Contemporary Fiction

Four friends leave behind a dark secret on a paradise island in the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling novel from Tasmina Perry. It was supposed to b...

Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award and a Sunday Times bestseller 2010, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE by Maggie O'Farrell is a gorgeously written ...

Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secon...

Welcome to Desperation.Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last pl...

Polly Atkins is getting married.And her older sister Bella couldn't be more excited. Not only will Polly be home after five years in New York, but ...

Discover this surprising gem - the sharp, funny and irresistible debut novel from the bestselling author of Exit West and The Reluctant Fundamental...

Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy' Candis Dear Reader, I'm not much of a letter writer. As the sheriff here, I'm used to writin...

You meet everyone in the rooms...English literary agent Patrick Miller came to New York dreaming of joining the big league, only to find himself se...

Can you forgive the past?It's 1963 and a young German reporter has been assigned the suicide of a holocaust survivor. The news story seems straighf...

New York fashion designer Jamie Nova has chosen the glitz of Las Vegas as the setting for celebrating her impending divorce. Joined by her two best...

Amy Scott-Simon, a young New York heiress, is engaged to marry Max Diamond, an older powerful real estate tycoon. At her bachelorette party, she ru...

**The chilling thriller from an international bestselling phenomenon.**'A triumph of plot, construction and research' THE TIMES____________Plan Aur...

You have a funny way of doing things here. The voice is that of Vid Cosic, a Serbian immigrant whose immediate friendship with a young Du...

A love story with missing persons. Love, money, marriage and pseudocide on the north-east coast of England. Childhood sweethear...

**Soon to be a major TV series directed by Brian Kirk****The 50th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by Lee Child**'As gripping now as it ...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of RODHAM, AMERICAN WIFE, YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT and HELP YOURSELF'A rigorous and wily stylist. She pac...

What would you do if you suddenly and unexpectedly inherited £17million? This is what happens to Andy Larkham, recently jilted lover, and resentful...

Written in hypnotic prose, Don DeLillo''s Point Omega is both a metaphysical meditation and a deeply unsettling mystery, from which one thing emerg...

Number one best-seller Jane Green - author of The Beach House and Spellbound - explores changes in relationships when a family member is struck wi...

A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection'Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. In my father's eyes th...

'My name is Eva, which means life, according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy house, and grew up am...

Brilliant brothers Langley and Homer Collyer are born into bourgeois New York comfort, their home a mansion on upper Fifth Avenue, their future ros...

If you like The Artist youll love Daisy Waughs Last Dance with Valentino. One night. One dance. One love to last a lifetime. 19...

A massive undercover operation turns personal for DI Faraday when his son is involved.Portsmouth's major drug dealer's time is up. For years Bazza ...

Nicci Morrison was always the first of her friends to do everything But she wasn't meant to be the first to die. Saying goodbye...

A warm, witty and wise debut about the ups and downs of life as a TV presenter Christie Lynchs life is about to change for ever. ...

Times are hard in the village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. So it's lucky that free-spirited Cat Gallagher knows a thing or two about break...

''Delightful'' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Can she find it in her heart to let go before it''s too late? As her daughter grows up, Ave Maria can''t help but...

'Trigiani is a wonderful storyteller... Readers will enjoy Big Cherry Holler immensely' USA TODAYHow do you move forward if youve already lost your...

*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 very 21st Century blockbuster, this has all the classic elements - nailbiting narrative, absorbing relationships, glamorous locations - with an ...

Sally is watching the news with her husband when she hears a name she ought not to recognise: Mark Bretherick. Last year, a business trip Sally had...

A saga of flight and pursuit, this novel chronicles the adventures of Alu, a young weaver who is wrongly suspected of being a terrorist. Chased fro...

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for FictionWinner of the McKitterick Prize 2011Runner up, Mind Book of the Year 2011 Shortlisted for the Commonwea...

A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman.A couple give up their seats on a bus for lovers soon to be parted.A husband enter...

Remember the rules. Rule one is easy. Never ask for money.Since she was a child, Della Gilmore has been taught how to con people. Today she's attem...

Shelley Fitzgibbon has it all - three beautiful children, a charismatic, successful husband and the life of her dreams. Then her husband Charlie d...

'It is impossible to exaggerate the power of this short, unbearably poignant novel.' Mail on Sunday'A bold and elegant novel' Helen Dunmore, Guardi...

'Laugh-out-loud funny . . . Unputdownable' - HeatA tongue-in-cheek comedy, perfect if you're missing the buzz of the 2018 royal wedding!Thirty-nine...

In this extraordinary novel, Amitav Ghosh navigates through time and genres to present a unique tale. Beginning at an unspecified time in the futur...

Taking its title from the strangely frozen picture by the surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of Arrival tells the story of a young I...

A Way in the World is a vastly innovative novel exploring colonial inheritance through a series of narratives that span continents, swing back and ...

In V. S. Naipaul's Magic Seeds we follow Willie Chandran, a man who has allowed one identity after another to be thrust upon him. In his early fort...

In Half a Life we are introduced to the compelling figure of Willie Chandran. Springing from the unhappy union of a low-caste mother and a father c...

Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure ...

Discover the original and best adventure story ever told. ...

Truly original, CENSORING AN IRANIAN LOVE STORY is an incredibly imaginative yet always charming love story set in contemporary Iran that crackles ...