Contemporary Fiction

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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - 9780008478674
$22.99
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST'A dazzling epic of love, war and...
Permafrost by Eva Baltasar - 9781911508755
$27.99
Permafrost
Eva Baltasar
Permafrost's no-bullshit lesbian narrator is an uninhibited lover and a wickedly funny observer of modern...
Septology by Jon Fosse - 9781922725363
$44.95
Septology
Jon Fosse
The celebrated Norwegian novelist's magnum opus, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, published in one...
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie - 9781526647696
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Best of Friends
Kamila Shamsie
** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF...
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne - 9780552773805
$24.99
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
The million-copy global bestseller that captured readers across the globe. 'A small wonder of a...
Maybe Now by Colleen Hoover - 9781398521124
$22.99
Maybe Now
Colleen Hoover
The long-awaited finale to the bestselling Maybe Someday series, reuniting all the characters you fell...
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan - 9780099272779
$24.99
Amsterdam
Ian McEwan
Re-jacketed in stylish new series style, Amsterdam won the 1998 Man Booker Prize. ***WINNER OF...
Second Hand
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - 9780571372324
$24.99
A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers
Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious - and adventurous - appetite. From her idyllic...
We Love
Greenland: A Novel by David Santos-Donaldson - 9780063275201
$32.99
Greenland: A Novel
David Santos-Donaldson
Shortlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction A dazzling, debut novel-within-a-novel...
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy - 9780330457446
$19.99
Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy
'One of the greatest American novels of this or any other time' - Guardian GOD....
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst - 9781529077209
$24.99
The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS Winner of the Man Booker Prize, The Line of...
Still Life by Sarah Winman - 9780008529321
$22.99
Still Life
Sarah Winman
WINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN...
Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel - 9781913097660
$34.99
Still Born
Guadalupe Nettel
Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize. Alina and Laura are independent and career-driven women...
Women by Charles Bukowski - 9780753518144
$24.99
Women
Charles Bukowski
The bestselling classic novel repackaged with an introduction by Barry Miles, author of the definitive...
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett - 9781472156518
$22.99
With Teeth
Kristen Arnett
'With Teeth is a wonderfully sticky novel about motherhood, partnership, sex and love. Kristen Arnett...
Winter by Ali Smith - 9780241973332
$24.99
Winter
Ali Smith
Dark yet life-affirming, endlessly inventive and heart-breakingly human - the next novel in the 'Seasonal'...
White Teeth by Zadie Smith - 9780241981399
$24.99
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith's astonishingly accomplished first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time...
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri - 9781526629975
$22.99
Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri
'If the antidote to a year of solitude and trauma is art, then this novel...
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...
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt - 9780340682388
$22.99
What I Loved
Siri Hustvedt
This is the story of two men who first become friends in 1970s New York,...
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon - 9780749391416
$24.99
Vineland
Thomas Pynchon
'Exhilarating and wretchedly funny. The most important and mysterious writer of his generation' - Time...
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman - 9781405930239
$24.99
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
$22.99
Trespasses
Louise Kennedy
**NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES - STREAMING ON CHANNEL 4** THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The...
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh - 9780099465898
$24.99
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
$22.99
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...