Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Author: Liam Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'A total joy' Laura Kay, author of The Split 'Hilarious and unexpectedly moving' Richard Roper, author of Something to Live For...

Author: Elizabeth Hay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Starting with something as simple as a boy who wants a dog, His Whole Life takes us into a richly intimate...

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Author: Courttia Newland Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 The Ark was built to save the lives of the many, but rapidly became a refuge for the elite,...

'An assured and clever debut' Kate Kemp, author of The Grapevine 'Warm, witty and deeply romantic' Lauren Bravo, author of Probably Nothing 'Heart-warming, funny and so relatable' Laura Dockrill, author...

'Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way...' Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and...

A stunning tale of loyalty and survival from a master storyteller ... In this ancient, harsh place, faint hearts will not last. The Pilbara, late 1800s : Frontier country, the...

' In The Poet's Game , Vidich confirms his place in the pantheon of the new generation of spy novelists. Once again, his elegant, finely developed characters add nuance and...

'Cinematic, spicy and emotionally wise' Annabel Monaghan 'Contemporary Romance at its best' Sarah Adler 'Romantic, funny, tender, sexy' Meg Shaffer 'The perfect match for any Romance lover' Jamie Harrow A...

The poignant story of a man who finds he can reach out to his younger, troubled self through a very familiar bookshop in his home town. 'Underhill's tender, innovative debut...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted...

First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels...

Misery Chastain was dead. Paul Sheldon had just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery had made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. And...

** With a bonus story for the paperback edition. ** 'You like it darker? Fine, so do I' writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of...

Whirlwind is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue...

An urgent literary phenomenon sold in over 22 languages before publication, a gripping tale of one woman's desperate battle to survive the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela. In...

For fans of Alice Hoffman and Sarah Addison Allen comes a powerful debut with a magical twist about one woman's discovery of her family's secret healing abilities - they can...

' A Neighbour's Guide to Murder is fiendishly sharp, clever and gripping . Nobody captures the mores of neighbourhoods and communities, and multi-generational complexities, like Louise Candlish. She's in a...

'Full of lovely writing, grand houses, snobbery, cruelty and passion, this compelling mystery-cum-love story . . . is utterly addictive . . . A brilliant debut.' Australian Women's Weekly Summer...

The beloved and bestselling novelist Joanna Trollope's contemporary reworking of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility launches The Austen Project and is already one of the most talked about books of...

The haunting, evocative new novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author whose compelling characters have charted Turkey's increasingly troubled times. ''She was looking at me as if she knew everything about...

Miss Cassidy is no ordinary governess. She can tutor the most wayward child, tell stories in multiple languages and fix any household crisis. But she also deals with problems of...

A captivating love story on an epic scale, for fans of The Time Traveler's Wife and The Man Who Didn't Call . Robbie and Jenn are meant to be. They've...

A New York Times Writer to Watch Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize 'a tour de force.' - Publishers Weekly 'Utterly compelling, and a delight to...

The dazzling New York Times bestseller "Nathan Hill is a maestro" John Irving "Sparkling, sweeping debut novel that takes in a large swath of recent American history and pop culture...

Introducing Prue and Milo in the brand new heart-warming and spicy strangers-to-lovers romcom, and the start of a new duet, from viral TikTok author Hannah Bonam-Young! The instant New York...

WINNER 2022 Canberra Critics' Circle Award Blood is thicker than water, but the heart is a little wild thing that can't be tamed. The day after I tried to kill...

' Jane Eyre meets American Psycho . Gloriously outrageous, sensationally unhinged' SUNDAY TIMES 'Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny' CATRIONA WARD 'Weird and wonderful' LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIAN Winifred Notty...

Author: Zoë Foster BlakeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 2021Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagePlaying The Field chronicles the humorous and often chaotic journey...

Author: Leigh BardugoBinding: PaperbackPublished: Orion, 2018Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis captivating young adult fantasy novel continues the saga of a powerful...

Soon after losing her own daughter in a tragic accident, Hon returns to her childhood home in the Korean countryside after many years away. Her father, a cattle farmer, is...

Love blooms in the darkest days... Discover this heart-wrenching, life-affirming tale of first romance in the face of the tragic events of an often forgotten piece of WW2 history. 'Will...

At the beginning of June the river floods, ducks swim through the drawing-room windows and Ebin Willoweed rows his daughters round the submerged garden. But the flood is only the...

Distant Signs is an intimate portrait of two families spanning three generations amidst turbulent political change, behind and beyond the Berlin Wall. In 1960s East Germany, Margret, a professor's daughter...

Author: Jackie CollinsBinding: HardbackPublished: SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2012Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling romance novel chronicles the tumultuous lives of two women navigating the treacherous waters of love and...

Author: Katie FfordeBinding: PaperbackPublished: arrow books, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis charming contemporary romance chronicles the unexpected journey of a woman...

The biggest dark literary launch of 2021. Like THE GIRLS rewritten by GILLIAN FLYNN with all the atmosphere of TWIN PEAKS, TALL BONES marks the debut of an explosive new...

Author: Jill MansellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Headline Review, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis charming contemporary romance chronicles the intertwined lives of several individuals...

After a family tragedy, Lara ran away to the big smoke to pursue a business career, but now her career is at a crossroads, her romance is in ruins and...

Author: Josephine CoxBinding: PaperbackPublished: HarperCollins, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe compelling narrative of The Loner presents a woman's struggle for independence...

Nathalia Guitry is an enigma that psychotherapist Doctor Faber can't solve. A photographer who can't take photographs since witnessing a murder, she is self-assured, self-aware, and seemingly impervious to his...

A child is beguiled by a poem read to him by his mother. The poem follows this elusive narrator like a whisper throughout his life, echoing across the years in...