Contemporary Fiction

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The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher - 9780340752463
$24.99
The Shell Seekers
Rosamunde Pilcher
Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life: a Bohemian...
The Vegetarian by Han Kang (Y) - 9781803510057
$24.99
The Vegetarian
Han Kang (Y)
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 'A strange, painfully tender exploration of the brutality of...
Max by Avi Duckor-Jones - 9781922930415
$34.99
Max
Avi Duckor-Jones
I want to let her know that choosing something is the entire problem. How do...
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Tie-in) by Heather Morris - 9781760688776
$9.50
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Tie-in)
Heather Morris
LOVED BY OVER 13 MILLION READERS ACROSS THE WORLD The first book in Heather Morris's...
Red Sky in Morning by Paul Lynch - 9781780879192
$24.99
Red Sky in Morning
Paul Lynch
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED PROPHET SONG. 'Paul Lynch is peerless' Donal...
The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin - 9781035030859
$22.99
The Story of the Night
Colm Toibin
Richard Garay lives alone with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from those...
The South by Colm Toibin - 9781035029518
$22.99
The South
Colm Toibin
A classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art...
The Heather Blazing by Colm Toibin - 9781035029877
$22.99
The Heather Blazing
Colm Toibin
Colm Toibin's The Heather Blazing details the life of Eamon Redmond, a judge in Ireland's...
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin - 9781761269844
$22.99
Brooklyn
Colm Toibin
'Toibin's most beautifully executed novel to date' The Times Literary Supplement Young Eilis Lacey dreams...
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - 9781529920567
$24.99
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Welcome to a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate...
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld - 9781804991916
$24.99
Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld's most popular novel yet, her breakout new Sunday Times bestseller and reader favourite,...
Exodus by Leon Uris - 9780553258479
$17.99
Exodus
Leon Uris
Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical...
The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar - 9780062846181
$29.99
The Secrets Between Us
Thrity Umrigar
"A powerful, urgent novel that wields issues of gender and class like a blade. ....
Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott - 9781786090188
$24.98
Swan Song
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
A dazzling debut about Truman Capote, the literary icon of his age, and the beautiful,...
Self-Portraits by Osamu Dazai - 9780811232265
$26.95
Self-Portraits
Osamu Dazai
"Art dies the moment it acquires authority." So said Japan's quintessential rebel writer Osamu Dazai,...
Earth
$29.99
Earth
John Boyne
From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose...
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I Hope This Finds You Well
$34.99
I Hope This Finds You Well
Natalie Sue
*AS RECOMMENDED BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID "FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A GOOD LAUGH" ON TIME'S...
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson - 9780099598275
$24.99
Written on the Body
Jeanette Winterson
The best of Jeanette Winterson's remarkable, radical and genre-expanding novels, reissued in a bold new...
Where the Crawdads Sing - Collector's Edition by Delia Owens - 9781472158666
$32.99
Where the Crawdads Sing - Collector's Edition
Delia Owens
'Painfully beautiful' The New York Times Book Review 'Heart-wrenching... a compelling love story' Entertainment Weekly...
The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis - 9780099593683
$24.99
The Zone of Interest
Martin Amis
A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday THE NOVEL...
Behind The Net by Stephanie Archer - 9781398724259
$24.99
Behind The Net
Stephanie Archer
He's the hot, grumpy goalie I had a crush on in high school... and now...
Amma by Saraid de Silva - 9781869715403
$34.99
Amma
Saraid de Silva
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 Longlisted for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand...
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All the Beautiful Things You Love
$34.99
All the Beautiful Things You Love
Jonathon Seidler
Elly and Enzo love each other. Elly and Enzo are breaking up. Now, everything must...
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult - 9781761471001
$34.99
By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult
'Jodi Picoult is that rare, one-in-a-million writer whose books both squeeze your heart and expand...
Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - 9781035046256
$19.99
Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, the mysterious...
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami - 9781787304475
$49.99
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami
The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling...
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Tales Of The City by Armistead Maupin - 9781804994252
$24.99
Tales Of The City
Armistead Maupin
The first volume in Armistead Maupin's widely acclaimed and much-loved Tales of the City series....
Hospital
$26.95
Hospital
Sanya Rushdi
**Shortlisted, Miles Franklin Literary Award 2024** In Melbourne a one-time research student with interests in...