Modern Fiction (post 1945)

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, for anyone who's ever been ghosted - and wondered why... 'Unputdownable' Mel Giedroyc'Beth is a really clever, funny writer' Nina Stibbe'The queen of feel-good...

Winner of the Orange Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the author of State of Wonder and Commonwealth....

It's Always the Husband... unless it's the best friend. The Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller 'A page-turning whodunnit that will speak to anyone who's ever had a frenemy' Ruth Ware...

A madcap new novel from the one-of-a-kind author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden IT'S NEVER TOO...

A tense cat-and-mouse game and a brilliantly realised story of hope in a seemingly hopeless place Percy is sixteen and used to her mama disappointing her. But this time her...

The landmark novel of the Sixties - a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. In 1950s London, novelist...

Escape to Vegas with this hilarious and feel good rom-com from the bestselling I Heart series. Angela Clark loves her life in New York. She a Brit who's conquered the...

From the author of the international number one bestseller I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE comes a magnificent novel of a life turned upside-down by tragedy - and the search...

THE HOTLY AWAITED NOVEL FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, SET TO BE THE MUST-HAVE SPRING ACCESSORY FOR 2008. Leigh, Adriana and Emmy are best...

This is the incredible bestselling first novel from Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri. 'When her grandmother learned of Ashima's pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming...

Four novellas by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, that once again show her to be unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human...

A moving and intensely felt examination of the steps to which we will go to seek protection and security in others. Returning to haunted Cornish landscapes familiar from other Gale...

A fast-moving, elegant novel set in contemporary London in the glittery world of charity auctions, big business, high art, and more than enough money to spare. Take one wealthy businessman...

An epic tale of an enigmatic land - Korea - and one woman's search for her past. Uncle Hong-do arrives in Vermont from Korea to see the sister he has...

A magical story of forbidden love, a 1990s Far Pavilions, the debut of a major storyteller. Of Marriageable Age follows three people across three decades and three continents, in a...

One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in...

"Living introduced a whole school of proletarian literature, and yet remains apart from, and superior to, any of its followers" Times Literary Supplement The Duprets, upper-class owners of a Birmingham...

Nan Ryan lives by herself at Number 14 Chestnut Road. When it's heard that the builders are coming to work on the deserted house next door, everyone has an opinion.

The eighteenth century witnessed a number of momentous happenings - the birth of the British Empire, the American War of Independence, the French Revolution - and the horrific 'reign of...

Passions flare, secrets unravel and love blossoms in the heart of the summer season. As summertime flourishes, it's time for new beginnings... Heartsease House is in desperate need of renovation....

BookShots are short, high-impact stories by James Patterson and other writers that can be read in one sitting.Each and every one is fast-paced, 100% story-driven; a shot of pure and...

The critically acclaimed psychological chiller from a powerful new voice in Irish literary fiction. The critically acclaimed psychological chiller from a powerful new voice in Irish literary fiction. SHORTLISTED FOR...

In the summer of 1942, Kitty is an ambulance driver stationed in Sussex. She meets Ed, a Royal Marine commando, and Larry, a liaison officer under the command of Mountbatten....

A forthright investigation of human frailty and emotion with a plot that keeps you in its thrall until the last word. A forthright investigation of human frailty and emotion with...

A vivid and bittersweet classic coming-of-age tale, set in immigrant Brooklyn. Set in Brooklyn during the Great Depression and World War II, Brown Girl, Brownstones chronicles the efforts of Barbadian...

A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy is the third novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. For...

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Vintage Jill Mansell, this is a real ray of sunshine ' Fabulous Love, friendship and secrets revealed as the sun beats down on dazzling...

A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'I read it in a fever, swept up in the kind of rapture you fall into when your...

A gorgeous read full of love, life and laughter from the Sunday Times bestselling author 'The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and...

Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, Colm Toibin's provocative, haunting, and indelible portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 Jeanne and Marie-Angele grow up, side by side yet apart, in the Catholic village of Ste Madeleine. Marie-Angele is the daughter of...

Finding the courage to trust your heart can be the hardest thing of all... Dexter Yates has the looks, the money, the swanky apartment, and girlfriends galore. But it's not...

Author: Harold RobbinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon and Schuster, 1962Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling work of dramatic fiction chronicles the tumultuous lives of a...

A dazzling, illuminating translation of three plays demonstrating Marivaux's range, subtlety and genius. False Admissions and Successful Strategies premiered at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 1983. Cast sizes: 8, 8,...

From the acclaimed author of Tarzan Presley, a new novel about the things that really matter. Responsibility is a darkly comic thriller set in contemporary Berlin. Martin Rumsfield, an international...

A SUNDAY TIMES MUST READS PICK "Boundless imagination and a vibrant style . . . a heroine of unforgettable grit" DAVID GROSSMAN "A story of great beauty and surprise" GARY...

Author: Leslie ThomasBinding: HardbackPublished: London, Michael Joseph, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis satirical novel chronicles the misadventures of a group of British National Servicemen stationed in Malaya...

Author: Arthur HaileyBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear around edges on jacketThe gripping thriller The Evening News plunges readers into the high-stakes world...

Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices, fall earthward from a bombed jet toward the sea, singing rival verses in an eternal...

Here is the latest edition of the world's premier annual showcase of horror and dark, fantasy fiction, from a series that has won the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award,...

Two's company, but three's a calamity... TWO'S COMPANY is a funny, romantic novel from bestselling Jill Mansell, author of THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT and THREE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT YOU....

Jill Mansell's irresistible and heart-warming bestseller MIRANDA'S BIG MISTAKE is not to be missed by r eaders of Lucy Diamond, Cathy Kelly and Milly Johnson. Reviewers love Jill's books: 'Achingly...

SOLO is a delightful romantic novel from bestselling author Jill Mansell, not to be missed by readers of Lucy Diamond and Cathy Kelly. Mad about a man who's dangerous to...

Author: Chester HimesBinding: HardbackPublished: THE CHATHAM BOOKSELLER, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis hardboiled crime novel, For Love Of Imabelle, plunges...

Molly Sullivan said that the new baby was a little star. She was no trouble at all and she was always smiling... so she became known as Star and no...