Modern & contemporary fiction

Review The Patron Saint of Second Chances is a rare treasure: both hilariously funny and beautifully written. I was sad to say goodbye to these de...

Review Like the landscape it inhabits, this brilliant novel is composed of equal parts mystery, menace, and ravishment. It's difficult to think of...

Review A creepy, unputdownable book ― GOOD BOOK GUIDE Product Description A stunning literary ghost-story of entanglement and obsession; ambitio...

Product Description Rachele Luzzato is 12 years old when she learns her father is seriously ill. While her family are looking forward to her Bat-M...

'Full of subtle poignancy ... each story is a trenchant exploration of race and class, vividly conveying the tension between social codes of mascul...

Review Ingeniously constructed . . . Andrew Martin's wry, amused tone is a constant joy . . . An altogether superior performance, The Martian Girl...

Review A gorgeous, insightful tale about grief, loneliness and sisterhood ― Good Housekeeping (15 best books of the summer) It's beautifully writ...

About the Author Celeste Ng is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. She is the rec...

Review The moral centre of the novel is stated with restraint and elegance... For all its gentle humour, this latest novel shows Alexander McCall ...

AN ECONOMIST, NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Outstanding... it is hard to convey the breadth and brilliance of this work' Obs...

Review 'The Last Girlfriend on Earth had me giggling out loud' ELLE 'Laugh-out-loud funny. This collection will have you giggling / crying / squi...

Review Alameddine's spectacular novel is rendered through the refreshingly honest lens of Dr. Mina . . . Alameddine's irreverent prose evokes the ...

Review A thriller for people who hate thrillers: tightly plotted, smartly drawn characters, captivating story with a satisfying twist at the end. ...

About the Author Lorraine Brown previously trained as an actress and has just completed her final year of a postgraduate diploma in psychodynamic ...

Review A compelling story about the complexities of female friendships and the dark side of the Internet ― HEAT Darkly voyeuristic but with heart...

Review 'You'll love this enchanting, warm and fun read' **** ― Closer 'Another blissfully escapist read that also keeps readers guessing from pag...

Review Praise for Cathy Bramley from some of your other favourite authors: A story bursting at the seams with sunshine ― Milly Johnson Filled wi...

Review Astonishing: humane yet otherworldly, disturbing, sexy and strange. The woman is a genius. -- Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist ― Ob...

About the Author Born in New Delhi, India, in 1961, Vikram Chandra now divides his time between Bombay and Washington D.C., where he teaches at Ge...

Winner of the Best Picture at the 1998 European Film Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.'A masterpiece. Romantic, hil...

About the Author Gilbert Adair has published novels, essays, translations, children's books and poetry. He has also written screenplays, including...

Review I LOVED Jane Is Trying. It has all the warmth, cleverness, wit and turn of phrase I fell in love with watching Isy performing -- Aisling Be...

Review An endearing first novel ― ELLE Beautifully written in precise, poetic prose that successfully evokes the love of like for like ― OBSERVER...

Review Praise for Titania Hardie: 'Gripping and adventurous... bewitching ― WomanPart thriller, part historical novel and part treasure hunt, ...

'A scorchingly intelligent first novel' New York Times 'Spellbinding' New Yorker 'Thrilling' Guardian In New York, Alice, a young editor, begins ...

Review An uncommonly high talent. The people are 'real' enough to leave footprints right across the page ― Guardian He emerges with stature at th...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'Blistering... The most truthful exploration of sisterhood I have enjoyed since Fleabag' The Times '...

Product Description 'Touching, tender . . . filled with wonderful humour' Sarah Haywood 'A very special book' Katie Fforde The Sunday Times best...

'Nicholson is a subtle and addictive writer who deserves to be a household name . . . [with] his remarkable eye for detail and for the weaknesses o...

Review A beautiful collection that I both lost and found myself in. Unbelievably exciting stories from some show-stoppingly talented writers. ― CA...

Review Move over David Nicholls. For here's a serious contender for your contemporary-urban-ironic crown. A comic tour de force, brimming with wit...

About the Author Hanif Kureishi was born and brought up in Kent. He read philosophy at King's College, London. In 1981 he won the George Devine Aw...

About the Author Sarah Hall was born in Cumbria. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize, she is the award-winning author of six novels and three...

Over the course of the last 12 years, Hanif Kureishi has written short fiction. The stories are, by turns, provocative, erotic, tender, funny and ...

Review Captures a filial love as fierce and frank as its central figure ― New YorkerA sparkling debut. Any sadness in the telling is countered...

When Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes meet at a writers' festival in Toronto, it is the first time they have seen each other for twenty-six years. The...

An uplifting, life-affirming epistolary novel about overcoming loneliness and finding happiness, perfect for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and ...

A mash up of Max Porter, Kafka's METAMORPHOSES and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, NOTHINGis a short, strange unforgettable novel and a deeply humane portra...

Review An attentive and considered tribute to friendship, reminding us that, for all our human messiness, to have a friend is to enter an enduring...

Review In Waters' world, dysfunction is beautiful, degradation is powerful, and there's nothing to fear because the grotesque is proudly on displa...

Review The stories, phenomenally powerful and beautifully written, demonstrate the threats so many women in reality face, but also how, whatever t...

Review Tantalizing, heartbreaking, and filled with beautifully imperfect characters, this novel will slowly draw you in and leave you with tears i...

Review An amazing and profound work, rich in memorable detail. ― Jay Parini Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate - my hand le...

Review Henry Fry's First Time for Everything is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-queer novel about Danny Scudd, an anxiety-riddled gay man in h...

Review This is the essential book on sisterhood that I needed to read. Beautifully written and gorgeous, Salma El-Wardany is a brilliant writer an...

A reissue of the bestselling novel by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert - published to coincide with the new Jeff Feuerzeig documentary: Author: The JT LeRoy S...

Product Description From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, fiction and autobiography blend in this fabulously rich collection of short stories 'The...

Review An uncompromisingly modern novel about care and damage, so finely-textured in its documentary of trauma and recovery, so committed to the c...