Modern & contemporary fiction

Review One of the most outstanding authors to have emerged in recent years--DAILY EXPRESS Torday, as he demonstrated in his debut novel SALMON FI...

Product Description The second Fairacre novel, from the bestselling author of VILLAGE SCHOOL. In her first book VILLAGE SCHOOL, Miss Read drew a ...

A spellbinding work of literary suspense from National Book Award finalist Jennifer Egan.

'Marvellous...richly detailed and extraordinarily poignant' David Robson, Sunday Telegraph Set in Britain during the 1950s, this moving and evocati...

Review Excellent ... a moving, beautifully written tale ― The TimesThe novel held me right to the end. I was constantly interested in Rita and...

Uncle Petros is a family joke. An ageing recluse, he lives alone in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and tending to his garden. If you didn't know...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2010 MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2010 ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE A young man takes three journeys, th...

From the bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (Soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma C...

Hlynur Bjorn is an unemployed 30-something loner, still living with his mum, who spends his days on the Internet, watching satellite TV, and gazing...

'Sensational' - Guardian 'Utterly immersive' - Daily Mail 'There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko's novel beautifully written, ambitious, a...

Nestling on India's southern coast lies the town of Kittur. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner ...

Review 'Moving from offbeat humour to soaring spiritual ecstasy, it has both pathos and punch' Maya Jaggi, Guardian. ― Guardian 'A novella about ...

Review Bewitching . . . a fabular bestseller . . . will make grown men and women cry ― Independent on The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly I was com...

THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018 GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018 BOOKS IN THE MEDIA BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2018 FEATURED ON CRIME TIME BEST O...

The dazzling debut of Siri Hustvedt, author of the international bestseller WHAT I LOVED.

'Like A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD written by Tina Fey' Sam Baker, RED MAGAZINE Shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction A NEW YORK TIMES ...

From Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, The Bean Trees, and other modern classics, Animal Dreams is a passion...

'A story of triumph.' New York Times 'Gives us something rare: a sparkling anti-heroine we find ourselves rooting for.' Washington Post 'Brilliantl...

Review 'Wonderfully evocative' Devon Life ― Devon Life'This should be her breakthrough book...Astute and deeply moving' Bookseller ― Bookselle...

Review '[an] 'ebullient coming-of-age novel ... horribly funny' -- The Times Product Description A wonderfully funny and poignant novel about gr...

A spellbinding historical novel of obsession, the lure of fame, and the power of illusion, perfect for fans of The Binding, Bone China and The Lost...

'Grace and intelligence . . . [her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' BARACK OBAMA 'Radiant and visionary' SARAH PERR...

Celebrated bestselling author Sun-mi Hwang is back with a heartwarming new novel about renewal and friendship. This is the story of a man named K...

Originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett, "Endgame" was given its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in...

'Who're you working for then, Warshawski?' 'My cousin.' 'Boom Boom? He's dead.' 'I know. That's why I'm working for him.' Boom Boom's body was foun...

The new novel from three times Orange Prize longlisted Leila Aboulela Natasha Wilson knows how difficult it is to fit in. Born to a Russian mother ...

About the Author Nikos Kazantzakis was born in 1883 in Herakleion on the island of Crete. During the Cretan revolt of 1897 his family was sent to ...

'I will tell you a story, but it comes with a warning; when you hear it, you will become someone else.' He calls himself Alif, a young man born in...

A delightful Christmas collection of Fairacre tales from the ever-popular Miss Read. The people of Fairacre celebrate Christmas in a traditional s...

There's trouble afoot in Barleybridge. The vets' practice, which normally runs so smoothly, is disrupted by the new locum, Dan, who seems to be ann...

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doo...

Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where sh...

I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known...' Behind the gates of Temple Alice the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Ch...

A superbly tense classic thriller from the bestselling author of ROGUE MALE. What happens when a terrorist decides to pull out? Julian Despard is...

In the internationally bestselling vein of The Paris Wife and Z: a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald this biographical novel is set in the early 1900s when...

THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER. 'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTV Don't look back. That's wh...

'The perfect summer read' Mail on Sunday Maeve Binchy at her very best - the superb novel of one summer, and four people whose lives are irrevocab...

"Harry Goldfarb, heroin addict and son of lonely widow Sara, cares only about enjoying the good life with girlfriend Marion and best friend Tyrone ...

Summer appeared from nowhere that year in Everdene...and for those lucky enough to own one of the beach huts, this was the summer of their dreams. ...

'Poetic... Redemptive... Unflinching' Barry Forshaw, FINANCIAL TIMES 'A moving tale of resilience and hope in the face of the worst of humanity' J...

'Electrifying' Christina Dalcher, Sunday Times Bestselling author of VOX 'A cleverly woven tale' The Times *WINNER OF THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARD...

Survival tips for times of stress: 1. Take deep breaths 2. Count to ten 3. Eat chocolate Lucy thought she had got her happily ever after with the ...

Why would anyone confess to the murder of someone who isn't dead? Ruth Bussey knows what it means to be in the wrong and to be wronged. She once di...

With three of the goddess Durga's quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger's curse...

***** Utterly hysterical - NetGalley Reader ***** Brilliant... Funny, touching and modern... just amazing - NetGalley Reader Thank god for back t...

* WINNER OF THE BBC INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD 2012 * Prepare to discover a fascinating country; a land buffeted for centuries by power-strugg...