Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Puglia, Italy, 1921. Leandro returns home now a rich man with a glamorous American wife, determined to make his mark. But how did he get so wealthy - and what...

There has never been any shortage of business at the Tank, a high-profile firm in Copenhagen. There are round-table meetings to attend, circular memos to write, colleagues to indirectly undermine.But...

A haunting novel about the boundaries people will cross to keep their dreams alive. A mysterious stranger shows up at Riccardo's apartment with some news: his grandmother Perihan has died,...

Prue is convinced her handsome and younger boyfriend is meeting another woman, so she decides to tail him. But so is the boyfriend of the woman he's meeting. Her elder...

It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee - and encounters Pinker...

It is 1958 and the Sputnik satellite has taken a dog up into space; back on earth, five-year-old Andy has a new sister, Elaine - a baby who, his father...

'"And the name of the girl through to next week is..." says Stina, and I want to kill her for pausing once again. I want to see her bludgeoned to...

For seven years Charles Dodgson, a painfully shy Oxford don, and Alice Liddell, the fascinating little girl who was the daughter of the dean of Christ Church, had a strange,...

The doomed hero of The Tragedy of Arthur is Arthur Phillips, a young man struggling with a larger-than-life father, a con artist who works wonders of deception but is a...

In the spring of 1940, the mutilated body of a homosexual is discovered in a street near the Bordeaux railway station. It looks like a straight-forward sex crime, but when...

In a Japan still rigid with tradition, an apprehensive fifteen-year-old tea-house girl prepares to welcome her first client. In his gleaming white uniform, Lieutenant Pinkerton walks up the hill to...

Salt Dancers is at once a brilliant portrait of an American family, a story of the secrets families guard, and a moving account of one woman's journey back to a...

Scarlet Feather is the catering company newly formed by cooking school friends Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet. They're young and talented, they've made some smart connections, and they've found the...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances. From the #1New...

A novel about the death of Eva Peron. Faced with losing her, her husband decided to make her immortal by having her preserved and put on display as Saint Evita....

'Unputdownable...This writer gets better and better' A.N. Wilson The Hither Green murder... William Benson knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do - the fear, the...

From the author of SKY and FRANCEY, a novel which charts what happens when someone who is known and trusted is accused of rape.

'- The bestselling status (and subsequent blockbuster film adaptations) of Bridget Jones's Diary and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is proof of the enduring strength of this category.- Although...

LOVE, FAMILY, TRUTH...CHOOSE TWO OF THE ABOVE Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks' fabulous new novel....

In her sweeping debut, Sara Houghteling tells the story of a son's quest to recover his family's lost masterpieces, looted from Paris under Nazi occupation. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. VINTAGE....

A heartbreaking, beautifully told classic set in the heart of Gaddafi's Libya Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his...

Volumes 1 and 2 will collect together the best of McSWEENEY'S, Issues 1-9.

How do you choose between love and honour? Fleance, the 2-year old son of Scottish thane Banquo has been living rough in the words of northern England since he escaped...

First ever publication of Capote's complete stories A complete collection of short fiction by one of the masters of twentieth-century American literature.

Love can drive a normal woman to extremes...Carla Tradescant hates her husband Alan's moustache. She hates the way he obsesses about school league tables and scrapes the dirt from under...

'As swift-moving as the best thriller, clipped and laconic, yet deeply and richly sensitive' - Sunday Telegraph Rennie Wilford, a young jounalist running from her life, takes an assignment to...

Enter the chaotic world of The Playgroup complete with uncontrollable children, frantic mothers and teachers doing the best they can. A brilliant new novel for fans of Melissa Nathan Puddleducks...

An arranged marriage leads to unexpected desire, in the first book of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Cole's Runaway Royals series. When Shanti Mohapi weds the...

Elissa R. Sloan, author of The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes , returns with a sweeping drama about two A-list stars-a former star couple-as they cross each other's paths over and...

A whip-smart and charming debut novel that brilliantly reimagines Pride and Prejudice, set in contemporary Chinatown, exploring contemporary issues of class divides, family ties, cultural identity, and the pleasures and...

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award-winning Native American author Mona Susan Power, spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from...

Two sisters. One secret. A journey to learn who they really are... The instant Irish number one bestseller! 'I really, really loved it. I think it's her best book so...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's moving and addictive masterpiece of European identity, nostalgia and the end of an era. 'A masterpiece: grandiose style, brilliant and rich. It will defy...

'Funny, real, romantic and touching, all at the same time. I can't think of a more perfect summer read.' CLAUDIA CARROLL 'A sweet and charming tale of love, loss and...

Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man... It's 1954 and Adam Carter is twelve years old, an only child with no friends nor any self confidence. His father Edward...

For longtime Ya-Ya fans, as well as the lucky ones discovering Wells for the first time, comes Wells's new standalone novel about the pull of first love, the power of...

Hi, I'm Radhika Mehta and I'm getting married this week. I work at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank. Thank you for reading my story. However,et me warn you. You may...

A beautifully written debut novel by an exciting new author. Curriculum Vitae Name: Helen Fleet Work Experience: Waitress; Serial volunteer Education: Four Highers: French (A), English (A), Maths (A), Chemistry...

Four people, each at a crucial point in their lives, arrive at a French vineyard estate for an unforgettable experience - but not the kind they expected. Avery gave up...

On the eve of the Second World War a public attorney, devastated because his Jewish lover has fled without him, runs over a young girl. He is torn by grief...

'Alex Miller only improves with age. The structure, pacing and mellowness of his new novel, The Deal , make it an understated achievement. Decades of experience are plainly evident in...

'This is a moreish reading experience, the type of book you'll want to gulp down in one breathless sitting.' The Guardian At a crossroads in their lives, a couple arrives...

With the riverboat trade along the Darling River slowly dying, a once-prosperous pastoralist family fights to survive - and discovers there is a cost to love . . . 'Unputdownable...