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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Thirty Days in Paris
Orion Publishing CoJuliet, feeling lost after her marriage ends and with her children leaving home, decides to return to Paris, a city that holds cherished memories. ...
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Penguin Books LtdWidower Kane Black is struggling to move on after the death of his wife, Lily. His life takes a turn when he encounters a woman in Manhattan who be...
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Orion Publishing CoA peaceful alien species, the Athsheans, face conquest by violent humans known as yumens. Their lives are drastically changed as they are forced in...
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Penguin Books LtdGrace Adams is struggling with her life and facing multiple crises. As she carries her daughter’s sixteenth birthday cake, she feels invisible in a...
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Orion Publishing CoNearly a year after their intense encounter, Magnolia Parks has settled into life in New York while BJ Ballentine seems to have moved on. When they...
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Penguin Books LtdA group of friends, bonded for twenty years since their children started nursery, face a turning point in their relationships when one of them has ...
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Orion Publishing CoMagnolia Parks is about a wealthy London socialite and her complicated relationship with BJ Ballentine, a notorious bad-boy. Despite trying to move...
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Oneworld PublicationsShortlisted for a prestigious literary prize, this Argentinian tale explores maternal love and environmental catastrophe in a tightly wound narrative.
Daisy Haites
Orion Publishing Co20-year-old Daisy Haites longs for a normal life but is trapped as the heiress to a notorious criminal empire. Raised by her brother Julian after t...
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Simon & Schuster LtdIn 1972, Evie Epworth is ten years older and living in London, where she works for the BBC. As she navigates her career, she also faces personal ch...
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Orion Publishing CoLou opens a vintage clothes shop in Frome, Somerset, after the loss of her mother, seeking a fresh start. In upstate New York, Donna learns unsettl...
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLCKiara, a seventeen-year-old girl, struggles to survive in Oakland while caring for her younger brother Trevor. With their mother in a halfway house...
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Pan MacmillanEmma loves her husband Leo and their daughter Ruby, but she has built her life on lies. As an acclaimed marine biologist, Emma has concealed signif...
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Orion Publishing CoSingle mum Jenny's life changes drastically when her cottage on the Norfolk coast falls off a cliff. Seeking shelter from the storm, she and her ei...
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Headline Publishing GroupIn 1985, Holly Moore is a troubled teenager at a children's home, separated from her sister. She meets a man who offers her the love and care she c...
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Orion Publishing CoWhen sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo goes missing in a crowded Seoul subway station, her family begins a frantic search to find her. As they search, the...
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIn England during the summer of 1989, two men, Falklands veteran Calvert and carefree Redbone, embark on a unique project. Using a clapped-out camp...
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Orion Publishing CoIn Montgomery, Alabama, in 1973, fresh nursing graduate Civil Townsend is eager to make a difference in her community. Her first assignment leads h...
View full detailsThe Cloisters
Transworld Publishers LtdA group of researchers at New York's Met Cloisters museum uncovers a mysterious deck of tarot cards. As they delve into its secrets, tensions rise ...
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CornerstoneLondon, 1940After a personal tragedy, Libby Gilbert finds herself homeless and struggling to survive on the streets of London. Just as she is about...
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Bonnier Books LtdIn Suffolk, 1924, Angel becomes a nurse for the MacDonald family after the death of her fiancé in World War I. Living at the Angel Inn, she encount...
View full detailsThe Christmas Book Club
HarperCollins PublishersErica, Claudia, and Anna have been friends for years, gathering each Christmas for their book club holiday. This year, they meet at the Maple Sugar...
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CornerstoneTwo strangers find themselves in a double-booked cottage over Christmas. Rose, who has avoided her family since a traumatic event, seeks solitude i...
View full detailsThe Third Policeman
HarperCollins PublishersThis novel combines elements of black humour and surrealism in a story set in an Irish village. It follows a man's encounter with a peculiar police...
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