Modern & Contemporary
Explore the stories shaping today’s world. Our Modern & Contemporary collection features fresh, thought-provoking fiction from the late 20th century to now — capturing the complexities of modern life, identity, and connection. With bold voices, diverse perspectives, and emotionally resonant narratives, these books reflect the here and now in all its beauty, chaos, and change.
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The Testaments
Vintage Publishing**THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE**In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid''s Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question...
View full detailsPachinko
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * An instant New York Times Bestseller and one of their 10 Best Books of 2017 * * S...
View full detailsNight Sky with Exit Wounds
Vintage PublishingWinner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize‘Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition.’...
View full detailsThose Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Europa Editions (UK) LtdOVER 14M OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDE“Nothing quite like this has ever been published before.”—The Guardian“This is high stakes, subver...
View full detailsSmall Pleasures
Orion Publishing Co***Out now: Clare Chambers''s new novel Shy Creatures*** LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTIONA BBC 2 ''BETWEEN THE COVERS'' BOOK CLUB PI...
View full detailsGone
HarperCollins PublishersThe first book in the bestselling cult YA thriller series GONE that Stephen King calls a ‘driving, torrential narrative’.‘I am now free to leave th...
View full detailsBeach Read
Penguin Books LtdTwo writers. One holiday. A romcom waiting to happen...-------''One of my favourite authors'' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us''A great love story''...
View full detailsA Brief History Of Time
Transworld Publishers LtdWas there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?These are just some of the questions...
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Orion Publishing Co- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thrill...
View full detailsThe Secret History
Penguin Books LtdTHE BESTSELLER THAT DEFINED AN AGE''Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I fel...
View full detailsThe Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set
HarperCollins PublishersImmerse yourself in Middle-earth with Tolkien’s classic masterpiece, telling the complete story of Bilbo Baggins and the Hobbits’ epic encounters w...
View full detailsAn Inspector Calls and Other Plays
Penguin Books Ltd''We don''t live alone ... We are responsible for each other''A policeman interrupts a rich family''s dinner to question them about the suicide of ...
View full detailsOctober, October
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC_______________WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022 WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE SHADOWERS’ CHOICE AWARD 2022_______________''A very special new ...
View full detailsAssassin’s Apprentice
HarperCollins Publishers‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. MartinThe kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown p...
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Simon & Schuster LtdRegarded as a life-changing read by many readers, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a self-help book that embarks to motivate the reader about a univer...
View full detailsThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Simon & Schuster LtdTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM 'Riveting, heart-wrenching and full of Old Hollywood glamour' BuzzFeed'T...
View full detailsLessons in Chemistry
Transworld Publishers LtdTHE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie LarsonA Bo...
View full detailsHow to Stop Time
Canongate BooksIf you loved The Midnight Library, read How to Stop Time next!HOW MANY LIFETIMES DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE?Tom Hazard has a dangerous secre...
View full detailsMy Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
Hodder & StoughtonA heartbreaking and hilarious novel from the internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious PeopleEveryone remembers the smell ...
View full detailsSmall Island (NHB Modern Plays) by Andrea Levy
Nick Hern BooksSmall Island (NHB Modern Plays) by Andrea Levy Synopsis: Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawye...
View full detailsDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Fitzcarraldo EditionsWith Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Man Booker International Prize-winner Olga Tokarczuk returns with a subversive, entertaining noi...
View full detailsThe Story of the Lost Child
Europa Editions (UK) LtdOVER 14M OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDENothing quite like this has ever been published before.”—The Guardian“This is high stakes, subvers...
View full detailsMy Brilliant Friend
Europa Editions (UK) LtdOVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN ENGLISH WORLDWIDEOVER 14 MILLION COPIES OF THE NEAPOLITAN QUARTET SOLD WORLDWIDETHE NEW YORK TIMES'' #1 BEST BOOKS OF...
View full detailsHappy Confident Me Life Skills Journal
Best of Parenting PublishingThe Happy Confident Me Life Skills Journals contains 60 activities that will help children aged 7 to 13 develop 10 essential life skills such as th...
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