Contemporary Fiction

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Lovers XXX by Allie Rowbottom - 9780349019949
$34.99
Lovers XXX
Allie Rowbottom
'Devastating and alluring' Monica Heisey, author of Really Good, Actually 'Impossible to put down' Madeline...
Intelligence by Robert Newman - 9781805226611
$36.99
Intelligence
Robert Newman
'Joyful, sad, smart and surprising' NICK HORNBY, bestselling author of High Fidelity and About a...
Awake Awake by Fiona Mozley - 9781399826976
$34.99
Awake Awake
Fiona Mozley
'An incredible achievement, a story of friendship, memory, loss, and moral duty unlike any I've...
Skin Contact by Elisa Faison - 9781399748605
$34.99
Skin Contact
Elisa Faison
'Sexy and self-assured, Skin Contact is irresistible' Ada Calhoun, author of Crush Unmoored by her...
Mrs. Dickens by Emily Howes - 9781399610841
$34.99
Mrs. Dickens
Emily Howes
SELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB 'Mrs Dickens has my whole heart ....
Lack by Cecilia Knapp - 9780008827892
$32.99
Lack
Cecilia Knapp
'Cecilia Knapp beautifully captures the experience of contemporary womanhood in this lyrical and insightful novel....
Father Material by Alexis Hall - 9781728264295
$27.99
Father Material
Alexis Hall
First came love. Then came marriage. Now comes the biggest challenge Luc and Oliver will...
The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits - 9780571388554
$24.99
The Rest of Our Lives
Benjamin Markovits
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 'Feels less like reading a novel and more like...
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree by Keigo Higashino - 9780349147864
$32.99
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree
Keigo Higashino
Imagine an ancient tree by a famous shrine, so powerful that visitors come from far...
The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth by Adrian Duncan - 9781806490271
$24.99
The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth
Adrian Duncan
AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025'An original voice' Colm TA(3)ibA n'Duncan brings a...
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong - 9781529945850
$24.99
The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong
The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a vibrant and heartbreaking story of unexpected friendship and how...
Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker - 9781761381362
$35.00
Returns and Exchanges
Kayla Rae Whitaker
Following her 'dazzling' (The Guardian) debut, The Animators, Kayla Rae Whitaker tells the sweeping story...
Mare by Emily Haworth-Booth - 9781803512808
$36.99
Mare
Emily Haworth-Booth
'For a long time I had not been that person. For a long time horses...
I Remember Everything by Fiona Wilkes - 9781760996413
$34.99
I Remember Everything
Fiona Wilkes
Shortlisted for the 2024 Hungerford Award, this moving account of a young queer woman living...
Hexes of the Deadwood Forest by Agnieszka Szpila - 9781804443972
$34.99
Hexes of the Deadwood Forest
Agnieszka Szpila
You're holding a torpedo of a book in your hand. Take a seat and get...
Hello, Limerence by Momo Yamaguchi - 9780571396849
$32.99
Hello, Limerence
Momo Yamaguchi
For anyone who has ever had a crush, welcome to your new personal obsession. Mika...
Good Girl by Aria Aber - 9781526679109
$22.99
Good Girl
Aria Aber
**Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025** **Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award** **A...
Few and Far Between by Jan Carson - 9781529936766
$34.99
Few and Far Between
Jan Carson
For fans of Mariana Enriquez and Julia Armfield, a literary alternative history about a community...
Crescendo by Jane Healey - 9781787305588
$34.99
Crescendo
Jane Healey
A taut, sultry novel about rivalry, obsession and how far we are willing to go...
All Grown Up by Daisy Buchanan - 9781529963069
$34.99
All Grown Up
Daisy Buchanan
A brilliantly heartfelt and funny novel of family life in all its chaos and glory,...
Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum - 9781399829182
$34.99
Alan Opts Out
Courtney Maum
'The eat-the-rich farce we need, from one of our funniest writers' Lit Hub 'Sly, propulsive...
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland - 9781803511627
$24.99
A Room Above a Shop
Anthony Shapland
When two quiet men form a tentative connection neither knows where it might lead. M...
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans - 9780751539363
$24.99
The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans
The phenomenal number one bestseller, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide since...
We the Animals by Justin Torres - 9781803512440
$24.99
We the Animals
Justin Torres
Three brothers tear their way through childhood - smashing tomatoes all over each other, building...
Omensetter's Luck by William H. Gass - 9780141180106
$32.99
Omensetter's Luck
William H. Gass
"The most important work of fiction by an American in this literary generation." -The New...
Feast by Catherine Kurtz - 9781408749807
$34.99
Feast
Catherine Kurtz
'A lush and sensory novel . . .This is a story that lingers' - Emma...
As If by Isabel Waidner - 9780241779187
$35.00
As If
Isabel Waidner
Trailblazing author Isabel Waidner returns with an existential cat-and-mouse story of grief, loss, ambition, and...
Tyrant by Conn Iggulden - 9781405953122
$24.99
Tyrant
Conn Iggulden
The latest gripping instalment in the bestselling Nero trilogy follows empress Agrippina's ceaseless pursuit of...