Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Author: Chinua Achebe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is...

Author: Katherine Arden Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A spellbinding fairytale full of magic and wonder, perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Philip...

Author: Monique Roffey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Escape to the ocean this summer with the Costa Book of the Year 2020 Escape to the ocean with...

Author: Sheila O'Flanagan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 In ISOBEL'S WEDDING from no. 1 bestselling author Sheila O'Flanagan, Isobel faces every bride-to-be's worst nightmare. Not to be...

Author: Graham Greene Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 'Graham Greene's masterpiece' John Updike During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky...

Author: Amir Ahmadi Arian Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 An critically-acclaimed Iranian author makes his American literary debut with this powerful and harrowing psychological portrait of modern...

Author: Italo Calvino Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 800 Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and...

Author: Raymond Chandler Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 672 Raymond Chandler was America's preeminent writer of detective fiction, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition of The Big Sleep...

Author: Josie Lloyd Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 **Josie Lloyd's heart-warming and joyful new novel, Lifesaving for Beginners, is available for pre-order now!** *** 'Amazing, heartbreaking and...

Author: Diana Gabaldon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 Previously published as A Trail of Fire. Includes two never-published-before short stories from the bestselling author of the Outlander...

Author: Salman Rushdie Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 560 One of the most controversial and infamous books of modern times Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked...

Author: Caroline Leavitt Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 "Leavitt has crafted an irresistible portrait of midlife ennui and the magic of breaking free." -People "With or Without...

Author: Tove Ditlevsen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 New to Penguin Modern Classics- a searing novel from Tove Ditlevsen, author of the wildly acclaimed Copenhagen Trilogy Copenhagen,...

Author: Charles Dickens Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 928 Charles Dickens's last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend is a glorious satire spanning all levels of Victorian society, edited...

Author: S E Hinton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The original teenage rebel story. Greasers, Rockers, different place, different name - but wherever they are, they're outsiders;...

Author: Pamela Hart Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 If you devoured THE CROWN you will love this exuberant story of a young Australian actress caught up in...

Author: Harlan Coben Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 You think you know the truth. The truth is you know nothing. The international number one bestselling author of...

Author: Tom Keneally Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 "'Thomas Keneally is one of the historical novel's most expert practitioners, and his new book sees him back on...

Author: Jasmine Sealy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'Inventive, excellent ... a pure pleasure to read' THE TIMES In this compelling debut, an unknowable legacy passes through...

Author: Virginia Woolf Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 A savage indictment of British society at the turn of the century, from the author of Mrs Dalloway. The...

Author: J. M. Coetzee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 As Text continues the re-release of J. M. Coetzee's major works, this second instalment of four titles -...

Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza's impassioned...

Author: Jorge Luis Borges Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's most...

Author: Ana Maria Matute Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 A searing coming-of-age tale by one of the greatest Spanish writers of the 20th century, set on the...

Author: Don DeLillo Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 His first novel, Don DeLillo's Americana passionately articulates the neurotic landscape of contemporary American life through a disintegrating embodiment...

Author: Amanda Hickie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 A gripping look at the way humanity handles crisis. --Newsweek In the midst of a devastating epidemic, how far will a...

Author: Patrick Gale Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 Bittersweet and startling, A SWEET OBSCURITY is a novel of childhood, love and the consequences of how lives are...

Author: Kirstin Innes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 'Gripping and moving. A literary triumph' Nicola Sturgeon 'A humane and searching story' Ian Rankin 'Kirstin Innes is aiming...

Author: Katie Ruggle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 Kit Jernigan despairs of ever fitting in with her new tight-knit K9 unit. They've been through too much to...

Author: Dorothy Koomson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'I'm looking for that perfect blend of flavours; the taste that used to be you.' It's been 18 months since my...

Author: Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: A wrapped two paperback pack of Paullina Simmons novels

Author: Martin Boyd Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 266 Introduced by Brenda Niall This remarkable novel, first published to a chorus of acclaim in 1952, is one of...

Author: Mike Gayle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Tom Hope is broken. Ever since his wife Laura died he hasn't been the same man, and definitely not...

Author: George Lamming Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 A powerful autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Caribbean writers of the 20th century...

Author: Eva Glyn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 An emotional and page-turning family saga perfect for fans of Barbara O'Neal, Amanda Prowse, and Susanne O'Leary! 'Full of...

Author: Paulo Coelho Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring...

Author: Diana Athill (Y) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 England, in the mid-fifties. Meg Bailey has always aspired to live a respectable life. With her best friend,...

Author: Susan Lewis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 How far would you go to keep your family safe? The gripping new page-turner from the Sunday Times bestselling...

Author: Paul Bowles Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere, where, curiously, they...

Author: Alison Pick Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 From Alison Pick, Booker Prize longlisted author of FAR TO GO comes a suspenseful, dystopian reimagining of the founding...

Author: Gervase Phinn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 The fourth Little Village School novel. Love is in the air in the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale. Anyone can see that...

Author: Tom Keneally Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Will keeping the Japanese, Korean and Italian POWs of the Second World War alive in Australia keep Australian POWs...

Author: Bret Anthony Johnston Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 'I love this novel' John Irving - 'Excellent' Sunday Times - 'enthralling' New York Times A powerful and affecting novel...

Author: Emily Gray Tedrowe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Catch Me If You Can meets Patricia Highsmith in this "stylish" (New York Times Book Review) page-turner of...

Author: Marjolijn van Heemstra Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 This spellbinding and intimate novel explores the burden of legacy as a young woman wrestles with discoveries that...

Author: Valentina Giambanco Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 The critically acclaimed, breathtaking thriller: perfect for fans of Angela Marsons. In the dead of winter Homicide Detective Alice...

Author: Katy Mahood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 A wise debut' Observer 'A hugely impressive debut' Stella Duffy 'Beautifully written' Hannah Beckerman 'A really accomplished debut' Red...

Author: Tim Slee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 The winner of the inaugural Banjo Prize, Taking Tom Murray Home is a funny, moving, bittersweet Australian story of...