Modern Fiction (post 1945)

'Funny, sweet and relatable, this is a real gem of a read' Heat'Heart-stirring and quirky' Peterborough TelegraphSome old love letters. A lonely teenager. A new beginning . . .Asta Fung...

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott, a chilling and compulsive novel about a family holiday that takes a terrifying turn.A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR...

Author: Lorraine Gregory Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The second sensational book in a brand-new funny, accessible and action-packed space-adventure series written by the incredible Lorraine Gregory - perfect...

Author: Ben Halls Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'Halls' stories show that even in zero-hour, austerity-battered Britain, the tenderness and warmth of human connection exists. The Quarry is, in...

'THOUGHTFUL AND ABSORBING' THE GUARDIAN 'DEVASTATING AND HOPEFUL' M.A. KUZNIAR 'A VERY SPECIAL BOOK' GARETH BROWN As the world falls apart around them, piece by piece, Abigail Fuller spends humanity's...

**A 2025 Highlight in the Guardian , I-Paper, Prima , Irish Times , Irish Independent and Sunday Independent** **A Bookseller ' 10 Titles Not to Miss' selection for April** 'A...

In Barcelona, we meet a cast of characters who live turbulent inner lives. In a Spanish hotel room a marriage unravels as a young wife is haunted by a past...

A fabulous read for cozy winter evenings! - Sophie White, author of Unfiltered An unexpected love story of magical moments, Christmas surprises and life-affirming decisions - Lexie Byrne is back!...

'Compulsory summer reading' Laura Jane Williams 'Arguably better than Daisy Jones and The Six ' InStyle 'Utterly addictive' Woman's Own 'Atmospheric and absorbing' Andrea Mara LOVE CONNECTS THEM. MUSIC DIVIDES...

The fierce and funny international bestseller about a young Turkish-Dutch woman rebelling against her strict religious upbringing and searching for her own pathTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Electrifying ... Gul's is a singular...

The Killer's Game movie will be in theaters September 13, 2024, starring Dave Bautista, Ben Kingsley, Terry Crews, and Sofia Boutella!An action-packed thrill ride about a legendary hit man faced...

'I loved this book so much' - Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie'Few people can write the way Jendella does' - Kelechi Okafor, author of Edge of Here'All That We've Got...

'A brilliant piece of storytelling that revels in the world of expat old ladies in Tuscany, and should be the book that everybody's reading this summer' Andrew O'Hagan'In the Tuscan...

Following the death of her best friend, Erin has to get out of London. Returning home to Belfast, an au pair job provides a partial refuge from her grief and...

Could the worst day of Sally Parker's life be the best thing that ever happened to her?THE WARM, LIFE-AFFIRMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MUCH-LOVED MEL GIEDROYC'A real treat. I...

'A remarkable storyteller' AMANDA PETERS'A haunting story about racism, identity, and the choice between safety and raising your voice' NIGAR ALAM'Wrenching, deeply moving, yet hopeful' CHARMAINE WILKERSON'A charged emotional epic!'...

"I love Caroline Hulse's books. She has an amazing ability to take unlikeable characters and make me fall unexpectedly in love with them. Reasonable People is warm, thoughtful, clever -...

This gripping, moving and hiliarious novel introduces seven characters, each of whom has a profound effect on each other s lives. Each must choose between probity and self-interest in love...

In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf Varg will need to resolve both a sensitive crime and his own delicate dilemma in the hopes of...

And anyway, who cares? All that matters is that the guy is dead, right? A dark and thrilling ride about the most unlikely of killers, perfect for Tarantino fans, by...

'Utterly thrilling and joyful. I couldn't put it down!' ANTON DU BEKE'Enthralling and captivating. Absolutely loved it!' CAROL KIRKWOOD'A stunning debut, this is the perfect summer read' SANTA MONTEFIOREIt's never...

The luminous debut novel from one of Ireland's finest storytellers'The Polite Act of Drowning is a beautiful and captivating novel, lyrical and sensuous, a precise and faithful evocation of the...

The funniest, wildest and most original debut novel of 2024 'Uproarious, generous and witty' New York Times'What a debut' Stephen Fry'A wild and funny ride through modern life' Financial Times'Gobby,...

THREE WOMEN. ONE BODY. WILL THEY EVER LEARN?**The jaw-dropping new thriller from Sunday Times and Kindle #1 bestseller Harriet Tyce**'The shocks kept coming right up to the final pages.' Lisa...

A spicy Formula 1 romance pairs a journalist with a mysterious Team Principal, perfect for fans of Drive to Survive on Netflix and readers of Hannah Grace or Sarah Adams....

A captivating love story on an epic scale, for fans of The Time Traveler's Wife and The Man Who Didn't Call . Robbie and Jenn are meant to be. They've...

'Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate - my hand leaps to the shelf' PAUL THEROUX 'The most original and interesting novelist of his generation' ALLAN MASSIE,...

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD COMES ANOTHER CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S BEST INVESTIGATOR, HANA WESTERMAN. 'Another cracking, page-turning journey into another culture' VAL McDERMID Two murders. Two...

THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020   SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD   LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION   LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK...

From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching new novel of complicity and atonement, delving into one nurse's experience of the little-known history of conversion therapy...

From Kansas to Paris, get ready to be swept away into a world of high culture, champagne and family secrets. The Paris Affair is the first in Muna Shehadi's spellbinding...

'Like Daisy Jones soaked in Britney Spears' Curious' HOLLY BOURNE 'A sexy swagger of a debut' EMMA STRAUB 'Full of drama, heartbreak, ambition and desire' KATHERINE WEBBER TSANG _________________ I...

'Exquisitely written and structurally bold ... a deeply impressive novel' Eva Dolan, author of This Is How It EndsArthur and Gwen married young. Twenty years on, Gwen's got it all:...

The H LYW OD sign presides over a Los Angeles devastated by a weaponized microbe that has been accidentally spread around the globe, deleting human identity. In post-NK3 Los Angeles,...

Winner of the Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2025! Pip's world is small. But it's about to become a whole lot bigger. For years she's tucked...

The heartwarming, b rand-new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Jill Mansell 'Adorable characters, wonderful setting, fabulous plot lines . . . Loved every page' Milly Johnson 'Sparkle and wit...

One Girl Began entwines the stories of three women, separated by history but connected by the same building. For Ellen in 1909, it is a box factory where she finds...

As a late spring blizzard brews, Brother Christopher, a cloistered monk at Blue Mountain Monastery in Vermont, rushes to tend to his Ida Red and Northern Spy apple trees in...