Contemporary Fiction

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City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi - 9780063574700
$34.99
City of Widows
Nadia Hashimi
From bestselling novelist Nadia Hashimi-a gripping, occasionally terrifying, yet ultimately hopeful novel focusing on the...
Cheesecake by Mark Kurlansky - 9781639735723
$44.99
Cheesecake
Mark Kurlansky
From New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel following one Manhattan block...
Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli - 9780008804817
$32.99
Beginning Middle End
Valeria Luiselli
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2026 'Mind-expanding and heart-expanding; A summer book...
Back in the Day by Oliver Lovrenski - 9781405968157
$24.99
Back in the Day
Oliver Lovrenski
Taut, lyrical and utterly gripping - a headrush of a debut novel about four boys...
Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life by Jonas Jonasson - 9780008818517
$34.99
Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life
Jonas Jonasson
Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden....
A Real Animal by Emeline Atwood - 9781761381744
$32.99
A Real Animal
Emeline Atwood
An epic, transformative novel following a young woman as she navigates a series of romantic...
A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi - 9780571387540
$24.99
A New New Me
Helen Oyeyemi
The new novel from a literary star - brilliant and deeply relatable. 'Brilliantly fun.' OBSERVER...
I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder - 9780571387458
$32.99
I Want You to Be Happy
Jem Calder
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2026 'Prepare to see this everywhere.' Elle 'I was...
The Weight of Angels
$34.99
The Weight of Angels
John Boyne
A gloriously reimagined life of Oscar Wilde from the bestselling author of The Heart's Invisible...
Hollow Bones
$34.99
Hollow Bones
Jodi Picoult
A story about the risks we take to protect the ones we love What happens...
Stations by Louise Kennedy - 9781526664334
$32.99
Stations
Louise Kennedy
**FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF TRESPASSES ** A BOOK OF THE AUTUMN IN THE TIMES,...
Life of M by Rachel Cusk - 9780571399819
$32.99
Life of M
Rachel Cusk
A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing...
Ply
$34.99
Ply
Hernan Diaz
Centuries from now, an orphan adrift in an American city grows up to become a...
Switzy
$34.99
Switzy
Emma Cline
The finest book yet from the bestselling author of The Girls and The Guest: an...
The Vivisectors
$32.99
The Vivisectors
Missouri Williams
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026 'A novel to marvel at' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH 'Astonishing' MICHAEL...
The Disappearers
$34.99
The Disappearers
Marlon James
Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of his Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of...
Yellow Pine by Claire Vaye Watkins - 9781529449730
$34.99
Yellow Pine
Claire Vaye Watkins
'The most captivating voice to come out of the West since Annie Proulx' Vogue 'Inimitable,...
Wasteland Girls by Anna Bailey - 9781529962048
$34.99
Wasteland Girls
Anna Bailey
Soulful, award-winning short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author, for fans of Chris Whitaker...
The Witch of Exmoor by Margaret Drabble - 9781837264889
$24.99
The Witch of Exmoor
Margaret Drabble
Frieda Palmer - an eccentric, brilliant and infuriating woman with a maddening disregard for convention...
The Realms of Gold by Margaret Drabble - 9781837264827
$24.99
The Realms of Gold
Margaret Drabble
What do we owe to the past? What do we owe ourselves? Frances Wingate has...
The Cafe with No Name by Robert Seethaler - 9781837261024
$24.99
The Cafe with No Name
Robert Seethaler
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'How I loved this book . . . Seethaler is...
The Alphabet of Light and Dark by Danielle Wood - 9781741140651
$29.99
The Alphabet of Light and Dark
Danielle Wood
WINNER, Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2002 WINNER, Dobbie Award LONGLISTED, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award And as...
Tangled Webs by Callie Coles - 9780241812358
$34.99
Tangled Webs
Callie Coles
An enchanting romance about courage, healing and hope - perfect for readers looking for the...
Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih - 9780141187204
$24.95
Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih
Introduction by author Tayeb Salih 'SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH-An Arabian Nights in reverse,...
Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu - 9781837266432
$24.99
Lonely Crowds
Stephanie Wambugu
Ruth's life changes the day she stands in line with her mother to buy a...
I'll Take the Fire by Leila Slimani - 9780571395354
$34.99
I'll Take the Fire
Leila Slimani
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Personal life, social life, everyday life spring vividly from the...
Devotions by Lucy Caldwell - 9780571398256
$34.99
Devotions
Lucy Caldwell
'Exhilarating, devastating, comforting, essential' CLAIRE KILROY 'These are stories which sing off the page' JAN...
All Flesh by Ananda Devi - 9781805680123
$29.99
All Flesh
Ananda Devi
A child is born with an insatiable hunger. As a ravenous infant she is the...