Modern Fiction (post 1945)

WELCOME TO THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIMENT Mary is out of options. Estranged from her family and beset by phantom pain, she signs up for 'The Girlfriend Experiment' - a mysterious project...

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...

The fierce and funny international bestseller about a young Turkish-Dutch woman rebelling against her strict religious upbringing and searching for her own path THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Electrifying ... Gul's is...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 'A superb novel, evoking a bygone era when women could not afford to put a foot wrong' SUNDAY TIMES...

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and, finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping...

Libby is determined to stay on her no-man fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. But in the city of love there is no escaping fate...

Promising Young Woman meets High Fidelity in the dark and twisty thriller from the bestselling author of The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know and The Paris Affair. A bad...

'Reads like a house on fire' - the extraordinary new novel by Iain Reid , the acclaimed author of I'm Thinking of Ending Things You think you know everything about...

She thinks it was murder. But if she can't trust herself, can anyone else? Nancy North and her boyfriend Felix are making the move across London to Harlesden. A new...

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During...

A hilarious, emotional and thought-provoking book club read for fans of David Nicholls and Cecelia Ahern. ------------------ Nell has always known the date she's going to die. After a psychic...

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From the bestselling breakout author of The Bluffs comes a heart-stopping new thriller set on the rugged coast of Tasmania about family bonds and betrayals, and the hidden dangers that...

The million-copy global bestseller that captured readers across the globe. 'A small wonder of a book . . . A particular historical moment, one that cannot be told too often'...

A coming-of-age novel about love and obsession, set in a silent convent in 1950s Italy Isabella is worldly, alluring and brazen. Everything that Bridget is not. So when they both...

A startling, densely poetic portrait of 1970s Ghana as it emerges from colonial rule Winner of the Valco Fund Literary Award for Fiction and the Ghana Book Award Search Sweet...

From the American master of historical fiction, an award-winning coming-of-age story set amidst the gangster underworld of Depression-era New York City It's 1930s New York and Billy Bathgate, a fifteen-year-old...

First published fifty years ago, this classic novel was Albert Wendt's first published book. This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing...

A classic novel that became a classic film. An international bestseller that was made into a multiple award-winning film. Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is...

A haunting, compelling tale set against the backdrop of a fascist Europe. Set against the backdrop of Europe's slide into Fascism, Blue of Noon is a blackly compelling account of...

Sci-fi meets the Old West in this obscene and hilarious novel from Naked Lunch author and Beat icon William S. Burroughs This surreal fable, set in America's Old West, features...

I'm a God boy, Sister, 'I said. 'You don t have to worry about me, I'm a God boy.' Jimmy Sullivan believed he was protected by God until his parents...

Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back...

With a new introduction by Emma Larkin Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Burmese Days describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when...

Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. In THE RED PONY, Jody begins to learn about adulthood - its pain, its responsibilities and...

From the author of The Circle, the brilliantly executed story of one man struggling to make sense of the world In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from...

The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse 'The Susan Sontag of her generation' Deborah Levy The story of two couples who live in...

Saki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he...

A luxury hotel full of assassins - what could go wrong? The original, twisty and inventive sequel to the international bestseller Bullet Train 'Fresh and fun and full-throttle' A.J. FINN,...

THE DESTINATION READ OF 2024. Your paradise awaits ... 'A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny . . . This feels as if it was written specifically to give comfort'...

'A good rom-com is a balm for the harshness of the outside world, and no one does romance and comedy better than Rachael Johns.' Australian Women's Weekly When serial dater...

'The feelgood read of the year.' - Better Reading 'Prolific, entertaining and charming, Rachael Johns is arguably the best romantic writer in Australia.' The Australian Named after a famous fictional...

Set between rural Australia and London, The Echoes is a story about the weight of the past and the promise of the future 'This is stranger, darker and more brilliant...

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF A...

From the iconic author of the international sensation CRAZY RICH ASIANS THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CRAZY RICH ASIANS Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshamsbury and son of...

The world's number one thriller writer introduces a cast of unforgettable characters in twenty pulse-pounding standalone short stories, collected together for the first time. I was the guy who always...

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love- a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both....

From one of the world's greatest writers comes a story of theft and adultery Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together, simply happy. Oliver...

The heartwarming new family drama from the bestselling author of The Cake Maker's Wish Award-winning jam maker Aggie is determined to take her Barossa Valley cafe to new heights. She...

Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie...

Truman Capote began writing when he was eight and became one of America's most versatile and gifted authors.A Capote Readercontains much of his published work- his dazzling fiction, includingBreakfast at...

New to Penguin Classics for this important work of modern Chinese fiction Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to...

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...

Newly discovered stories by the greatest Czech writer of the twentieth century Enter the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague, the steelworks run by singed men, the covered market that smells...

The lives of two close-knit couples are irrevocably changed by an untimely death in this bestselling new novel from Tessa Hadley 'Unflinching, intelligent and fascinating' Marian Keyes The lives of...

Roald Dahl's tales of trickery, deceit and cunning . . . How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these ten tales of dark and twisted trickery...

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...