Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

A beguiling, perspective-shifting story of obsession and loss set in the grimy, late-colonial decadence of Macau...  Read More >>

In The Half-Life of Guilt, Lynn Stegner tells the story of Clair Bugato and Mason Comstock. Together they journey...  Read More >>

A wonderful new work from the author of The Flying Cutterbucks that tells a story of childhood friendships, an adult...  Read More >>

A mixed-up, worn out warehouse worker in bizarre Old Town finds himself on an absurd path when forming a band with...  Read More >>

From Award-winning author John Baltisberger Join Dödz Bringare as he is plunged into a war not his own. Conscripted...  Read More >>

Deep in the void of space, the last remnant of humanity lives aboard the Joie de Vivre-a vast starship where torture...  Read More >>

Three people are confronted with a challenge to their innermost selves when a discovery pushes the boundaries of...  Read More >>

WE DAT A Novel by Dee P. R. Kay In the decaying heart of pandemic New Orleans, a haunted ""art dealer"" named...  Read More >>

A quiet meditation on sorrow and the fragile effort to remain oneself in its wake, OF SEA AND STREAM strips context...  Read More >>

Some spirits haunt. Others pour another glass. Locked in a cellar beneath the family estate, Alestria Fawnwell...  Read More >>

Bonnie Tanner is far from home, buried beneath a Welsh mountain, finally feeling alive. In the chaos of the United...  Read More >>

Damon Devereaux's life is in shambles. After leaving his emotionally abusive six-year marriage, Damon relocates...  Read More >>

On a crisp May morning, 220 miles east of the Chesapeake Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, crew members of an oil tanker...  Read More >>

The Tale of the Ancient Mariner: A Descent into Madness by Edward Freeman When the sea calls, it never lets go....  Read More >>

Fallen contender Tony Reyes rebuilds under his estranged father's plan to face a ruthless champion and a private...  Read More >>

Piquant is a collection of short stories and other treasures. Piquant or Pikant in Dutch accurately describes...  Read More >>

A razor-sharp satire about romance, reinvention, and the perilous act of growing up - at any age.  Read More >>

Before the first star ignited, before time drew its first breath, consciousness had already begun to dream. In...  Read More >>

Amidst an ongoing series of mysterious earthquakes wreaking havoc on the Tokyo megalopolis, a female detective and...  Read More >>

The only thing worse than the lie that tore them apart is the truth. Cursed with soft eyes and steep curves, Jenny...  Read More >>

Brown Voodoo Messiah is Ran Walker's love letter to D'Angelo--the sound, the silence, and the spirit that lingers...  Read More >>

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An irresistible and unputdownable thriller set in Paris by the No. 1 internationally-bestselling author  Read More >>

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This rural gothic novel finds a family maimed by the unspeakable actions of a troubled, enigmatic son, raising questions...  Read More >>