Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

""Joe Pete"" is a poignant and evocative novel that explores the life of an Ojibwe boy growing up on Sugar Island...  Read More >>

""The Iron Man & the Tin Woman"" is a masterful collection of humorous sketches and satirical essays by the celebrated...  Read More >>

""If I Were King"" is a swashbuckling historical novel that reimagines the life of the legendary French poet and...  Read More >>

""The Four Men a Farrago"" is a lyrical and meditative blend of travelogue, fiction, and philosophy that celebrates...  Read More >>

""Young This Little World"" is a poignant exploration of social transformation within a traditional English village...  Read More >>

""Introduction to Sally"" is a sparkling social satire and comedic exploration of the burdens and blessings of extraordinary...  Read More >>

Presents a tale of an old man reminiscing about his youth and unfulfilled love. This book contains Viola Tricolor...  Read More >>

Written by an English novelist and travel writer, who lived for years on the island of Capri and in Italy and other...  Read More >>

A Novel - A simple tale of an unsuitable marriage alliance between Irene and Sir John Dunfern which causes the downfall...  Read More >>

""Ironical Tales"" is a sophisticated collection of short stories that showcases Laurence Housman's mastery of wit,...  Read More >>

""The Immortal Marriage"" is a compelling historical novel that breathes life into the Golden Age of Athens through...  Read More >>

""Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie"" is a quintessential Elizabethan pastoral romance written by Thomas Lodge....  Read More >>

""Ire?ne?e"" est une Å""uvre de Henri Bosco, un roman où la poésie se mÃale à une exploration profonde de la conscience...  Read More >>

""In Zanzibar"" is a lively adventure novel by Ralph Delahaye Paine that follows the exploits of three American...  Read More >>

The Intrusion of Jimmy by P. G. Wodehouse  Read More >>

""Imperial Palace"" is a sprawling and meticulously detailed novel that serves as a definitive exploration of the...  Read More >>

The writer served as a private in the Irish Guards and was wounded at Passchendaele.  Read More >>

Riceyman Steps explores the life of Henry Earlforward, a thrifty bookseller in post-WWI London, whose miserly ways...  Read More >>

Long before myths became legend and drew breath, there was only family-bound by love, faith, and tragedy. When a...  Read More >>

""La Beauté sur la terre"" est un chef-d'Å""uvre de la littérature romande signé par C. F. Ramuz. Ce roman explore...  Read More >>

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's ""Dubliners""...  Read More >>

""Buddenbrooks; Verfall einer Familie"" ist ein monumentales Werk der deutschen Literatur, das den allmählichen...  Read More >>

Discover Mann's Nobel Prizewinning semi-autobiographical and sweeping family epic. The Buddenbrook clan is everything...  Read More >>

""The Fortunate Mistress"", often referred to by the name of its protagonist, Roxana, is a powerful and candid exploration...  Read More >>

""If I Were You"" is a compelling work of early 20th-century fiction by Lucile Sawyer that explores the complexities...  Read More >>