Modern Fiction - Secondhand

What the Body Remembers takes place in Rawalpindi, in the Indian state of the Punjab, in 1937 amid the mourning and mounting tension that precedes partition. Satya (whose name means...

If only they'd said no . . . Clementine is haunted by regret. It was just a barbeque. They didn't even know their hosts that well, they were friends of...

A collection of stunning new stories by some of our most talented storytellers. Spend your summer with Australia's best writers. Brilliant short fiction from some of Australia's most talented storytellers...

The book titled Clea by the author Lawrence Durrell. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title. Clea concludes Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet by...

Balthazar, is the second volume of Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet, set in Alexandria, Egypt, during the 1940s. The events of each lush and sensuous novel are seen through the eyes...

A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of night. He has an improbable amount of cash secreted in a purse round...

A story of love and jealousy, tragedy and forgiveness, a lost child and a found family 'A shining delight of a novel' New York Times 'Clever and beautiful...it soars' Financial...

Captivating and evocative, Letter from a Stranger will take you on an unforgettable journey from idyllic Connecticut to exotic Istanbul to war-torn Berlin then back to the present day. When...

Celestial Bodies is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries Abdallah after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of...

End of sixth grade they made it their official name. It was a joke one afternoon but they liked the way it sounded. Permanent. The Old Friends. This way, the...

Set in the heart of English farmland, this novel portrays a family at a tragic crossroads. Caro's death causes each member of the family to feel vulnerable to time and...

Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, this novel describes the romance between two 19th-century poets and the parallel relationship of their two biographers and includes passages of Victorian verse. It...

Lorrie Moore's dazzling new collection is remarkable for its range, emotional force and dark humour, and for the sheer beauty and power of its language. It unfolds a startlingly brilliant...

Emigrating alone from Paris to New York after World War II, a young girl Gazala befriends two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's beloved brother Samir joins her in...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick "Beautifully written and incredibly funny, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is about the importance of friendship and human connection....

The book titled Trial & Retribution #1 by the author Plante La. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An uplifting story of healing and recovery that will warm your soul and get you into the garden. Eleanor Oliphant meets The Authenticity Project on a well-being retreat in this...

The third spicy, swoon-worthy rom-com from Amy Lea, author of Set on You and Exes and O's In a last ditch attempt to rescue her brand from the brink of...

Grace Marchant marries Charles Bennett at the beginning of the second world war,and loses him before she has really begun to know him-or even herself. In the five years while...

Meet Maggie Fortenberry. To others, her life seems pretty much perfect - she's beautiful, charming and successful, just as you'd expect of a former Miss Alabama. But, in fact, Maggie...

The Vintage and the Gleaning is set in a winemaking town in the north-east of Victoria, close to the Murray River. Smithy is a retired shearer turned vineyard worker who...

DOWN BY THE RIVER begins, deceptively, in an idyllic rural setting somewhere in Ireland. By the end, its consequences have addressed and divided the political and judicial fabric of the...

Manon Gaudet is unhappily married to the owner of a Louisiana sugar plantation. She misses her family and longs for the vibrant lifestyle of her native New Orleans, but most...

From the steps of the Sydney Opera House came international acclaim ... but at a price. From the steps of the Sydney Opera House came international acclaim ... but at...

A sparkling and romantic novel from the No.1 bestselling author Alice knows she should be happy. After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all...

You cannot force me to marry him. For once, please let me choose... It's 1958 and Vivienne George is due to marry Howard Woollcott III in the finest society wedding...

From the beloved bestselling author Santa Montefiore comes a new novel filled with humour and heart - the perfect gift for Mother's Day! For fans of The Temptation of Gracie,...

Recapture the summer sunshine this autumn with the Sunday Times bestseller that readers are calling 'captivating' and 'a treasure of a read'... Love grows where you least expect it... July...

A wonderful collection of stories published together with a poignant novella from the internationally renowned author of Hunting and Gathering. I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how...

Claire Pitt is nothing if not a practical young woman, living a life in contemporary London that is to all appearances placid, orderly and consciously lacking in surprise. And yet...

Henry Wilt is back! In a major publishing event, one of Britain's finest living writers returns with his greatest creation. rilliantly written and bitingly funny, Tom Sharpe's indefatigable hero is...

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...

A naturalist films the slaughter of elephants in Zimbabwe's national park whilst in London an anthropologist confronts the shareholders of a powerful conglomerate to warn of destruction in an African...

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017 THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Amory Clay's first memory is of her father doing a handstand - but it is his absences...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner brings to life an irresistibly funny and relatable heroine in the novel The Boston Globe called "funny, fanciful, extremely poignant, and rich...

A moving, compelling and powerful novel by the author of the Wallander mysteries Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish...

'Lyrical, graceful - Jessica Soffer has captured the glittering magic of New York City' Jenny Jackson, NYT-bestselling author of Pineapple Street Abe and Jane have been together for fifty years:...

'Elaine is not just a serious work of art, but an unexpected act of filial generosity' Guardian Standing by the mailbox in Ithaca, New York, Elaine thinks of her child...

A love affair, a rare animal and a secret plot - The Rome Zoo is a powerful and darkly funny novel set in the lush gardens of the Villa Borghese....

From Australia's foremost comic novelist comes a hilarious satire of the art world, based on a true story. From Australia's foremost comic novelist comes a hilarious satire of the art...

'The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS' Debbie Johnson 'Funny, poignant and so uplifting' Sun 'Reading a...

'Astonishing . . . Genius . . . A masterpiece' EMMA WATSON Christopher Reese has been through a lot by the age of seven. He will go through much more...