Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

Haunted by her sister's death, a woman seeks a fresh start in Western North Carolina, caring for two children on...  Read More >>

""The narrative follows a mother on the run from her past, a young soccer star facing a trial, a successful surgeon...  Read More >>

For fans of The Wedding People, Margo's Got Money Troubles and Fredrik Backman, a darkly funny and life-affirming...  Read More >>

This is a Life story, though all can relate. ""Death Wish"" chronicles the repetitious narratives of a dead past...  Read More >>

They said life after fifty was about slowing down, retirement, retreat, and resignation. But what if fifty is not...  Read More >>

""Cunningham offers the Friday Night Lights of high school wrestling, a convincing picture of the athletes grappling...  Read More >>

The female leads in these stories have disparate lives but share a singular trait: their sex dictates the expectations...  Read More >>

- Tu sais, Lou ? Mais Lou, songeur et triste, ne sait rien et n'écoute pas son ami, Hamid. Pour le moment, il s'amuse...  Read More >>

Narrés sur les rives d'un de ces majestueux cours d'eau qui, en Afrique, envoûtent les visiteurs, Les Contes du...  Read More >>

Il faut du temps pour s'apercevoir que le don est plus souvent un prêt en attente d'un retour, d'une reconnaissance,...  Read More >>

Sixteen tales of the uncanny. Take a look at what you don't yet know. See all of that in the everyday and beyond...  Read More >>

Au printemps 1989, les livres d'une bibliothèque sont trouvés abandonnés sur le trottoir d'une résidence de banlieue....  Read More >>

Every morning before Boulder wakes up, fifteen-year-old Octavio ""Tavio"" Reinholt clips into his secondhand Specialized...  Read More >>

La vie de Setto, fils de la pluie, se confond avec l'histoire intime de sa jeune nation, faite d'élans de construction...  Read More >>

Henry Locke survived the crash. He's starting to wish he hadn't. December 1937. Montréal. When Henry wakes in...  Read More >>

Sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen is back, as the latest attraction in Gore-on-Sea turns deadly . . .  Read More >>

A young woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her immigrant childhood and confronts a haunting guilt,...  Read More >>

Spanning three cities, two women and one hundred years, this is a sweeping story of a patient and everlasting love...  Read More >>

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The sixth book in the unstoppable, multi-million bestselling Japanese series; four guests with four poignant stories...  Read More >>

‘An intimate story of self-discovery… Beautiful’ Orhan Pamuk ‘For readers who loved Call Me By Your Name, this...  Read More >>

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An earth-shattering drama of resistance and female power, Uprising gives voice to the silenced through the story...  Read More >>