Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

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Run For Your Life

Run For Your Life

Author: Jackie Kabler
ISBN: 9780008544614
Format: Paperback
$22.99

What if the most dangerous thing you did this weekend was go for a run?  Read More >>

The White Desert

The White Desert

Author: Luis López Carrasco ,  Rosalind Harvey
ISBN: 9781803511771
Format: Paperback
$32.99

With life on earth fading to a whisper, Carlos and Aitana are faced with a decision, monumental and world-altering,...  Read More >>

Sugartown: Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2025

Sugartown: Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards...

Author: Caragh Maxwell
ISBN: 9781836431015
Format: Paperback
$22.99

When her life in London goes up in flames, Saoirse returns to her small Irish hometown. Waiting for her there are...  Read More >>

Dooneen

Dooneen

Author: Keith Ridgway
ISBN: 9781804272459
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A layered, allusive and wildly original new novel from Keith Ridgway, 'one of Ireland's best writers, in a country...  Read More >>

Sublimation

Sublimation

Author: Isabel J. Kim
ISBN: 9781035065530
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From a stunning new voice in speculative fiction, Sublimation is a dazzlingly original debut from Isabel J. Kim....  Read More >>

Death and Déjà Vu

Death and Déjà Vu

Author: Ian Moore
ISBN: 9781788425964
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Richard Ainsworth moved to rural France for a quiet life, so being voted mayor of Saint-Sauveur comes as a terrible...  Read More >>

Two Sisters

Two Sisters

Author: Laura Dockrill
ISBN: 9780008587055
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A warm, laugh-out-loud funny, poignant novel about sisterhood and finding your place in the world from the author...  Read More >>

Rottenheart: The unmissable new sapphic gothic horror novel from the author of Hungerstone - a queer, gender-swapped reimagining of Hamlet

Rottenheart: The unmissable new sapphic gothic horror...

Author: Kat Dunn
ISBN: 9781786583963
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From the author of Hungerstone, an unmissable gothic, sapphic, gender-swapped reimagining of Hamlet  Read More >>

Sail Away Land

Sail Away Land

Author: Ben Pester
ISBN: 9781803514291
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A collection of dizzying stories that feel both undeniably real and disarmingly uncanny, from the acclaimed author...  Read More >>

Good For You: A relatable, funny rage romance from the bestselling author of Book Boyfriend!

Good For You: A relatable, funny rage romance from the...

Author: Lucy Vine
ISBN: 9781398532052
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A funny and heartwarming rage romance perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Monica Heisey and Nobody Wants This. ...  Read More >>

Hard Place: 'An impeccable rendering of modern queer life' Rebecca K Reilly

Hard Place: 'An impeccable rendering of modern queer...

Author: Gab Torr
ISBN: 9781398557109
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A sharp, contemporary debut about survival and selling out, for fans of Oisín McKenna and Torrey Peters  Read More >>

The Forest Called You

The Forest Called You

Author: Amil ,  Joheun Lee
ISBN: 9781787305434
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Klara and the Sun meets Mean Girls in this queer coming-of-age K-pop love story between an idol and her fan Worship...  Read More >>

The Girls

The Girls

Author: John Bowen
ISBN: 9781529970982
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A wry, macabre tale of simple living, brutal murder, and a reasonably...  Read More >>

Engagement

Engagement

Author: Gun-Britt Sundström ,  Kathy Saranpa
ISBN: 9780241688137
Format: Paperback
$28.99

A feminist cult classic about love, independence and what it means to be an individual 'I want to have him, I really...  Read More >>

Men in Love

Men in Love

Author: Irvine Welsh
ISBN: 9781529959598
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Choose life. Choose love? Feel the heat of rave and romance in the Sunday Times bestselling sequel to Trainspotting...  Read More >>

Island Calling

Island Calling

Author: Francesca Segal
ISBN: 9781529918816
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A moving, blissfully escapist story of mothers and daughters, love and tortoises and finding home in the most unexpected...  Read More >>

The Silver Book

The Silver Book

Author: Olivia Laing
ISBN: 9781405982290
Format: Paperback
$24.99

""Art, power, desire, and illusion collide in a hypnotic new novel from Olivia Laing, set in the months leading...  Read More >>

All Grown Up

All Grown Up

Author: Daisy Buchanan
ISBN: 9781529963069
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A brilliantly heartfelt and funny novel of family life in all its chaos and glory, inspired by Little Women. By...  Read More >>

The Last Encore: A gripping, claustrophobic Australian thriller with a killer twist

The Last Encore: A gripping, claustrophobic Australian...

Author: Rebecca Heath
ISBN: 9781035914319
Format: Paperback
$22.99

A sweltering, claustrophobic Australian thriller where a former band reunite for a one-night-only show on a private...  Read More >>

Notes on Infinity

Notes on Infinity

Author: Austin Taylor
ISBN: 9781405972468
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Normal People meets The Dropout in this epic, romantic campus novel of two young Harvard students with a shared...  Read More >>

Hula (Nomad Edition): A Novel

Hula (Nomad Edition): A Novel

Author: Jasmin Iolani Hakes
ISBN: 9780063509450
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE • Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner • HONOLULU...  Read More >>

Salty (Nomad Edition): A Novel

Salty (Nomad Edition): A Novel

Author: Kate Myers
ISBN: 9780063509498
Format: Paperback
$26.99

“A spirited romp on the Caribbean seas, Salty is an upstairs-downstairs tale with Kate Myers' signature colorful...  Read More >>

Drayton and Mackenzie: 'An ode to the enduring power of male friendship' The Times Best Book of the Year

Drayton and Mackenzie: 'An ode to the enduring power...

Author: Alexander Starritt
ISBN: 9781800755284
Format: Paperback
$24.99

'A warmly comic saga of male friendship ... This tale of two entrepreneurs dips into the perspectives of real-life...  Read More >>

The Clockmaker’s Cottage

The Clockmaker’s Cottage

Author: Christie Barlow
ISBN: 9780008708115
Format: Paperback
$24.99

'Warm, emotional, cosy and ridiculously easy to lose yourself in, this was exactly the escape I needed 💛'...  Read More >>

The Tiny Magic Bookshop

The Tiny Magic Bookshop

Author: August Bloom
ISBN: 9780008808815
Format: Paperback
$22.99

'This book is magical, enchanting, and intriguing. Exactly the kind of escape booklovers adore' Amanda James, author...  Read More >>

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