Contemporary Fiction

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The Land of Sweet Forever
$49.99
The Land of Sweet Forever
Harper Lee
From one of America's most beloved authors, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories...
Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn - 9781250357625
$34.99
Yours for the Taking
Gabrielle Korn
A thrilling queer debut novel set several decades in the future and following an unforgettable...
The Persians
$32.99
The Persians
Sanam Mahloudji
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE...
Good Girl by Aria Aber - 9781526679048
$32.99
Good Girl
Aria Aber
**Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025** **A Time Book of the Year 2025**...
Too Soon by Betty Shamieh - 9781668094495
$32.99
Too Soon
Betty Shamieh
For readers of Pachinko and Queenie, a funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut that explores...
The South by Tash Aw - 9780008637613
$32.99
The South
Tash Aw
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025'Spellbinding' THE TIMES'An exquisite, languorous novel' OBSERVER'Heartstoppingly vivid' OISIN MCKENNA...
Diana In Love by Jen Besser - 9780008478216
$32.99
Diana In Love
Jen Besser
The second novel in the Dirty Diana trilogy - a story of desire within marriage...
We Love You, Bunny
$34.99
We Love You, Bunny
Mona Awad
Frankenstein meets Heathers in this dazzling, hilarious, and deliciously dark follow-up to the viral sensation...
The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker - 9781786585035
$32.99
The Strange Case of Jane O.
Karen Thompson Walker
'Brilliant and unforgettable' Karen Russell 'A tantalising and satisfying mystery' Claire Fuller 'Mind-bending and soul-altering'...
The Fisherman's Gift by Julia Kelly - 9781787304918
$34.99
The Fisherman's Gift
Julia Kelly
The entrancing and heart-breaking story of a lost boy, a tragic love affair and a...
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda - 9781786584649
$24.99
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop
Kenji Ueda
For lovers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, a...
Funny Story by Emily Henry - 9780241998175
$24.99
Funny Story
Emily Henry
Set over one sizzling summer, FUNNY STORY is a shimmering, joyful new novel about the...
Flesh by David Szalay - 9780224099790
$34.99
Flesh
David Szalay
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 - A propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who...
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Haruki Murakami - 9781784878917
$45.00
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland
Haruki Murakami
New to our Vintage Classics Murakami Collector's Library - a newly translated, unabridged edition of...
Colony by Annika Norlin - 9781761381294
$32.99
Colony
Annika Norlin
A mega bestseller in Sweden - and winner of its two biggest literary awards -...
The Best American Short Stories 2024 by Lauren Groff - 9780063275959
$36.99
The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff
A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff,...
The Accidental Malay by Karina Robles Bahrin - 9781035032372
$22.99
The Accidental Malay
Karina Robles Bahrin
Winner of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 'Slick, sharp . . . a joy to...
Liars by Sarah Manguso - 9781529062762
$39.99
Liars
Sarah Manguso
A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage...
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown - 9781784745578
$34.99
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh
Colwill Brown
A searing debut novel written entirely in South Yorkshire dialect about three working-class girls whose...
Valley Of The Dolls by Jacqueline Susann - 9780349019673
$22.99
Valley Of The Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
Giving a party was not as simple as going to one. You could always leave...
The Tortoise And The Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins - 9780349019642
$22.99
The Tortoise And The Hare
Elizabeth Jenkins
The re-dipping of dishes was a small matter, but the emotional texture of married life...
The Street by Ann Petry - 9780349019635
$22.99
The Street
Ann Petry
From the time she was born, she had been hemmed into an ever-narrowing space, until...
Love Unedited by Caro Llewellyn - 9781761561740
$34.99
Love Unedited
Caro Llewellyn
It was the impossibility of him that kept her coming back. Edna gave up everything...
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis - 9781399623933
$32.99
Fundamentally
Nussaibah Younis
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 'A NEW NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR'...
Eat Your Heart Out by Victoria Brownlee - 9781923135604
$24.99
Eat Your Heart Out
Victoria Brownlee
Chloe Bridgers, Australian food blogger in Paris, has landed an interview to write the tell-all...
We Love
Corregidora by Gayl Jones - 9780349019574
$22.99
Corregidora
Gayl Jones
No novel about any Black woman could ever be the same after this' TONI MORRISON...
A Far Cry From Kensington by Muriel Spark - 9780349019581
$22.99
A Far Cry From Kensington
Muriel Spark
I can't help it. Sometimes the words just come out and I can't stop them....
You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue - 9781529920659
$24.99
You Dreamed of Empires
Alvaro Enrigue
From the visionary author of Sudden Death, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story set in...