Contemporary Fiction

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The Midnight Train by Matt Haig - 9781837262823
$34.99
The Midnight Train
Matt Haig
When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change...
Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie - 9781526680020
$22.99
Broken Verses
Kamila Shamsie
_______________ 'A richly woven novel ... The voice that guides us around this world darts...
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie - 9781526680044
$22.99
Best of Friends
Kamila Shamsie
'A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces' MADELINE MILLER ** SHORTLISTED FOR...
The Emergency by George Packer - 9781761777318
$34.99
The Emergency
George Packer
A gripping fable of imperial collapse that illuminates the crises of our times. An empire...
Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun - 9781529437423
$24.99
Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat
Kim Jiyun
*THE HEARTWARMING KOREAN BESTSELLER* *A new book from Shanna Tan, translator of Welcome to the...
Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor - 9781787336438
$34.99
Minor Black Figures
Brandon Taylor
Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this...
Heart the Lover by Lily King - 9781837265787
$32.99
Heart the Lover
Lily King
'You knew I'd write a book about you someday' Our narrator understands good love stories...
Bog Queen by Anna North - 9781399629959
$32.99
Bog Queen
Anna North
In 2018, a young forensic scientist, homesick and adrift in the North of England, is...
Sinners by Elizabeth Fremantle - 9780241705179
$34.99
Sinners
Elizabeth Fremantle
An electrifying tale of rage and resistance that gives voice to the tragic and remarkable...
Glyph
$39.99
Glyph
Ali Smith
It sounds like Gliff? Well, it's something else altogether. Ghosts don't exist. They don't. End...
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett - 9781804271933
$26.99
Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
Claire-Louise Bennett
The things that hold life in place have been lifted off and put away. Uprooted...
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer - 9781784879976
$24.99
The Wall
Marlen Haushofer
This cult classic is the ultimate work of sustained dread - the story of a...
The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai - 9781781256244
$24.99
The Melancholy of Resistance
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events...
Satantango by Laszlo Krasznahorkai - 9781788166355
$24.99
Satantango
Laszlo Krasznahorkai
In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has...
Picking Daisies on Sundays by Liana Cincotti - 9781398728561
$24.99
Picking Daisies on Sundays
Liana Cincotti
Daniella Daisy Maria had always longed for love... until she fell for her childhood best...
Send Flowers by Emily Buchanan - 9780857308931
$24.99
Send Flowers
Emily Buchanan
Fiona, better known as eco-influencer @FoliageFifi, hasn't left her flat since her boyfriend, Ed, died....
Venetian Vespers by John  Banville - 9780571386642
$34.99
Venetian Vespers
John Banville
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW 'A marvellous and rewarding novelist . . . He...
Time of the Child
$22.99
Time of the Child
Niall Williams
**Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award** **Shortlisted for the HWA...
Soul Searching by Lyla Sage - 9781529444155
$24.99
Soul Searching
Lyla Sage
Love Lyla Sage? Return to the haunted town of Sweetwater Peak with her brand-new small-town...
Playground by Richard Powers - 9781804950821
$24.99
Playground
Richard Powers
The latest novel from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED...
People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young - 9781835011478
$22.99
People Watching
Hannah Bonam-Young
Introducing Prue and Milo in the brand new heart-warming and spicy strangers-to-lovers romcom, and the...
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach - 9781399635479
$24.99
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance
Alison Espach
'Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same sentence' Claire Lombardo Sally Holt has always been...
The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore - 9780008728090
$24.99
The Gingerbread Bakery
Laurie Gilmore
The highly anticipated new Dream Harbor romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author...
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell - 9781035430055
$24.99
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Maggie O'Farrell
The intense and breathtakingly accomplished novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE...
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck - 9781800754829
$24.99
The History of Sound
Ben Shattuck
Now a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor'Triumphant' The Times 'Stellar' Daily Mail...
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Culpability by Bruce Holsinger - 9781787706057
$34.99
Culpability
Bruce Holsinger
When the Cassidy-Shaws' autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, killing an elderly couple, seventeen-year-old...
The Rest Of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits - 9780571402403
$34.99
The Rest Of Our Lives
Benjamin Markovits
'Moving, smart and, in the end, life-affirming, it's a wonderful novel about family, hope and...
Sing to Me by CURIC JELENA - 9781923044500
$34.99
Sing to Me
CURIC JELENA
This is a story of confronting reality, how to forgive, and be forgiven, reclaiming life...