Modern Fiction (post 1945)

From the author of A Room Called Earth, a brilliant new novel about the mess that comes before salvation. Camille lives in the country. She's forgotten her phone. She's taking...

Erica Marsden's son, an artist, has been imprisoned for homicidal negligence. In a state of grief, Erica cuts off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a quiet...

A spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative...

A surreal, chilling tale of rebellion and tyranny in the Ottoman Empire, by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize. A surreal, chilling tale of rebellion and tyranny in...

Arnold Bennett's superb London novel - both a story about one grim household and a panorama of the life of a great city Henry Earlforward, a shabby Clerkenwell bookseller, has...

An indispensable addition to the canon of Burroughs's works, this series of short stories and sketches guides the reader through his literary evolution Interzone portrays the development of Burroughs's mature...

A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger man's face; a doctor yearns for a virus that might eliminate his discomfort by turning everyone else into doubles of...

In one of the wittiest novels of them all, Nancy Mitford casts a finely gauged net to capture perfectly the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in...

'The child is silent. For a while he too is silent. Then he speaks. 'Please believe me-please take it on faith-this is not a simple matter. The boy is without...

To be a hero's wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic caused a woman to swallow doubt. To be a hero's wife in times supposedly suited to the heroic...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR 'Extraordinary' New York Times 'Remarkable' Observer 'Heartfelt' Guardian Theo Byrne is...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Superb' OBSERVER 'Cunningly crafted' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Faulks is doing what he does best' SUNDAY TIMES In the depths of the archive, Hannah dances with the ghosts...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Profound . . . Faulks evokes a deep compassion' OBSERVER 'Does what a good novel should - it unsettles, it moves, and it forces...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A masterpiece' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Ambitious, demanding and profoundly melancholy' GUARDIAN Dr. Robert Hendricks has just received a mysterious invitation. Psychiatrist Alexander Pereira has asked him to...

The new novel from the iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians THE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON CRAZY RICH ASIANS RETURNS WITH THE GLITTERING TALE OF...

A biting satire of Chinese totalitarianism from the critically acclaimed author of Beijing Coma and Red Dust. 'One of China's greatest living novelists' Guardian Blending fact with fiction, China Dream...

From the bestselling author of The Wife and The Interestings comes a warm and immersive novel about ambition, power, women, friendship and finding your place in the world ** Selected...

Moving through America's history and its landscape, this is a wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine strangers brought together by an unfolding natural catastrophe. THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER and WINNER OF...

Ian McEwan's brilliant, emotionally wrenching novel, now a major film starring Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity...

An electrifying debut novel from one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary fiction 'Weird and wild and wonderfully unsettling... Dive in for just a moment and you'll emerge...

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. What would you do if you turned on the television and saw you were the most wanted terrorist in the country? After...

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR An epic story of love, sacrifice and revenge swept along on the winds of war. HOLLYWOOD MIRRORS HISTORY Australian actress Samantha Lindsay is thrilled when she...

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR A tantalising glimpse into the world of theatre and what goes on when the spotlight dims and the curtain falls. A HIDDEN DARKNESS Alex Rainford has...

Tim Winton's classic love song to land and place, full of unforgettable characters, is now a feature film starring Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Macdonald and David Wenham. Georgie Jutland is a...

The Hollow Bones implores us to pay careful attention to the crucial lessons we might learn from our not-too-distant history. 'I remember you once told me about mockingbirds and their...

An Australian literary hoax lies at the core of My Life as a Fake, Peter Carey's captivating, 'continuously startling' (John Updike) contemplation of the art world. In steamy, fetid Kuala...

Peter Carey's first novel and first Miles Franklin winner, Bliss remains a work ahead of its time. It takes dying during a heart attack for Harry Joy to realise that...

The incomparable Oscar and Lucinda won Peter Carey his first Booker Prize, and the Miles Franklin Award. Oscar Hopkins, the hydrophobic, noisy-kneed son of a preacher, renounces his father's stern...

Peter Carey is at his inventive, brilliant best in His Illegal Self, a novel about a family who, once met, will never leave you. Che is the precocious son of...

A wickedly funny satire on modern life and families. The Catchprices may be the most spectacularly contentious family since Dostoevsky's Karamazovs. Granny Catchprice runs her family business, and her family,...

Peter Carey hilariously conjures up dystopia in his picaresque The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith. Severely afflicted, doomed never to be taller than three foot six, Tristan Smith faces death...

What do you do when you're told you've got terminal cancer at 50? Take up crochet, get religion and bow out gracefully? Or upend your life and spend every remaining...

An unforgettable and sweeping interwar love story, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling Irish author of Life Sentences **A BOOK OF 2023 IN IRISH TIMES, RT GUIDE AND SUNDAY INDEPENDENT** An...

The thrilling, furious and stunningly original debut novel about womanhood, art and life, from the blazing new star in contemporary literature, for fans of Eimear McBride, Ali Smith and Deborah...

From the greatest living Irish author, a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths 'Written with all the ingenuity...

PRE-ORDER THE EAGERLY AWAITED, LIFE-AFFIRMING AND HEART-WARMING NEW NOVEL FROM NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR DAWN FRENCH After five long years of waiting for a new novel, Dawn's millions of fans will...

A hilarious and insightful tale about a runaway husband from the internationally bestselling writer of smart, funny fiction At 44 Amy O'Connell thinks she's seen, heard or done it all....

A courageous and powerful novel about faith, the church, conscience and celibacy. A timely, courageous and powerful novel about faith, the church, conscience and celibacy. Tom Keneally, ex-seminarian, pulls no...

Roald Dahl takes on Madness . . . A woman obsessed with punctuality makes a fateful decision, a wronged woman takes revenge on her dead husband, a cat's curious behaviour...

Roald Dahl takes on Lust . . . Two husbands secretly agree to a night of passion - with each other's wives, a slighted old man takes an elaborate and...

If you had one chance to change history...Where would you go? What would you do? Who would you kill? It's the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and...

Ben Elton's first historical thriller Flanders, June 1917- a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind...

Comedian, screenwriter & bestselling author returns with a blistering satire. No one is safe as Ben Elton sends up everything from fake news culture to extreme gender politics, from political...

A searing and addictive literary debut about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, took a...

From the bestselling author of Homegoing comes a novel about love, loss, redemption and the American Dream, shortlisted for the Women's Prize As a child Gifty would ask her parents...

The greatest chronicler of the age turns his incisive gaze to the tumultuous present in this superb new thriller. Nat, a veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, thinks his years...

A story of obsessive young love and overwhelming grief from the Booker Prize-winning author - now a Penguin Essential 'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love...

From the best-selling author of The Circle, a powerful modern fable on the legacy of colonialism, the dark power of global corporations, and the challenge of truly 'doing good' Two...