Contemporary Fiction

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When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut - 9781782276142
$24.99
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamin Labatut
'A monstrous and brilliant book' - Philip Pullman When We Cease to Understand the World...
When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman - 9780755379309
$22.99
When God was a Rabbit
Sarah Winman
Spanning four decades, from 1968 onwards, this is the story of a fabulous but flawed...
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - 9781784751357
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Voyager
Diana Gabaldon
THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER...
Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg - 9781911547310
$22.99
Voices in the Evening
Natalia Ginzburg
In a hushed, Italian town after the Second World War Elsa lives with her parents...
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon - 9780749391416
$24.99
Vineland
Thomas Pynchon
'Exhilarating and wretchedly funny. The most important and mysterious writer of his generation' - Time...
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre - 9780571215164
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Vernon God Little
DBC Pierre
News of the tragedy serves as open invitation to the media and soon the quirky...
Valley Of The Dolls by Jacqueline Susann - 9780349008325
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Valley Of The Dolls
Jacqueline Susann
Before Jackie Collins, Candace Bushnell and Lena Dunham, Jacqueline Susann held the world rapt with...
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell - 9781444799477
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Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell
'ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY' Independent The Number...
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman - 9781405930239
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Us Against You
Fredrik Backman
Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? The follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown...
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy - 9781526623331
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Trespasses
Louise Kennedy
**NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES - STREAMING ON CHANNEL 4** THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The...
Transit by Rachel Cusk - 9780571346745
$24.99
Transit
Rachel Cusk
In the wake of family collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to...
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh - 9780099465898
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Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
The seminal novel that changed the face of British fiction - repackaged for a new...
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara - 9781529077476
$49.99
To Paradise
Hanya Yanagihara
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND SELECTED AS ONE OF THE OPRAH DAILY'S BEST...
Tin Man by Sarah Winman - 9780755390977
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Tin Man
Sarah Winman
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD The beautiful and heartbreaking new novel from Sarah...
Tiepolo Blue by James Cahill - 9781529369380
$32.99
Tiepolo Blue
James Cahill
A BBC "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK Ben turns and grins ironically. 'When you stopped just...
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante - 9781787702684
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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante
Set in the late 1960s and the 1970s, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay...
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel - 9781472241610
$22.99
This Is How It Always Is
Laurie Frankel
'A very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it...
This Is Happiness by Niall Williams - 9781526609359
$22.99
This Is Happiness
Niall Williams
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST NOVEL IN THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 WALTER...
This Day : Volume 2 by Blanka Lipinska - 9781761101090
$22.99
This Day : Volume 2
Blanka Lipinska
The steamy and intoxicating story of Laura and Massimo continues in this unputdownable sequel to...
This All Come Back Now by Mykaela Saunders - 9780702265662
$32.99
This All Come Back Now
Mykaela Saunders
A world-first collection of blackfella speculative fiction from well-known and emerging First Nations writers. The...
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score - 9781399713740
$22.99
Things We Never Got Over
Lucy Score
Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee:...
The Year of Living Dangerously by Christopher Koch - 9780732296483
$24.99
The Year of Living Dangerously
Christopher Koch
Jakarta, 1965. Waiting for explosions, the city smells of frangipani, kretek cigarettes, and fear. It...
The World According To Garp by John Irving - 9781474614405
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The World According To Garp
John Irving
A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. 'A wonderful novel, full of...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Vintage Classics Japanese Series) by Haruki Murakami - 9781784875411
$24.99
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)
Haruki Murakami
Murakami's most acclaimed novel in a highly covetable gift edition Enter the surreal and enchanting...
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - 9781848878082
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The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family...
The Vegetarian by Han Kang - 9781846276033
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The Vegetarian
Han Kang
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions...
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - 9780708898406
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD...
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera - 9780571135394
$24.99
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
In this novel - a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities - Milan Kundera addresses...