Modern Fiction (post 1945)

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If Zarrin is to survive, she must stay at least one step ahead of all those who are trying to bring her down... In the days before the outbreak of...

*WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE AND THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD* *LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND...

The follow-up to the internationally acclaimed The President's Gardens "Al-Ramli is a remarkable storyteller, and in Daughter of the Tigris he creates a dynamic, intricately plotted narrative, brimming with stories...

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A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'I loved this book so much' REESE WITHERSPOON --- In 1987, Mina Lee flies from Seoul to Los Angeles to...

A couple fall in love at first sight - a magical encounter. They search for a home, and soon they are building a charmed life together on the fringes of...

A couple fall in love at first sight - a magical encounter. They search for a home, and soon they are building a charmed life together on the fringes of...

The summers spent at Roseland, the sprawling ancestral home of her best friend, Eloise, were among the happiest of Cathy's life. Tucked away on the Cornish coastline and brimming with...

A boy wins $100,000 in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. An acclaimed ambulance driver seeks the courage to...

Victor Tuchman - a power-hungry real estate developer and all-round bad man - is finally on his deathbed. His daughter Alex can finally unearth the secret of who he really...

Artful and subversive, F tells the story of the Friedland family - fakers, all of them - and the day when the fate in which they don't quite believe catches...

'Her work merits comparison with that of Edna O'Brien or Muriel Spark' New York Times Stretching from war-torn 1940's Liverpool to Oxford at the end of the century, this story...

'Deeply moving but also uplifting' Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping clients...

' Test Kitchen is phenomenal - a mad, magical, ten-course feast of a novel, gorgeously written, totally original, packed with ideas and invention. Incredibly ambitious too - so many characters,...

' Test Kitchen is phenomenal - a mad, magical, ten-course feast of a novel, gorgeously written, totally original, packed with ideas and invention. Incredibly ambitious too - so many characters,...

A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella;...

Lake Geneva, 1951: Delphine looked up at Florian, her fingers grazing his cheek as she pressed her mouth to his, the sapphire tiara sparkling beside them. "Yes," she whispered against...

'What a read! What a tear jerker! But very funny, and written with such breezy wit, and characters I ADORED. Daisy is EXCELLENT' MARIAN KEYES 'Brilliant characters, a heartfelt story...

??? SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD ??? You were everything I ever wanted. Johnny was my first. I was seventeen and I was only brave enough to talk to...

??? SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD ??? You were everything I ever wanted. Johnny was my first. I was seventeen and I was only brave enough to talk to...

This Christmas indulge in some me-time and enjoy this uplifting and heart-warming story from Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Bramley. Full of romance, laughter and family drama, A Merry Little Christmas...

If you knew when you were going to die, what would you do differently? It all begins on a flight from Hobart to Sydney. The flight will be smooth. It...

The dazzling romance from the writer of YA sensation THE KISSING BOOTH. A heart-warming and hilarious modern love story, perfect for fans of THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION and THE LOVE...

Edwina Spinner has lived in the same house for over fifty years. It used to be a busy, crowded family home but now Edwina lives alone and it has grown...

*A TIME MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 * *AN OPRAH DAILY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024* *AN OBSERVER 2024 PICK* *A GUARDIAN 2024 PICK* 'One of those rare novels...

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By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched only by its brutality and corruption. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the...

Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a little village on the sublimely beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who...

A magnificent coming-of-age story about freedom and desire by the acclaimed author of I Will Never See the World Again . Winner of the Prix Femina Etranger. Istanbul is changing,...

Two women. Two stories. One hundred years of secrets. A sweeping novel of love, loss, family and history for readers who love Maggie O'Farrell, John Boyne and Donal Ryan 'Thrilling,...

Every family has its secrets . . . Harriet Turner knows all about journeys. After all, she's arranged hundreds of them for the travel agency her family runs in the...

Sometimes the darkest secrets are buried the deepest . . . When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back...

The Imposters is the first novel in stories that Tom Rachman has written since his international bestseller The Imperfectionists . 'An astonishing achievement - brutally funny, humane, dizzying - will...

'Warm ... uplifting -- Roisin Meaney is a gifted storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling author It's the day before the wedding ... Three strangers arrive home to Ireland to the house...

She calls herself Rune. She lives a downtown life and works running errands for a couple of documentary filmakers. At twenty-one, she's nowhere, and that's not where she wants to...

'Edgy, dark, funny and perceptive' The Herald 'Immensely readable' Jo Brand 'Brilliant' The Sun 'Vulnerable and raw' Tom Allen A life-affirming debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin...

A SUNDAY TIMES HARDBACK BESTSELLER Love, friendship and secrets revealed as the sun beats down on dazzling blue Cornish seas . . . T he irresistible , romantic, heart-warming summer...

The bewitching first novel from the bestselling author of THE IMMORTALISTS 'Benjamin is a gifted writer, a creator of quiet asides and haunting images' Financial Times 'Matches the subtle surrealism...

She thinks of blue mountain, her favourite place. 'We're going somewhere where we can be safe. We never have to come back here.' As the rest of the world lies...

Six years ago, Laura McCaffrey's three-year-old daughter Melanie was kidnapped by Laura's estranged husband, Dylan, and seemingly vanished from the face of the earth. Now, Melanie has been found, a...

'Of a piece with Stephen King's The Stand ' INDEPENDENT 'Sharp... and gripping' SCIFINOW 'Compelling, suspenseful and altogether extraordinary' LEE CHILD The heart-stopping conclusion to the highly acclaimed Voices series,...

On a fateful night in 1860, Thadius Grady realises, too late, that he has made a grave mistake. In blind faith he has put himself and his daughter Emma at...

' Darkly beautiful and exquisitely written , I loved this haunting story ' Eve Chase 'I was Swept away in the depth and darkness of her storytelling , the beauty...

London 1968: The Unstable Boys are the name on every music insider's lips and tipped to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. This is their...