Must Read Contemporary Fiction

Picked by our excellent booksellers, these are our must read titles! Every single one is promised to keep you turning pages until the very end.

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Speedboat by Renata Adler - 9781474615860
$22.99
Speedboat
Renata Adler
Jen Fain is a journalist negotiating the fraught landscape of 1970s New York. Party guests,...
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman - 9781529111798
$29.99
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman
The Handmaid's Tale meets The Road in this haunting, heartbreaking tale of female resilience in...
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Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali - 9780241422267
$24.99
Madonna in a Fur Coat
Sabahattin Ali
The international bestselling tale of love and loss in 1920s Berlin, now a Penguin Classics...
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk - 9781925773088
$32.99
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk
'Darkly humorous, deadly serious, and with a quirky cast of characters that will stay with...
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The Bell Jar
$24.99
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
'This terse account of an American girl's breakdown and treatment gains its considerable power from...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt - 9780140167771
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The Secret History
Donna Tartt
The dark academia bestseller that defined an age Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic,...
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Normal People by Sally Rooney - 9780571334650
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Normal People
Sally Rooney
'THE LITERARY PHENOMENON OF THE DECADE' - Guardian NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES WHICH WILL...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - 9781529115543
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Stylish and open-hearted, this is a very different kind of love story, elevated and energised...
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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante - 9781787702226
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My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant...
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson - 9781784879044
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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
'Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My...
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen - 9781804270202
$22.99
The Netanyahus
Joshua Cohen
Corbin College, not-quite-upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian-but not an historian...
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh - 9781784877477
$24.99
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from...
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo - 9780241984994
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Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
Teeming with energy, humour and heart, a love song to black Britain told by twelve...
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - 9780099558781
$24.99
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility - a transporting novel...
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara - 9781529077216
$22.99
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2015 Shortlisted for the...
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch - 9780861545896
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Prophet Song
Paul Lynch
'Paul Lynch is peerless' Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers An Irish Times 'Book to...
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Perfume by Patrick Suskind - 9780241420294
$26.99
Perfume
Patrick Suskind
The acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, reissued with a new PMC jacket Survivor, genius, perfumer,...
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin - 9780141186351
$26.99
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American...
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 9780007356348
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Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
**DREAM COUNT, the searing new bestselling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is out now!** WINNER...
Family and Borghesia by Natalia Ginzburg - 9781914198847
$24.99
Family and Borghesia
Natalia Ginzburg
Architect Carmine and translator Ivana were once lovers. Their child died and their relationship ended...
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James - 9781399709071
$32.99
The Bullet Swallower
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Goodreads, CrimeReads, The Millions, StyleCaster, The EveryGirl, Sunset,...
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Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks - 9781804944172
$24.99
Birdsong
Sebastian Faulks
THE MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLER 'Magnificent - deeply moving' Sunday Times 'Engrossing, moving, and unforgettable' The Times...
The Hummingbird by Sandro Veronesi - 9781474617482
$10.95
The Hummingbird
Sandro Veronesi
'MAGNIFICENT' GUARDIAN 'A TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT' FINANCIAL TIMES 'INVENTIVE, BOLD, UNEXPECTED' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Everything that...
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri - 9781526629975
$19.99
Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri
'If the antidote to a year of solitude and trauma is art, then this novel...
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon - 9781841154930
$22.99
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Michael Chabon
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 9780241968581
$24.99
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The most iconic literary work ever produced by one of the world's most loved writers...
French Exit by Patrick deWitt - 9781526601193
$22.99
French Exit
Patrick deWitt
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING MICHELLE PFEIFFER AND LUCAS HEDGES A tragedy of manners from...
Beloved by Toni Morrison - 9780099760115
$24.99
Beloved
Toni Morrison
Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is one of the finest novelists of our times. Discover...