Contemporary Fiction

The Girl from Lace Island is a romantic and moving story that spans generations and oceans, from author Joanna Rees.Some bonds will never break . ....

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'A gut-wrenching tale of mother love . . . contains enough blind alleys and red herrings to keep even the most astute r...

Not many writers introduce a phrase let alone a whole idea into the language. In Catch-22, Joseph Heller invented a motif for the modern world. T...

From Whitbread Novel Award-winning and Booker Prize-shortlisted author Justin Cartwright comes an intimate exploration of one mans relationship wit...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the ...

Growing up in London in the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth is an observant and thoughtful child who finds herself in a confusing and myste...

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'A GOOD READ' 'A novel that made such a deep impression on me at sixteen that I can still conjure the atmosphere in my fift...

When O-lan, a servant girl, marries the peasant Wang Lung, she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family's survival. Reward at fir...

Rebecca Wilding, an archaeology professor, traces the past for a living. But suddenly, truth and certainty are turning against her. Rebecca is accu...

'Poignant' Liane Moriarty 'A great storyteller' Adriana Trigiani Lisa St Clair knows a thing or two about weathering storms. A dedicated nurse with...

**Don't miss Penny Parkes's brand-new novel Home  available for pre-order now** WINNER OF THE RNA's ROMANTIC COMEDY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017! A wonde...

'BLISTERING' THE TIMES * 'EXTRAORDINARY' FINANCIAL TIMES  SOON TO BE A MJAOR MOTION PICTURE A gut-wrenching love story set in the underbelly of N...

Escape to the South of France in this compelling and atmospheric story of secrets and heartbreak'Lovely, mouth-watering, page-turning. Packed with ...

Rivalry, unruly desire and ugly secrets poison a family holiday in this gripping novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Free Love and La...

The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and ...

NOW AN APPLE TV SERIES'Extraordinary...dazzling... a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York' Observer Midnight, New Year's Eve, 1...

FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014Mathinna, an Aboriginal girl from Van Diemens Land, is adopted by nineteenth-century explorer, Sir John...

FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014After a one-night stand with an attractive stranger, pole-dancer Gina Davies finds herself prime suspec...

Blending history, mythology and a timeless love story, this is a satirical, magical masterpiece. In the near future, after a storm strikes New York...

FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014Trapped within a waterfall on the wild Franklin River, Tasmanian river guide, Aljaz Cosini, lies drowni...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR The most successful novelist on Planet Earth Washington Post She couldnt remember a thing,...

A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER 72 HOURS TO FIND HER Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime fic...

A spine-tingling collection of haunting tales, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Sands of Time features two intrig...

A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. B...