Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

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The Weekend: Pre-order the BRAND NEW unmissable thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE HOLIDAY and THE MOTHER

The Weekend: Pre-order the BRAND NEW unmissable thriller...

Author: T.M. Logan
ISBN: 9781804185223
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Six friends. Five secrets. One holiday to die for . . .  Read More >>

Saoirse: A BBC Radio2 Bookclub Pick

Saoirse: A BBC Radio2 Bookclub Pick

Author: Charleen Hurtubise
ISBN: 9781804441961
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Exploring the fine line between dishonesty and reinvention, Saoirse is an evocative and compelling story of a woman...  Read More >>

Twist: The Irish Times top 5 bestseller from the winner of the National Book Award

Twist: The Irish Times top 5 bestseller from the winner...

Author: Colum McCann
ISBN: 9781526656964
Format: Paperback
$22.99

A darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction – from the New York Times-bestselling, National...  Read More >>

Flashlight

Flashlight

Author: Susan Choi
ISBN: 9781529932515
Format: Paperback
$24.99

""A thrilling, globe-spanning novel on memory, identity, and what it means to be in a family (and to lose one),...  Read More >>

Witch Trial: Can you figure out who is lying? Don't miss the most shocking thriller of 2026, from the Sunday Times, million-copy bestselling author

Witch Trial: Can you figure out who is lying? Don't...

Author: Harriet Tyce
ISBN: 9781035411924
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The page-turning extraordinary new novel from Harriet Tyce, the bestselling author of Blood Orange  Read More >>

The Italian Lakes Affair: A BRAND NEW escapist sun-drenched romantic read for 2026

The Italian Lakes Affair: A BRAND NEW escapist sun-drenched...

Author: Rachel Barnett
ISBN: 9781806562268
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Escape to the sparkling shores of Lake Garda in this BRAND-NEW wish-you-were-here romance, where luxury and desire...  Read More >>

The Italian Lakes Affair: A BRAND NEW escapist sun-drenched romantic read for 2026

The Italian Lakes Affair: A BRAND NEW escapist sun-drenched...

Author: Rachel Barnett
ISBN: 9781806562275
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Escape to the sparkling shores of Lake Garda in this BRAND-NEW wish-you-were-here romance, where luxury and desire...  Read More >>

Dancer: From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin

Dancer: From the New York Times-bestselling, National...

Author: Colum McCann
ISBN: 9781037204265
Format: Paperback
$25.85

‘Whether describing the Russian steppe or New York's bathhouses, McCann's versatility is breathtaking’ Elena Seymenliyska,...  Read More >>

Songdogs: From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin

Songdogs: From the New York Times-bestselling, National...

Author: Colum McCann
ISBN: 9781037204258
Format: Paperback
$25.85

‘McCann writes equally well about Ireland, America and Mexico, and he links past and present in a finely woven narrative:...  Read More >>

This Side of Brightness: From the New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin

This Side of Brightness: From the New York Times-bestselling,...

Author: Colum McCann
ISBN: 9781037204289
Format: Paperback
$22.99

By the author of Let the Great World Spin, this critically acclaimed novel delves deep into the underbelly of New...  Read More >>

The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge: Discover the captivating new novel from the million-copy bestseller Rachel Hore

The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge: Discover the captivating...

Author: Rachel Hore
ISBN: 9781398518049
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Set in the beautiful environs of the Norfolk Broads in 2010, and in London in the '40s and ‘50s, when life for career-driven...  Read More >>

These Mortal Bodies: a gripping and atmospheric dark academia novel about toxic female friendships and obssession

These Mortal Bodies: a gripping and atmospheric dark...

Author: Elspeth Wilson
ISBN: 9781398535138
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Dark academia about a working class student's transformative first year at a prestigious university, surrounded...  Read More >>

Awake in the Floating City: 'An astonishing work of art...This is the kind of book that changes you, that leaves you seeing more vividly, and living more fully, in its wake' Rachel Khong

Awake in the Floating City: 'An astonishing work of...

Author: Susanna Kwan
ISBN: 9781398543393
Format: Paperback
$24.99

For fans of Station Eleven or Birnam Wood a literary novel with a dystopian world as its setting and at its heart...  Read More >>

Bertram Cope's Year (Herald Classics)

Bertram Cope's Year (Herald Classics)

Author: Bryan Washington ,  Henry Fuller, Blake
ISBN: 9781454962397
Format: Paperback
$47.49

A young college professor becomes the source of gossip among a group of eccentric townspeople in this entertaining...  Read More >>

After God, Vol. 8

After God, Vol. 8

Author: Sumi Eno
ISBN: 9781974761623
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Thirty years after the gods reduced Tokyo to rubble, survivors set out to answer a seemingly impossible question—how...  Read More >>

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Author: Saara El-Arifi
ISBN: 9780008697211
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A magical, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'Lush...  Read More >>

The Night Hag

The Night Hag

Author: Hester Musson
ISBN: 9780008565657
Format: Hardback
$42.99

The thrilling new historical mystery from the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Beholders  Read More >>

How to Kill a Crime Writer

How to Kill a Crime Writer

Author: Sarah Lotz
ISBN: 9780008464059
Format: Hardback
$42.99

She wrote for a living. But who wanted her dead?  Read More >>

Bad Fiction

Bad Fiction

Author: Rebecca Sarah Ley
ISBN: 9780008713058
Format: Hardback
$42.99

A stylish, seductive new novel from Rebecca Sarah Ley, winner of a Betty Trask Prize and the Guardian's Not the...  Read More >>

Common Ground

Common Ground

Author: Elissa Soave
ISBN: 9780008673369
Format: Hardback
$39.99

'The perfect antidote to dark nights and our current news cycle' Scotsman  Read More >>

Suckerfish

Suckerfish

Author: Ashani Lewis ,  Priscilla Layne
ISBN: 9780349703367
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A novel centred on a complicated, thoughtfully observed mother-daughter relationship for fans of Burnt Sugar, Hot...  Read More >>

Symphony of Monsters: A Novel

Symphony of Monsters: A Novel

Author: Marc Levy ,  Tina Kover
ISBN: 9780063465008
Format: Hardback
$59.99

""Set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, international bestselling author Marc Levy's new novel is a page-turning...  Read More >>

Nonesuch: 'Ripples with literary magic . . . wonderfully entertaining' The Times

Nonesuch: 'Ripples with literary magic . . . wonderfully...

Author: Francis Spufford (author)
ISBN: 9780571397167
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A spell-binding fantasy novel set in the Blitz, from the author of Golden Hill ... 'THE BOOK OF THE CENTURY' - RICHARD...  Read More >>

The Widows

The Widows

Author: Anna Smith
ISBN: 9781529443233
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The first book in a gripping new gangland thriller series, perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Martina Cole...  Read More >>

The Astral Library

The Astral Library

Author: Kate Quinn
ISBN: 9780008804046
Format: Hardback
$49.99

*Special Collector’s Edition will be available to the first UK print run only! Revealing a beautiful foil on board...  Read More >>

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