Modern Fiction - Secondhand

Gilgamesh is the epic story of a mother's search for the father of her child - from Australia to Armenia via England and Mesopotamia - all under the shadow of...

' Mesmerizing, political, intimate, unafraid - this is a superb novel , a novel that pays such close, intelligent attention to the world we all live in' - Sunjeev Sahota,...

From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Caroline Overington comes another thought-provoking and heart-rending story, that reaches from the heart of Bondi to a small village in Tanzania. Shortly after 9.30...

Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, Mother's Milk is the fourth of the Melrose novels. Now a husband and a father - and irresistibly caught up in a wreckage...

Sara Fitzgerald's daughter Kate is just two years old when she is diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. Reeling with the helpless shock of it, Sara knows she will...

Saturday, February 15, 2003. Oddly - he's never done such a thing before - Henry Perowne wakes before dawn to find himself already in motion, drawn to the window of...

'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up'. Sam is sixteen and a skater....

Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern in this heartwarming bestseller. If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Lou Suffern wishes he could...

'A heart-warming, slow-burn romance full of banter, chemistry and off-screen surprises. You'll fall hard for Evie and the grump she never saw coming.' Lauren Jackson, author of Break the Rules...

WELCOME TO JAMAICA, HAVE A NICE BREAKDOWN. A group of 6 friends converge on the fabled island of Jamaica to compete in a marathon relay swim across treacherous water. Most...

From the greatest living Irish author, a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths 'Written with all the ingenuity...

Miss Ona Vitkus has - aside from three months in the summer of 1914 - lived unobtrusively, her secrets fiercely protected. The boy, with his passion for world records, changes...

On a sunny day in Hollywood, a gleaming Rolls-Royce convertible pulls through the gates of the magnificent estate known as The Cottage. Modeled after the "cottages" of Newport, Rhode Island,...

A blast of energy and zeitgeist from Britain's foremost comic talent. It's two fifteen a.m., you're in bed alone and you're woken by the phone. Your eyes are wide and...

Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, We the Living shows the terrible impact of a revolution on three people who demand the right to live...

'Playful, moving and wholly remarkable' Guardian 'A small miracle' New Statesman 'Mastery of craft, resonance and deep feeling on every page' Telegraph An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at...

As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with...

A heartbreaking, beautifully told classic set in the heart of Gaddafi's Libya Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his...

'Fabulous, relaxing, page-turning, dream-inspiring' MIRANDA HART 'Exquisitely beautiful and so perceptive' JOANNA CANNON From the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERS The story...

Winner of the Book of the Year at The Isle of Wight Book Awards 'As immersive and compelling as the girls themselves. You will get lost in their lives, and...

Faith leads an isolated existence on her family's drought stricken farm in the Northern Transvaal of South Africa. When the rain stopped, her father took to the road as a...

From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name 'Aciman writes with an aching sensitivity.' JOHN BOYNE 'You don't so much read Andre Aciman's novels as tumble...

Edited and with an Introduction by Dr Keith Carabine, Chairperson of the Joseph Conrad Society of Great Britain. As these three specially commissioned stories amply demonstrate, Conrad is our greatest...

Former SAS Captain Will Jackson is a man with nothing to lose. A veteran of the most dangerous missions the Regiment could throw at him, his life was torn apart...

Don't say his name Don't say it thrice What happens next It won't be nice Tall Harry Tall Harry Tall Harry ... When Detective Stayer takes a job in the...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Ten years ago, a tragic accident tore through a community. Ever since, the nine survivors - just teenagers at the time - have met on...

A Cowboy Under The Mistletoe - Vicky Lewis Thompson Ty Slater's cheerfulness is a carefully constructed armour. After losing his parents in a tragic accident, he was fostered at Thunder...

An almost deserted town in the middle of nowhere, Nebulah's days of mining and farming prosperity if they ever truly existed are long gone. These days even the name on...

It is the winter of 1945, the last dark days of World War II in occupied Holland. A Nazi collaborator, infamous for his cruelty, is assassinated as he rides home...

Englishman Hugh Mitchell moves to Australia to start a new life, he has no conception of what challenges lie ahead. He is propelled into a life of drought, hardship and...

It was only a degree above zero and the rain was coming down in sheets, yet here I was about to run around in nothing more than a nappy. I...

It's a summer to remember . . . at the Jersey Shore. Giovanna "Gia" Spumanti and her cousin Isabella "Bella" Rizzoli are going to have the sexiest summer ever. While...

Cold Case Reckoning - Kimberly Van Meter She wasn't the kind of woman who granted second chances... no matter how much he might want one. Sparks fly when former lovers...

The Rancher's Christmas Song Keep a song in your heart this holiday season... Music teacher Ella Baker's plate is already full. But when single dad Beckett McKinley's wild twin boys...

As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems....

A wedding. A trip to Spain. The most infuriating man. And three days of pretending. Or in other words, a plan that will never work.Catalina Martin, finally, not single. Her...

John Anselm is a former Beirut hostage, a war correspondent who went to one war too many. Then into his life comes Con Neimand, ex mercenary and professional survivor.

'A wave of colossal size towers over the dunes. A black wave that arcs so high it drags down the sun, stars and moon from the sky and turns the...

Are happy-ever-afters made in Manhattan? Find out in this gorgeous novel, perfect for cold winter nights... Once upon a time an English girl went to New York to live out...

I'm not saying I don't experience fear - I've seen enough to worry about every female coed walking home alone at night ... But that's why I chose this job....

My favourite of all the books I have written. Tayari Jones From the winner of The Women's Prize winner and New York Times Bestseller An American Marriage. With the opening...

It should be known, if you treat the symptom rather than always concentrating on the cause, paths for recovery can be opened up. The deepest of problems can be cleared....

Sussex , 2003 When a beautiful blonde girl is found half-drowned on a beach, she has no memory of who she is or what horrors have left her there. But...

From V S Naipaul - a spare, searing novel about identity and idealism, and their ability to shape or destroy us.Willy Chandra - whom we first met in Half a...

Set in Paris, LE DIVORCE is an alluring and elegant comedy of love and divorce French-style. Isabel Walker, a young, not-so-innocent, American abroad, arrives in Paris to find that her...

A dark, lyrical fantasy blending the world of the Fae with the stories mothers tell to keep their daughters safe. A dark, lyrical fantasy blending the world of the Fae...

From Richell Prize-winning debut author Susie Greenhill comes a tender and profoundly moving exploration of life and loss. In the early morning, Elena woke as Orla pulled back the doona...