Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

A dark chapter in recent human history The first part of this novel follows the adventures of three young friends...  Read More >>

The Holidays bring stress, comfort, mystery, and, in the end, ginger-flavored joy. Boxing Day at Wentworth Manor...  Read More >>

Boy meets girl, they become friends, fall in love and then his ex comes back for some sweet agony before a happily...  Read More >>

A stunning tour de force of a novel based on the true story of a fourteen-year-old boy’s harrowing experience fleeing...  Read More >>

""The Hair of the Pigeon, based on a true story, tells the heartbreaking love story of two young Palestinians, Ghassan...  Read More >>

WELCOME TO GREEN RIVER. Five families on an annual camping trip, a mothers' group of fourteen years, children starting...  Read More >>

THE 30TH NOVEL FROM AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER DI MORRISSEY - A STORY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN...  Read More >>

You'd think robots would know better than to mess with time. You'd be wrong. Swell Driver 587-pilot, explorer,...  Read More >>

A socialite living in late-1930s New York City disappears without a trace in Unseasonably Cold, Amy Ephron's elegant,...  Read More >>

When Jefferson and Hamilton land in today's D.C., they must help a backward-walking president stop chaos on the...  Read More >>

In a future governed by algorithms, one analyst's discovery sparks a desperate struggle for truth and liberty.  Read More >>

Recovering from a bad break-up, Abbey travels with her two tiddas to Hawai'i where personal challenges, laughter...  Read More >>

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From acclaimed writer Kathryn Heyman comes a luminously beautiful and personal novel, Circle of Wonders. It is the...  Read More >>

A woman’s brunch with friends quickly turns dark in this wickedly clever and deliciously twisty tale of revenge...  Read More >>

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Domestic noir with a chick-lit twist: a story of laughter, sisterhood, and women daring to do things differently....  Read More >>

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After his sister disappears, sixteen-year-old James Tuck follows the Santa Fe Trail into the Kansas wilderness....  Read More >>

An all-new story about the work-and-eat life of Elma from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid!  Read More >>

Book three in the No.1 New York Times bestselling Into Darkness series, following the dark rom-com sensations Lights...  Read More >>

Perfect for readers of The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, a searing and timely novel of survival, resilience,...  Read More >>

‘a furious take on housing inequality’—The Australian, ‘the big books of 2026’ ‘Wright’s novel is excellent’—The...  Read More >>

Originally published: Australia: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2014.  Read More >>

This powerful, emotional, sliding-doors novel from the bestselling author of The Last Love Note and Pictures of...  Read More >>