Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

Agnes Owen's sharp wit, humour and lean prose is beautifully displayed in this tragi-comedy. Betty's husband Adam...  Read More >>

Gentlemen of the West isAgnesOwens' first novel. It is the acutely observed series of episodes in the life of the...  Read More >>

Peggy is turning a dark girlhood romance into a novel and is trying to get her fellow inmate at the mental hospital,...  Read More >>

'Like Birds in the Wilderness', a portrait of brickie Mac. He's a straightforward guy with a talent for laying bricks...  Read More >>

Caught in a terrorist explosion on the London Underground Helen can't go back to her own life. In a bid to preserve...  Read More >>

From the mind of Alex Howard, author of much-loved adventure The Ghost Cat: meet your new feline friend, The Ship's...  Read More >>

A new annotated edition of 'the funniest book in the world' (Evelyn Waugh). It features Weedon Grossmith's hilarious...  Read More >>

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron return in the brilliant new...  Read More >>

Let MILLION COPY bestselling author Judy Leigh whisk you off to the French sunshine for a BRAND NEW story of friendship...  Read More >>

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Aghast at American cinema's descent into boundary-pushing violence, famed Hollywood director J. Edgar Schnatz decides...  Read More >>

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""Wildlife biologist Alex Carter jumps at the chance to work with hawksbill turtles in Hawaii, only to face an unthinkable...  Read More >>

The cast of a smash TV show arrives at a quilter’s retreat for week of camaraderie and creativity that takes some...  Read More >>

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The afterlife is broken-and it's running on bad code. When IT technician Miles Finch dies, he expects peace. Instead,...  Read More >>

A haunting dark urban fantasy set in historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story...  Read More >>

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The debut novel from the multi-award-winning food writer. 'Irresistibly funny, sexy and charming'...  Read More >>

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Islands of Abandonment, comes a new book about our relationship to the...  Read More >>

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The killer debut novel of 2026. 'Worryingly relatable' SOPHIE DUKER 'Juicy, dark,...  Read More >>