Modern & Literary Fiction Books

For fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost no...

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly ori...

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THIS MOURNABLE BODY, ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020 'UNFORGETTABLE' Alice Walker 'THIS IS THE BOOK...

** Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2020 **Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for FictionShortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE'Intoxicating.' New York Magazine'Oyeyemi is a master.' New York Times'Welcome back to the magical, maddening m...

** Pre-order Shy, the new novel from Max Porter, now **From the author of Grief Is the Thing with FeathersThe Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerLongli...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'A classic, but with contemporary urgency thumping through it.'Claire-Louise Bennett, author of PondA woman inv...

OLD GOD'S TIME (MARCH 2023), SEBASTIAN BARRY'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL, AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWWinner of the 2016 Costa Book of the YearWinner of the...

'Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney's best novel.' THE TIMES *The Sunday Times and Global number one bestseller**Winner of Novel of the Year...

**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD: THE NEW BARBARA KINGSOLVER NOVEL****DEMON COPPERHEAD IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER**An inte...

My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost...The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is dreamy teenager Karim, desperat...

Old God's Time (March 2023), Sebastian Barry's stunning new novel, available to pre-order nowFrom the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days...

An electrifying story of passion, connection and transformation from 'a writer of show-stopping genius' (Guardian). 'Dark and brilliant.' SARAH M...

Welcome to an immersive journey into suspense and psychological intrigue with Platform Seven by acclaimed British author Louise Doughty. Renowned f...

I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, ...

The inspiration for THE UNDOING -- a major new HBO TV series in 2020, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, from the producer of Big Little Lies....

* A Financial Times and Evening Standard Book of the Year ** LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL...

Rediscover one of the twentieth century's greatest romances in Lawrence Durrell's seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt that is 's...

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE WHITBREAD (NOW COSTA) BOOK OF THE YEAR...

I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, ...

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*Kazuo Ishiguro's highly acclaimed debut, first published in 1982, tells the story of...

*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. ...

'A classic.' Guardian'A masterpiece.' The New YorkerFrom the Orange Prize winning author of Home and Gilead. Housekeeping is the story of Ruth an...

'Best book of the century' Richard Osman'Just wonderful' Jan Morris 'Dazzlingly written' Sunday Times 'Every bit as superb as everyone says' Sarah ...

'It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but did not believe there would ever be a future. I wanted to liv...

First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognised as a classic, one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern novels. This editio...

Kate Atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year Prize. 'Delivers its jokes and its ...

As in all hospitals, the medical hierarchy of The House of God was a pyramid - a lot at the bottom and one at the top.Put another way it was like a...

'Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner' Guardian 'Brilliant and hugely ambitious' New ...

'Impossible to put down' TIMES'Life-affirming delight. A comic pleasure' WOMAN AND HOME'Profoundly moving' RICHARD MADELEYOVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOL...

______________THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER BY AWARD WINNER KATE ATKINSON'An unapologetic novel of ideas which is also wise, funny and paced lik...

'This addictive novel is the SLIDING DOORS of American politics. Gripping' STYLIST 'Startlingly good. One of my favourite writers.' KATE ATKINSON_...

*** As heard on BBC Radio Four's Book Club with James Naughtie***'Honest, wonderful and smart as hell' Guardian'Curtis Sittenfeld is in a league of...

'A beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage facts . . . a fiction that faces the terrible truth about slavery' The TimesWINNER ...

'A small wonder of a book . . . A particular historical moment, one that cannot be told too often' GuardianWhat happens when innocence is confronte...

The fourth Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription. 'Crime has give...

The third Jackson Brodie novel, winner of Richard & Judy's Best Read: literary crime from the number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Tra...

The first Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription. 'An astonishing...

***As dramatised on BBC Radio Four***SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA RICHARD AND JUDY PICK'Writ...

Structure is Character. Characters are what they do. Story events impact the characters and the characters impact events. Actions and reactions cre...

Discover the nightmarish tale of a house that is bigger on the inside than the outside that still inspires devotion among an army of fans... Experi...

'MESMERIC, TERRIFYING AND WONDERFUL' M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by bloo...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half. The Mothers is a dazzling debut about young love, a big secret in a small communi...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020'A magnificent novel, full of wit, warmth and tenderness' Andrew McMillan'Smart, serious and entertai...

'An ambitious, immersive novel from the author of In Her Shoes' Red Magazine 'Engrossing' Sunday Mirror'If you have time for only one book this sum...

'This book is the perfect dose of sweet, hilarious joy. It's masterful comedy plus tenderness, unique voice plus rich characters. Nicholas! Swoon! ...

From the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series comes the latest adventures of Bertie and his family and friends. The winds of change are blowi...

THE THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT OF THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIESWhen Isabel Dalhousie and her husband Jamie book a table at an expensive Edinbu...