Modern & Contemporary Fiction

'Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out.' Rainbow Rowell 'A collection of stories delectable,...

'Compelling . . . this is a fable for the times ahead that feels essential' Irish Times 'Stunning, insightful, deeply humane prose . . . Fisher in...

You've never seen romance do this before. So brutally honest and breathtakingly perverse you'll want to throw this book at the wall, but you'll als...

'? ? ? ? ? An absolute joy to read. A book for anyone who is in love, has loved or been loved' '? ? ? ? ? Oh my gosh... It was so romantic and fun...

Review Campbell writes beautiful sentences with breath-taking imagery -- Mia Letvin ― Irish Times She appears to digest the world in layers, rece...

WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD 'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful' Mail on Sunday...

Review Cowardly, avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: there aren't enough shady adjectives in the dictionary to describe t...

'Warm and uplifting storytelling: a delightful treat' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures 'If you're not in the Yuletide mood yet, you will ...

A remarkable, sweeping novel about collective trauma, memory and love set in the aftermath of the recent Japanese earthquake. 'A searching, humane...

Review From her first book onward, A. M. Holmes has been challenging us to look at fiction, the world, and one another as we haven't done-because ...

A Cambridge PhD student called Reem has gone missing in Egypt. Those close to her fear that her investigation into her family''s history in the Gul...

'This is a wonderfully original and compelling novel that puts you in mind of John le Carr�'s The Night Manager... it's a thoughtful and sensitive ...

The much-anticipated follow-up to the Radio 2 Book Club-favourite The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman Twenty-two-year-old Tania has moved to Mont...

'Captivating' Heather Morris 'Beautiful' Andrew Miller 'Hugely poignant' Independent 'Moving' Sunday Times Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME PRIZE 2019. 'I loved Matthew Sperling's sly, subversive novel, a wickedly funny tale of how to come out on top in a fa...

DEREK OWUSU NAMED GRANTA'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2023 SHO...

How do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone's novel is drivel? Would you give a screaming baby brandy? In what words wo...

Once, Theodora was little more than a slave, the daughter of a bear-keeper, running barefoot through the streets of Constantinople. Now she is Theo...

Brings together all the novellas and short stories including two sories not previously published in English.

Review Extraordinary... The Incorrigible Optimists Club feels as if you are witnessing the birth of a true, great novelist ― Lire A debut, a door...

Review Marcel Theroux has given us a riveting and poignant story from the hidden world of North Korea. Deeply researched and powerfully imagined, ...

A New York Times bestseller, Black Buck is a crackling, satirical debut novel about a young man given a shot at stardom as the lone Black salesman ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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

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...

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 ...

'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 ...

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...