There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hur ...Show more
A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The new Andrew Hunter Murray read is here ... Featuring crooked houses, dodgy coppers and a lot of lockpicking, A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering is a gripping thriller about what it's like to be young, skilled, unemployed - and on the run.__________Property might be theft. But the housing mar ...Show more
Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa
Category: Contemporary Fiction
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life. The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; it ...Show more
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Funny, feelgood, heartlifting story about the power of intergenerational friendship and finding love in unexpected places - perfect for fans of The One Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Through the Window and The Rosie ProjectEddie Winston is ninety years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has ne ...Show more
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Jodi Picoult brings to life the woman many believe was the real playwright behind the work of William Shakespeare alongside a contemporary story of a New York author suffering the same fate of being silenced. Two women, centuries apart - one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare's plays - are both f ...Show more
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
Category: Fiction
A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music - perfect for fans of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls and Jonathan Coe. Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northe ...Show more
Atlas: the Story of Pa Salt (#8 The Seven Sisters) by Lucinda Riley; Harry Whittaker
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: The\Seven Sisters Ser.
THE INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe final novel in the Seven Sisters series is here. Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley's saga to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.1928, P ...Show more
Another Life by Kristin Hannah
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Another Life is a powerful, moving and hopeful story of the life-changing impact of the connections we form, by the international number one bestselling author Kristin Hannah.Angie DeSaria has spent years of her life trying to have a child. Now, her marriage has crumbled under the strain. Adrift and alo ...Show more
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a warm, life-affirming debut about a zany case of mistaken identity that allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family. 'Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I'll take excellent care of it.' Frederick F ...Show more
I Love You, I Love You, I Love You by Laura Dockrill
Category: Contemporary Fiction
An epic story of love, loss and pining for fans of One Day. I am in love with somebody I've only just met. My heart is a harmonica. South London is a valley. World, hear my song. 'I loved it, I loved it, I loved it!' Dawn O'Porter 'Very funny. I Love You, I Love You, I Love You bursts with energy.' M ...Show more
The Oxenbridge King by Christine Paice
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Imagine, if you will: the lost soul of King Richard III; a talking raven; a lost, lonely angel; and Molly Stern - heartbroken, grieving, a bit stroppy and definitely not feeling herself. When the worlds of the lost soul of a King and the angel sent to collect him collide messily with the 21st century w ...Show more
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era. Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels ...Show more