Modern Fiction (post 1945)

'Hirsch is one of my favourite characters...Unmissable.' HAYLEY SCRIVENOR, author of Dirt Town 'Disher is one of this country's finest writers.' TONY BIRCH 'Disher is the gold standard for rural...

A brand new reissue of Harper Lee's bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning classic with a new cover to match the landmark publication, The Land of Sweet Forever ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN...

The latest novel from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE THE POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR...

'Five stars. One of the best books I've read in a very, very long time' James O'Brien, LBC 'This is first class' The Times | 'Excellent' Spectator 'A highly accomplished...

The International Booker Award winner's breathtaking new novel about neo-Nazis, particle physics, and graffiti vandalism 'Propulsive and revelatory' The New York Times 'A work of genius' 5-star review, Telegraph Gentle...

Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this captivating modern love story from the Booker-Prize shortlisted Brandon Taylor Over a hot summer in...

Misplaced Memories in Moments of Being is a haunting tapestry of linked short stories tracing the rise and unravelling of the suburban dream in the search for a modern paradise....

An unforgettable new novel from the author of the modern classic I Love Dick - a witty, probing journey into a fractured America, culminating in the investigation of a teenage...

A newly translated, unabridged edition of Murakami's most mind-bendingly brilliant novel. Murakami's surreal, mind-bending masterpiece, in a new, unabridged translation from long-time Murakami collaborator, Jay Rubin. A narrative particle accelerator...

From the twice Booker-nominated author of The Year of the Runaways, a magnificent novel of love and politics, with a deeply moving family mystery at its heart In one night,...

"Gripping - and profound... Kate Sawyer has a great gift for capturing the tiny details that tell us everything about a person or dynamic." -- Marian Keyes Margaret Smith is...

'Will have you hooked ... an ode to the enduring power of male friendship' - The Times Best Summer Books For the first time since university, James and Roland's paths...

The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams dead in the local diner. As well as being viciously...

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...

Buddy is a good dog. After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, he is sure that he has found and fulfilled it. Yet as he watches curious baby...

When I think of Venice as she was in 1782, I think of a hundred thousand souls all devoted to pleasure. Souls like that become insubstantial and faintly luminous. You...

Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for her novel 'Bel Canto', Ann Patchett's stunning first novel is about 'pilgrimage and healing...A fairytale. A delight'. It is 1968. Rose Clinton arrives...

Author: Andrew Kelly And Emma StuartBinding: PaperbackPublished: Box Glen, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageCry Hard Chucky presents a darkly comedic narrative,...

An unforgettable and powerful novel - when a hurricane strikes New York City, lives are changed in an instant... As Hurricane Ophelia bears down on New York City, millions are...

Author: Liz BraswellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Scholastic, 2015Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis captivating young adult fantasy presents a darker, more perilous journey within...

Growing up on the Mission isn't easy for clever Grace Oldman. When her classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn't know what to say. Papa Neddy says...

Author: Liz BraswellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Scholastic, 2018Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis imaginative fantasy presents a dark reimagining of a beloved fairy tale,...

Author: Sally RippinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2020Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHey Jack! presents a charming series of adventures for emergent...

T he Funeral Cryer long ago accepted the mundane realities of her life: avoided by fellow villagers because of the stigma attached to her job as a professional mourner and...

'Sits squarely at the tender intersection of race, class, and ethics - wrapped in beautiful prose and a killer plot that keeps you turning the pages' JODI PICOULT 'Oh my...

The society wedding of Thomas, an idealistic German architect, and Irene, an English artist, brings together the Curtius and Benson families. Thomas and Irene settle into marital life in Berlin,...

When plans are upended, who can turn them the right way up? A heartwarming, wise and tender novel about life's twists and turns and figuring out what really matters, from...

In the last year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unlikely literary success, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal medical condition, and has been asked by his best friend...

Join the small community of Summerfield in this warm-hearted, charming romance about trying not to fall in love - and failing - from an award-winning Australian author. For readers of...

Winner of the 1969 American Library Assoc.'s first Gay Book Award One of the "Best 100 Best Gay and Lesbian Novels of All Time" (Publishing Triangle) Set in the nineteenth...

A striking and joyous new look for the novels of one of the greatest storytellers of our time 'A skilful novel by a writer in full flight from the obvious'...

There's a 5* Christmas mystery unfolding at The Regency Grand Hotel... Full of charm and feel-good festive cheer, The Mistletoe Mystery short story is the perfect stocking-filler this Christmas! ____...

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...

A madcap new novel from the one-of-a-kind author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden IT'S NEVER TOO...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person." The woman is Rebecca Davitch, a fifty-three-year-old...

For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing , this "marvelous debut" (Alice McDermott, National Book Award-winning author of The Ninth Hour ) follows a Washington, DC, artist as she faces...

'Beautiful ... incredibly moving' ANN PATCHETT 'Deeply satisfying ... beautifully written' POLLY SAMSON 'Exceptionally moving' NEW YORK TIMES 'Magnetic, breathtaking' CHERIE JONES 'Beautiful ... I adored it' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Profoundly...

**Soon to be a major Netflix film starring Christian Bale and Gillian Anderson** April 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I'll be dead. So begins the chilling last testament...

"Hilarious, refreshing, tightly plotted, and vividly written. An irresistible read."-Jonas Jonasson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared "A seriously...

Eight friends, one country house, four romances, and six months in isolation-a novel about love, friendship, family, and betrayal, a book that reads like a great Russian novel, or Chekhov...

It was a time when refugees seized with both hands the chance for freedom; a time when people of more than seventy nations gathered beneath the Southern Cross to forge...

Stevie Bell solved the case of Truly Devious, and now she's taking her detecting skills abroad when she becomes embroiled in a mystery from 1990s England. Another pulse-pounding and laugh-out-loud...

'A masterfully told, character-driven novel that will have you laughing and crying in equal measures' THE AUSTRALIAN 'A deeply empathetic, humanising portrait of a mental health facility, and the souls...

A captivating novel about family ties, romance and leaving the past behind - THE PERFECT MAN by No. 1 bestselling author Sheila O'Flangan. A perfect read for fans of Fern...

Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity...

The latst novel in the Gabriel Allon series.

This is a series of five autobiographical essays by the Italian writer, Italo Calvino. The first, "The Road to San Giovanni", revolves around his father and the house and town...

Late at night Lloyd Fitzherbert, police reporter with the Sydney Gazette, is picked up by his man in CIB for a 'last-minute job that won't take a minute' at the...