Modern Fiction (post 1945)

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Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

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The legendary author of V and Gravity's Rainbow is back with a taut, psychedelic yarn, about the sixties, featuring private eye Doc Sportello... Read the cult classic behind the major...
Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore

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Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky... A bewitching and wildly inventive novel from a master stylist *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS,...
South of the Border, West of the Sun

South of the Border, West of the Sun

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'Casablanca remade Japanese-style'- a moving, thoughtful story of long-lost love and second chances *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW* A moving, thoughtful story of...
Sputnik Sweetheart

Sputnik Sweetheart

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A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW* A mystery story about love, the cosmos...
Travels With My Aunt

Travels With My Aunt

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A witty, inventive read with anyone for a passion for travel Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years...
To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse

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This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in the memory. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

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The short story that inspired the play at the heart of BIRDMAN starring Michael Keaton, Ed Norton and Emma Stone This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among...
In Search Of Lost Time Vol 1: Swann's Way

In Search Of Lost Time Vol 1: Swann's Way

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The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century The definitive translation of one of the greatest French novels of the twentieth century In the opening volume...
The Power and the Glory

The Power and the Glory

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'Graham Greene's masterpiece' John Updike During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his...
To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse

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Woolf's most autobiographical novel, now in Penguin Black Classics To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionistic depiction of a family holiday, and a meditation on marriage, on parenthood...
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Holly Golightly, glittering socialite traveller, generally upwards, sometimes sideways and once in a while down. She's up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. She's a shoplifter, a delight, a...
My Brilliant Friend

My Brilliant Friend

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The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls...
Boy Parts: From the author of PENANCE

Boy Parts: From the author of PENANCE

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Irina is in a rut. She obsessively takes explicit photographs of average-looking men she scouts from the streets of Newcastle while her dead-end bar job slips away; she's more interested...
Antarctica: 'A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.' THE TIMES

Antarctica: 'A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.' THE TIMES

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The stunning debut story collection from the author of Foster and the Booker Prize shortlised Small Things Like These 'A beautiful, tender work of great clarity.' - Sebastian Barry 'Among...
The Art of Belonging: The heartwarming new novel from the author of EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL

The Art of Belonging: The heartwarming new novel from the author of

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From the bestselling author of Everything Is Beautiful, comes an utterly heartwarming new novel, about what it truly means to belong to those you love.'A warm-hearted, emotional read' Daily Mail'Gripping,...
American Dirt

American Dirt

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'I couldn't put it down. I'll never stop thinking about it' Ann Patchett'One hell of a novel about a good woman on the run with her beautiful boy' Stephen KingFEAR...
I Remember Paris: the perfect escapist read from the bestselling author of The Beach Cafe and Anything Could Happen

I Remember Paris: the perfect escapist read from the bestselling

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'I enjoyed it SO much!' MARIAN KEYES'With glorious characters and a dreamy setting, I couldn't have loved this book more' THE SUN, REVIEWBack to the city of dreams . ....
The Air Raid Book Club: The most uplifting, heartwarming story of war, friendship and the love of books

The Air Raid Book Club: The most uplifting, heartwarming story of war,

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'Touching and heartwarming . . . get those tissues ready' - Jill Mansell'A warm and tender tale about the power of books' - Ruth HoganAs the bombs began to fall,...
Woes of the True Policeman

Woes of the True Policeman

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Taking us back to the world and characters of his acclaimed masterpiece, 2666, Woes of the True Policeman is Roberto Bolano's last, unfinished, novel. When Oscar Amalfitano begins an impulsive...
Offer From A Gentleman And Romancing Mr. Bridgerton: Bridgerton Collector's Edition

Offer From A Gentleman And Romancing Mr. Bridgerton: Bridgerton

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A stunning collectible edition containing the third and fourth novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's beloved Bridgerton series. This edition features: gorgeous sprayed edges intricate foil...
In the Garden of Monsters

In the Garden of Monsters

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A woman with no past. A man who seems to know her. And a monstrous garden that could be the border between their worlds... Italy, 1948Julia Lombardi is a mystery...
The Intern

The Intern

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The brand new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of It's Always The Husband'We were drawn in from the first page' Bella A young Harvard law student falls...
Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation

Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation

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The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed. A sex tape from her student days - one she never knew existed. The price: 300,000 euros and her immediate resignation. A political...
A Love Like the Sun: The tender and unforgettable romantic debut for 2025

A Love Like the Sun: The tender and unforgettable romantic debut for

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'Extraordinary... a raw, vulnerable, breath-stealing love you can feel as you read' Emily Henry'Dazzling, tender, and romantic' Carley FortuneWe've always been best friends... but what if we were more?Laniah and...
Nomad: The most explosive thriller you'll read all year

Nomad: The most explosive thriller you'll read all year

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The Other Family: an utterly compelling novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope

The Other Family: an utterly compelling novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope

