Contemporary Fiction

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Endling by Maria Reva - 9780349012728
$32.99
Endling
Maria Reva
* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE...
Caught Up by Navessa Allen - 9781529442427
$22.99
Caught Up
Navessa Allen
*** GAME ON, the final book from the MULTI-MILLION BESTESELLING INTO DARKNESS series is OUT...
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami - 9781787305205
$59.99
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami
The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling...
Running the Light by Sam Tallent - 9781399634953
$34.99
Running the Light
Sam Tallent
'A thrilling, nauseating and painfully real depiction of what happens as youth, talent and charisma...
Hello, Stranger by Katherine Center - 9781398717442
$22.99
Hello, Stranger
Katherine Center
Struggling artist Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming... Literally! One minute she's celebrating placing...
Assembly by Natasha Brown - 9780241992661
$24.99
Assembly
Natasha Brown
Blistering and unignorable, the hottest literary debut of 2021 - a fearlessly truthful examination of...
Skios by Michael Frayn - 9780571281459
$24.99
Skios
Michael Frayn
On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to...
Rise and Shine by Kimberley Allsopp - 9781460761199
$34.99
Rise and Shine
Kimberley Allsopp
Charming, talky, wryly funny, poignant and original - Rise and Shine is a love story,...
Fake It 'Til You Break It by Meagan Brandy - 9781398719460
$24.99
Fake It 'Til You Break It
Meagan Brandy
Fake. That's what we are. That's what we agreed to be. So why does it...
Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan - 9780571381371
$24.99
Caledonian Road
Andrew O'Hagan
'Extraordinary.' MARINA HYDE 'Pitch-perfect.' OBSERVER 'An utter joy to read.' MONICA ALI 'Majestic.' INDEPENDENT 'A...
When Sleeping Women Wake
$32.99
When Sleeping Women Wake
Emma Pei Yin
WINNER OF THE 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ACT...
The Whale's Last Song by Joanne Fedler - 9781460768389
$24.99
The Whale's Last Song
Joanne Fedler
Once upon a time, a young girl ventured into a dark forest, looking for a...
Gender Theory by Madeline Docherty - 9781399812207
$22.99
Gender Theory
Madeline Docherty
'Beautifully captures the pain of growing into yourself, and the intensity of all-consuming female friendship'...
Vianne by Joanne Harris - 9781398710887
$32.99
Vianne
Joanne Harris
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOANNE HARRIS SENSATIONALLY RETURNS TO THE WORLD...
The Ladie Upstairs by Jessie Elland - 9781399817776
$34.99
The Ladie Upstairs
Jessie Elland
'A fever dream of a novel. Fuelled by sapphic femgore, it's sick and sultry, and...
The Cardinal by Alison Weir - 9781035416202
$32.99
The Cardinal
Alison Weir
'Alison Weir has this astonishing ability to make history come alive and jump right off...
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner - 9781472273079
$24.99
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
'Is this book as good [as Fleishman]? It's better' THE NEW YORK TIMES 'The best...
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers - 9781804951729
$24.99
Galatea 2.2
Richard Powers
A brand new edition of the thrilling novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The...
Heap Earth Upon It
$32.99
Heap Earth Upon It
Chloe Michelle Howarth
January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings - Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy - arrive in...
The Original
$35.00
The Original
Nell Stevens
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize 2026 A Finalist in the Nota Bene Prize...
Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst - 9781787335646
$34.99
Waist Deep
Linea Maja Ernst
A modern midsummer night's dream about friends, lovers and friends' lovers; about sex, hope and...
Cooking in the Wrong Century by Teresa Praauer - 9781805331773
$34.99
Cooking in the Wrong Century
Teresa Praauer
For the hostess, food has always been about growing up. From the pancakes your grandmother...
Heart Lamp: selected stories
$29.99
Heart Lamp: selected stories
Banu Mushtaq
WINNER OF THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu...
Sunstruck by William Rayfet Hunter - 9781529919790
$34.99
Sunstruck
William Rayfet Hunter
The unmissable debut from the 2022 #Merky New Writers' Prize winner ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES...
The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple - 9781454961123
$29.99
The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
Joe Siple
The international bestselling novel about Murray McBride, a lonely 100-year-old man who's outlived just about...
Change by Edouard Louis - 9781529931587
$24.99
Change
Edouard Louis
The major new novel from the once-in-a-generation author of The End of Eddy The major...
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 9781408801185
$9.50
Let the Great World Spin
Colum McCann
It's New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly...
Second Hand
The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri - 9781399753609
$36.99
The Sisters
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE...