Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Author: Nadine Gordimer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 "A riveting history of South Africa and a penetrating portrait of a courageous woman."-- The New Yorker A must...

Author: Alice McDermott (Johns Hopkins University) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 181 A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award It is high summer, the...

Author: Sigrid Nunez Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 From Sigrid Nunez, the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend, comes A Feather on the Breath of God: a mesmerizing...

Author: Jean Hanff Korelitz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The Oppenheimer triplets have been reared with every advantage: wealth, education, and the determined attention of at least one of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 'Spellbinding' THE TIMES 'An exquisite, languorous novel' OBSERVER 'Heartstoppingly vivid' OISIN MCKENNA A radiant novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over...

The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love 'I loved it' COCO MELLORS 'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I...

Don't miss the first book in the sensational new series from the number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore - coming soon! 'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES...

Bestselling author Fiona McIntosh weaves a gripping tale of love, resilience, and redemption that spans across continents, where past and present intertwine in a quest for a brighter future. MILLION...

A major anthology of great Japanese short stories, now in Penguin Classics This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the...

The book that won Ernest Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature The book that won Ernest Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature 'It's silly not to hope. It's a sin...

  At night, in Huda's fragrant garden of apricot trees, a breeze sweeps in from the desert, carrying warning of visitors at her gate . . . Huda, a secretary...

The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony Award-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.With millions of copies in...

There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside. The Morningside was once the jewel of Island City. But now the luxury...

'Pure Pulley' STUART TURTON'Joyful and profound' CATRIONA WARD'Simply unputdownable' THOMAS D. LEE'A work of staggering genius' IMRAN MAHMOOD'Charming and funny and perfectly paced' TEMI OH'A spiritual heir to Terry Pratchett'...

A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home 'This powerfully brutal novel is the most exciting thing I've read in years' S. J....

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Western fantasy has...

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Author: Ben Aaronovitch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series. THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND......

Author: Phil Rickman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The fifteenth instalment in the Merrily Watkins series. 'Merrily Watkins is the most singular of crime fiction protagonists... As ever [Rickman]'s...

Author: Lesley CookmanFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 202g, 288 pagesPublished: Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom, 2023The deliciously twisty twenty-fourth novel in the much-loved Libby Sarjeant series by Lesley Cookman. Libby...

Author: Anne O'BrienFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 340g, 480 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2023'A compelling tale of a family caught up in the turmoil of the Wars of...

Author: Alice Oseman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 With special bonus content - a Q&A between Alice Oseman and bestselling author David Levithan The debut novel from Alice Oseman,...

Author: Pim Wangtechawat Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 When Joshua and Lily meet as students in 1970s London they know right away: they've found someone who shares their secret,...

Author: Magdalene Visaggio Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 The first in a new graphic novel series from indie comic stars Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge is a coming-of-age story...

Author: Albert Camus Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Is it possible to die a happy death? This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel, published posthumously and greeted...

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Author: Cho Nam-Joo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 The multi-million copy selling, international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world...

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Author: Alaa Al Aswany Format: PaperbackNumber of Pages: 464 From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building. 'Al Aswany is a voice worth hearing from a country of which we...

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Author: Lynn Freed Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Since their children left home, Ruth, Dania, and Bess have grown used to living wonderfully free lives. Only now they're beset...

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Author: Joyce Carol Oates Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 An ingenious dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society 'Unrelentingly disturbing'...

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Author: Joyce Carol Oates Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 800 The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy, providing a look at the darker side...

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Author: Sarai Walker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 The reclusive Sylvia Wren, one of the most important American artists of the past century, has been running from her past...