Modern Mainstream Fiction

Synopsis Following the astonishing Plainsong and Eventide, this is Kent Haruf's third novel set in the imaginary landscape of Holt, Colorado. Short...

Synopsis At the eastern edge of Long Island, far from the hustle of New York City, stands Orient, a village that has been home to a few families ...

Synopsis The Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Winner. From the Man Booker-longlisted author comes an urgent, explosive story of love and a family t...

Synopsis Melbourne, the late 1940's. A young conservative Australian poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pre...

Synopsis The newest novel from the New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs which explores the meaning of happiness, trust, and faith in one...

Synopsis Awarded both the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vic...

Synopsis Subtitled : One Library. Infinite Lives. Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2021. Between life and death the...

Synopsis A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bone...

Synopsis . . . Terrified, a young prisoner in the Second World War closes his eyes and pictures himself going out to bat on a sunlit cricket ground...

Synopsis The beloved Fannie Flagg is back and at her irresistible and hilarious best in I Still Dream About You, a comic mystery romp through the s...

Synopsis The story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, ...

Synopsis In an unnamed town Jugnu and his lover Chanda have disappeared. Rumours abound in the close-knit Pakistani community, and then on a snow...

Synopsis This is the stunning new novel from bestselling author Mike Gayle, for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and Eleanor Oliphant is Complet...

Synopsis The world is on the brink of disaster. The environment, society and mankind itself are facing extreme challenges in a world that is both...

Synopsis Tara Fraser has a secret. Desperate to escape herself and her past, she changes her name, packs up her London home and moves to a town in...

Synopsis Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Sabo...

Synopsis From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017. Disobedience is the debut novel by British author Naom...

Synopsis Winner of The Man Booker Prize 2008. The White Tiger clearly tells of the vast gulf between the rich and poor in India and between the mod...

Synopsis Undue Influence is the nineteenth novel by Anita Brookner, the Booker Prize winning author of Hotel du Lac. Enigmatic Claire is 30 and liv...

Synopsis First edition / first printing from the author of Notes On A Scandal. A comic, tragic, supremely entertaining novel about one family's str...

Synopsis The Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and Sunday Times Bestseller. London, 1941. Emmeline Lake and her best friend Bunty are trying to sta...

Synopsis Filled with all the larger-than-life characters and enchanting storytelling that made readers fall for The Reader on the 6.27 comes Jean-P...

Synopsis The multi-million copy bestseller. Now also a major film. A Number 1 New York Times Bestseller. For years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' hav...

Synopsis Olive Kitteridge is a novel by American author Elizabeth Strout. It presents a portrait of the title character and a number of recurring c...