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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How to Stop Time
Canongate BooksTom Hazard is a history teacher with a secret: he has been alive for centuries. He has lived through significant periods in history, from Elizabeth...
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Atria BooksIn 1932 Minnesota, the Lincoln School is a harsh institution where Native American children are separated from their families. Odie O’Banion, an or...
View full detailsBluets
Vintage PublishingThis book explores themes of depression, desire, and the complexities of beauty through the lens of the colour blue. The narrator shares her obsess...
View full detailsWalk the Blue Fields
Faber & FaberThis collection features a series of interconnected stories set in contemporary Ireland. A woman disrupts a priest's life by moving into his house ...
View full detailsBeloved
Vintage PublishingSet in the mid-1800s, this novel follows Sethe, a former enslaved woman grappling with the traumatic legacy of her past at Sweet Home, Kentucky. As...
View full detailsThe Wall
Vintage PublishingA woman on holiday in the Austrian mountains finds herself in a dire situation when her cousin and his wife do not return from a walk. She sets out...
View full detailsNow Go : On Grief and Studio Ghibli 13
404 InkExplore the themes of grief and loss through the lens of Studio Ghibli films in this emotional journey.
The Bluest Eye
Vintage PublishingThis novel follows Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl growing up in 1940s Ohio. She faces the harsh realities of poverty and racism, yearning for...
View full detailsRomeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare)
SparkThis edition provides the complete text of Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, along with a line-by-line translation into modern language. It hel...
View full detailsThink and Grow Rich
Skyhorse PublishingThis book is a guide to achieving personal and financial success through a series of principles derived from extensive research. Napoleon Hill spen...
View full detailsLie With Me
Penguin Books LtdPhilippe, a successful writer, encounters a young man in Bordeaux who resembles his first love. This meeting prompts him to reflect on his teenage ...
View full detailsOxford School Shakespeare: Oxford School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Oxford University PressThis edition of Romeo and Juliet is specifically tailored for students. It features accessible notes and commentaries alongside explanatory illustr...
View full detailsShort Stories in Spanish : New Penguin Parallel Texts
Penguin Books LtdThis collection features contemporary fiction stories in Spanish and English translation by renowned authors like Fuentes and Marquez.
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
HarperCollins PublishersKitty Collins is not your average woman. After a chance encounter at a nightclub leads to an unintentional murder, Kitty discovers a thrilling tast...
View full detailsAnything is Possible
Penguin Books LtdThis novel focuses on the residents of Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful writer who returns after seventeen years. Throug...
View full detailsThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Simon & Schuster LtdAging Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo decides to share her life story with a magazine reporter, Monique Grant. Monique is surprised to be chosen for thi...
View full detailsMere Christianity
HarperCollins PublishersMere Christianity presents C.S. Lewis's radio talks from World War II, aimed at explaining and defending the Christian faith. Lewis outlines the co...
View full detailsMagnolia Parks
Orion Publishing CoMagnolia Parks is a wealthy London socialite who is caught in a tumultuous relationship with BJ Ballentine, a notorious bad boy. Despite dating oth...
View full detailsLove in the Big City
Tilted Axis PressThis novel follows Young, a cynical Korean student navigating life in Seoul. He juggles his studies, casual relationships, and a complicated friend...
View full detailsThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Penguin Books LtdThis novel follows Helen Graham, a mysterious woman who arrives at Wildfell Hall. Rumours label her a "wicked woman" but she is revealed to be the ...
View full detailsThe Power Of Your Subconscious Mind (revised)
Simon & Schuster LtdThis revised edition introduces techniques to overcome subconscious barriers that hinder personal success. It includes previously unpublished comme...
View full detailsPachinko
Bloomsbury Publishing PLCPachinko follows the life of Sunja, a young woman from a poor fishing village in Korea during the early 20th century. After becoming pregnant by a ...
View full detailsA View from the Bridge
Penguin Books LtdA View from the Bridge follows Eddie Carbone, a longshoreman in a 1950s Italian-American community in New York. He takes in his wife’s cousins, Mar...
View full detailsMoby-Dick
Penguin Books LtdEmbark on a thrilling adventure with Moby-Dick, a tale of a terrifying encounter with a monstrous whale that tests the limits of imagination.