonderful novel by one of Australia's most loved and awarded writers, long out of print and now revived by the Text Classics series. Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary...

Author: John Boyne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 The story of all of us, stretching across two millennia. Imaginative, unique, heart-breaking, this is John Boyne at his most creative...

Author: Ali Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 The runner-up for the Man Booker Prize and one of the top sellers on the shortlist - now in paperback Passionate,...

Author: Mohsin Hamid Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 An extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist. This is Nadia. She...