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The Three Graces: 'The book everybody should be reading this summer' Andrew O'Hagan

The Three Graces: 'The book everybody should be reading this summer'

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'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...
Wicked: the bestselling book that inspired the movie

Wicked: the bestselling book that inspired the movie

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An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers...
Curandera

Curandera

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'The power of this weird, haunting fiction is undeniable.' Guardian'Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.' Joanne Harris'Mindbogglingly glorious.' Yvvette EdwardsIn the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century...
Ghost Chilli: 'Full of human comedy' (Lucie Elven)

Ghost Chilli: 'Full of human comedy' (Lucie Elven)

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WINNER OF A COSMOPOLITAN BOOK AWARD FOR MOST RELATABLE READ 2024'A rich coming-of-age story full of punchy and astute observations about everyday relationships' COSMPOLITAN'A kaleidoscopically detailed novel of twenty-first century...
Alter Ego: An unputdownable page-turner that will make you laugh and cry

Alter Ego: An unputdownable page-turner that will make you laugh and

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'Powerful, joyful, heartbreaking and so funny all at once' SARA NISHA ADAMS 'Every now and then a book comes along that changes the way you see the world, and this...
Finding Mr Write

Finding Mr Write

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The Lost City meets Book Lovers in this fabulously fun and feminist rom-com.     Daphne McFadden already knows that as a female author, the cards are stacked against her....
Next of Kin

Next of Kin

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FROM THE VIRAL TIK TOK AUTHOR OF OUT ON A LIMB AND NEXT TO YOU! Two bickering strangers trying to foster their younger siblings team up to create a stable...
Game On: Can you love the player, if you hate the game?

Game On: Can you love the player, if you hate the game?

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From the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle and Becoming Ted, a brand new enemies-to-lovers romcom for fans of Ted Lasso and Red, White and Royal Blue ....
These Impossible Things: An unforgettable story of love and friendship

These Impossible Things: An unforgettable story of love and friendship

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'Captures the fierceness of female friendship' BETH O'LEARY | 'The essential book on sisterhood' NIKITA GILLShortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2023 Three women. One life-changing friendship. One chance to...
Love in the Time of Bertie

Love in the Time of Bertie

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The latest in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series from the worldwide bestselling author, Alexander McCall SmithLife for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather...
Only Here, Only Now: Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025

Only Here, Only Now: Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025

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'This isn't just a great first novel; it's a great novel. And Cora, the mad, chaotic, wise, funny narrator, is one of the great characters' RODDY DOYLE 'It's not every...
The Granta Book of the African Short Story

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

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The Granta Book of the African Short Story introduces a group of African writers described by its editor, Helon Habila, as 'the post-nationalist generation'. Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection...
The Antarctica of Love

The Antarctica of Love

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"Compassionate and complex" Financial Times"Stridsberg writes with chilling poise" New York Times"A haunting portrait of the starkest meanings of love and family. Stridsberg's literary talent left me awestruck" KATE REED...
The Hawkling

The Hawkling

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The rebels on the other side of the Shadowpass are massing, and refugees are flooding in to the city. Scared, penniless and not exactly welcome, they are desperate for the...
The Great Reclamation: 'Every page pulses with mud and magic' Miranda Cowley Heller

The Great Reclamation: 'Every page pulses with mud and magic' Miranda

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'An extraordinary achievement . . . Every page pulses with mud and magic' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace'A monumental epic . . . I was spellbound' Nathan...
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for

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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021 | LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022'A thrilling work' TA-NEHISI COATES'Lovely and lyrical . . . warm and wonderful' KILEY REIDA queen...
The Trial: the twisty, addictive thriller from the author of DON'T LOOK BACK

The Trial: the twisty, addictive thriller from the author of DON'T

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'Jo Spain is a sublime storyteller . . . this is a book you won't want to put down' JANE CASEY2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the...
Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller

Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller

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'A phenomenal, transfixing?work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory'...
The Last Days of Joy: The bestselling novel of a simmering family secret

The Last Days of Joy: The bestselling novel of a simmering [...]

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EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS. SOME ARE JUST BETTER AT HIDING THEIRS...A TOP 5 BESTSELLER IN IRELAND AND NEW ZEALAND. 'You will fall in love with every one of the Tobin...
Betty: The International Bestseller

Betty: The International Bestseller

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'A coming-of-age story filled with music in language and plot: beautiful and devastating'OBSERVER, BOOKS OF THE YEAR'I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it'DAISY JOHNSON'Will...
The Hypocrite: Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2024

The Hypocrite: Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2024

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What happens when we stop idolising the generations above us? Stop idolising our own parents?What happens when we become frightened of the generations below us? Frightened of our own children?The...
Ghost Season

Ghost Season

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With supreme skill and reverence, capturing shards, stillness and chaos, Fatin Abbas delivers a novel that gallops close and parallel to current events in Sudan.A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel...