Modern Fiction (post 1945)

A moving and powerful mystery, The Forgotten Garden is the bestselling second novel from author of The House at Riverton , Kate Morton. 1913 On the eve of the First...

The first title in the exciting new Detective Inspector McLean series. A gripping crime thriller set in Edinburgh A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a sealed room. Her...

'A heart-warming tale about resilience, friendships and family, and the inestimable power of the written word' RUTH HOGAN 'A heart-warming depiction of strong female friendships tested by suffering - Annie...

These stories create a world of oddity superimposed on an ordinary world. They include six controllers running the whole of London life in all its minutiae; a nightmare tour of...

The gripping new thriller with a difference for 2024 from internationally bestselling author Lisa Stone What do you do when your home becomes a living nightmare? Your house should be...

A dazzlingly clever battle of wits between an ageing detective novelist and the young woman who might just be clever enough to solve the biggest mystery of them all... All...

A sweeping rural saga through four generations of the Gordon family, from bestselling author Nicole Alexander, whose novels go right to the 'heart of Australian storytelling'. A sweeping rural saga...

The Casteel family saga concludes with this fifth and final book as Annie and Luke return to Farthinggale Manor to finally put her past behind her. But the Manor still...

In this dark and enchanting stand-alone fantasy from debut author Lynn Buchanan--complete with black and white illustrations and a full-wrap illustrated cover--discover a world centered around destructive, all-consuming monsters; the...

A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined always to do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant...

'Fear no more the heat of the sun.' Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923. Clarissa Dalloway,...

'Enemies to lovers? YES PLEASE. I loved every second of this book.' Reader Review , 'A modern day You've Got Mail .' Reader Review , Two rival bookstore owners. One...

WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and...

'Profoundly wise, wildly inventive' Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated A bitingly funny, razor-sharp debut about a motley assortment of residents in a crumbling apartment block. Welcome to...

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and...

It is off-season in a remote Highland sea port- 21-year-old Morvern Callar, a low-paid employee in the local supermarket, wakes one morning to find her strange boyfriend has committed suicide...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS A tender and fierce novel that asks what we do when faced with things we don't understand. Is our impulse to...

An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love--all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest...

There's an art to choosing men, but Thea's just discovering it. A wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair...

Daniel Pell is a contemporary Charles Manson. A petty criminal with a history of antisocial behavior and obsession with controlling other people, he had a group of women living with...

Good songs come from love. Great songs come from heartbreak. ------------------------------------------------------- Picked by Cosmopolitan and RED as a best book of 2025. 'For fans of Daisy Jones and the Six...

'Grab the tissues and clear your schedules as you will not be able to put this down!!!' Reader review , 'Beautiful, emotional and hopeful, but have tissues to hand.' Liz...

Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Award in 2025 'Cosy, fun and delicious - a book to devour in one sitting' Emily Stone, author of Always, In December 'A base...

Praise for The Red Notebook : "An endearing love story written in beautifully poetic prose. It is an enthralling mystery about chasing the unknown, the nostalgia for what could have...

The crew of an oceanic research vessel goes missing in the Pacific along with their mini-submarine. An evangelical media star holds a rally next door to a convention in LA...

From USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight comes an endearing and vivid novel told from the unique multi-narrative viewpoints of a young Queen Elizabeth; Hanna Penwyck, the fictionalized Keeper of...

This is a story of murder. This is a story of love. This is a story of survival. This is the most unforgettable thriller of the year._________________________ '[a] mesmerising blend...

From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers. In the style of her memoir Girl...

The spellbinding new novel from the acclaimed author of The Reading List Welcome to The Twilight Garden - the neighbourhood's best-kept secret... 'It was a complete joy' Sally Page, bestselling...

Two people. One life-changing connection. 'At times joyful and funny, at others heartbreaking, The Lifeline is an honest yet hopeful exploration of love, loneliness and the power of connection. Captivating,...

This novel opens with a scene of war which is destined to become a classic: trudging back from the front through a ravaged and icy wasteland, their horses dying around...

Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York...

Beneath the prim and proper morals of Victorian society lurks a violent madman who emerges at night to commit the most cold-hearted of crimes. Nothing is known of him except...

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...

Webster College: an elite New England campus and a world of learning where creativity and inclusiveness are the presiding principles. Naomi Roth, a feminist scholar, is named to the coveted...

In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker....

THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER AWARD 2025 'A masterclass in suspense' PAULA HAWKINS 'A spellbinding nightmare' FERNANDA MELCHOR 'A book of...

I turned off my brain. It was time to hunt. I took a deep breath, drawing in the scent of the blood inside the humans below. They weren't the only...

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This anthology illustrates the evolution of Russian women writing over the 20th century. Women produced literary texts as early as the Middle Ages, but only in the 1900s women authors...