Modern & Contemporary Fiction

"Lars Mytting writes with an insight, empathy and integrity few others can match" JO NESBO The Reindeer Hunters is the second in a thrilling histo...

'It's a cliche to compare novelists to Jane Austen, but in the case of Jane Gardam it happens to be true. Her diamond-like prose, her understanding...

Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. Her engagement party is a chance for her and David to finally celebrate their good news. But with obstacle...

At one level an escapist fantasy, at another a parable about the liberation of the spirit, this delicious confection will work its magic on all.' '...

WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH BBC RADIO 4'S OPEN BOOK One family's skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery ...

An international bestseller and contemporary classic: a 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a...

Written in 1966, 'Tarantula' is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique...

In the vein of Maggie O’Farrell and John Boyne, Tracey Lange’s critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller We Are the Brennans explores the stay...

THE HOTTEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2023 "Frank, sexy, and so tender. Little's pen shines" Bolu Babalola, author of Love in Colour "A beautifully rendere...

Review PRAISE FOR SHOULD I TELL YOU?: 'What a gorgeous book! Jill has a great gift for characterisation - nuanced, interesting, believable people...

WINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016 'A rich, touching, hilarious novel' Financial Times...

‘Masterful, magnificent. A passionate story of survival. This story will stay with me for a long time’�Heather Morris, bestselling author of The Ta...

In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that...

'Long before Liane Moriarty was spinning her Big Little Lies, Shreve was spicing up domestic doings..She still is, as effectively as ever, this tim...

A story of a dysfunctional but deeply loveable family reunited, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE already feels like a contemporary classic. It was shor...

Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life - and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly wi...

All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century af...

Review 'Roseanne McNulty is almost a century old and has been imprisoned in a mental institution in the west of Ireland for many decades. But with...

Product Description Eimear McBride's debut tells, with astonishing insight and in brutal detail, the story of a young woman's relationship with he...

Review 'THE LONG SONG is is told with irresistible cunning; it is captivating, mischievious and optimistic, generating new stories and plot lines ...

'A tour de force' IRISH TIMES 'Riveting and moving' NINA STIBBE 'Gripping' THE TIMES 'It had me by the throat' EMMA DONOGHUE LONDON, 1940. As e...

Winner of the 2023 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction 'A breathtaking tale of love and war' Telegraph 'Moore's voice is co...

"Frank, sexy, and so tender. Little's pen shines" Bolu Babalola, author of Love in Colour "A beautifully rendered story about love's possibilities...

WINNER OF THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD 'Terrifically exciting . . . It's a beautiful, electrifying thing to witness - a writer so hilariousl...

*A GUARDIAN BEST TRANSLATED NOVEL OF 2023* *A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2023 FINALIST* *A WORDS WITHOUT BORDERS BEST TRANSLATED BOOK OF...

A bewitching novel by Brenda Lozano, one of the most prominent voices of the new generation of Latin American writers. 'You can't really know anot...

Spring 1832: Donegal, north west Ireland. Coll Coyle wakes to a blood dawn and a day he does not want to face. The young father stands to lose ever...

'Every detail is sharply placed ... a scorching sense of humor and a soft spot for humanity down here on Earth' The New York Times 'Fleishman Is I...

'Original, tender, thoughtful and true' Reese Witherspoon 'Part tender coming of age story, part electrifying tale of political awakening, part he...

The uplifting romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Sunny Days and Sea Breezes Sometimes love is closer to home than you think . . ....

'"Hello," says the wallpaper.' Spanning one torrential paragraph, Ten Storey Love Song follows Bobby the Artist's rise to stardom and decline into...

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 100 MILLION C...

A vintage roller-coaster ride from 'the hottest thriller writer in the US' [Time] Father Terry Dunn thought he'd seen everything on the mean stree...

THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER! 'A burst of warmth and wit, twists and turns' MARIAN KEYES on Other Women 'Warm, believable women with real, me...

'Barnett's well-crafted backlist is big on emotional acuity and this novel is no different, forging from Christina's grief an insistence that we th...

Review 'A glorious shout of a novel, a sensual, saturated blend of romance, magical realism and erotic comedy . . . Bravura pieces of whimsy blend...

'Joyous, moving, uplifting and fabulous' MILLY JOHNSON 'Poignant and big-hearted' HOLLY MILLER 'Uplifting and full of hope and love. An utter del...

'A wild, darkly comic nightmare set on the borderlines of creativity, imagination and madness.' Guardian 'Thompson's prose, contaminated by Bacon'...

Marian Forrester brings delight to her husband, an elderly railroad pioneer; to the small town of Sweet Water where they live; and to Niel Herbert,...

Review Diary of a Film is an achingly intimate novel--tender and wise like Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet through the lens of Luca Guadagnino. Go...