General Fiction - New & Classic Novels

One girl, one nation, one chance . . .Esther's story is one of the most dramatic in the Bible: a renowned beauty, she used her feminine wiles to capture the...

'Expansive, explosive and epic' Marlon James'A courageous book' New York Times Book ReviewA BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020Neither Mason, a US Special Forces medic, nor Lisette, a foreign...

Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summers at Tiger House, the glorious old family estate on the island of Martha's Vineyard. As World War II ends...

Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos - all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy. Visionary, misunderstood, and from vastly...

Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summers at Tiger House, the glorious old family estate on the island of Martha's Vineyard. As World War II ends...

Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos - all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy. Visionary, misunderstood, and from vastly...

THE GLAMOUR OF JACKIE COLLINS MEETS THE GRIT OF MARTINA COLE IN THE DARK HEART OF A SUN-BLEACHED LOS ANGELES. 1993In front of a galaxy of stars, three young film...

A much-beloved only child, great things are expected of young Octavia Smith. Her childhood ambition is to change the world and it seems the determined young woman finds her cause...

Having examined England's twin obsessions - violence and sex - in THE FOOTBALL FACTORY and HEADHUNTERS, John King completes his trilogy with ENGLAND AWAY: sex and violence abroad, under the...

THE TIKTOK SENSATION'The perfect beach read: chaotic, darkly funny and keeps you on your toes' Liv Little for Elle UK'A bold, daring take on the wild, unconventional world of sugar...

THE GLAMOUR OF JACKIE COLLINS MEETS THE GRIT OF MARTINA COLE IN THE DARK HEART OF A SUN-BLEACHED LOS ANGELES. 1993In front of a galaxy of stars, three young film...

'One day someone came back from half-term with Delta of Venus, by Anais Nin...Well. Well. The book briskly did the rounds, getting tattier and tattier with each reading. Mouths dropped...

Julius Winsome lives in a cabin in the hunting hearltand of the Maine woods, with only his books and his dog for company. That is until the morning he finds...

Garrison Keillor's fictional Midwestern town, Lake Wobegon, has long since passed into literary legend. Lake Wobegon Days, his first unforgettable portrait of life in the American small-town named after an...

Schoolboy narrator Daniel Jordan, growing up in working-class Sydney during the Second World War, is confused by a world in which the religious dogma of his school conflicts with the...

'Exceptionally good...a master storyteller' Allan Massie, Scotsman'Both an absorbing wartime thriller and a thoroughly convincing study of grief' Sunday TimesIn 1943, when Grace and Leo Waterhouse married in Australia, they...

Ed is having a hard time - at work, in his love life and, well, generally. Then he meets an unlikely Buddhist - who drinks and smokes and talks his...

In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur,...

The twenty-fourth book in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

'A herculean achievement . . . strong plot and strong characterisation' The TimesIt is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and...

The awkward and lovable hero of Andrew Sean Greer's bestselling and prize-winning novel Less returns in this unforgettable road trip across America. 'Wildly, painfully funny' David Sedaris'Unforgettable' Elizabeth Day'The joyfulness...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018Guardian's Best Books of 2017 Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017 Observer...

Roz Harper is a woman who has lived life on her own terms. She had dearly loved her first husband. After his death, she had thrown herself into raising their...

For all those who loved Janet Fitch's WHITE OLEANDER and Anita Shreve's THE PILOT'S WIFE. The American bestseller, MOTHER OF PEARL is an extraordinary and unforgettable debut. 'Summer here may...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012: 'The odyssey of a simple man, original, subtle and touching' - Claire Tomalin. When Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a...

At the beginning of this overwhelming novel, Vina Aspara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught up in a devasting earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. This is...

Dear Mr Cornford, It is with regret that I begin the task of writing to you about your niece, Emily. Her recent behaviour, which I have outlined to you in...

Dear Mr Cornford, It is with regret that I begin the task of writing to you about your niece, Emily. Her recent behaviour, which I have outlined to you in...

The 2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction returns with a collection of 14 short stories, rife with characters who will stay with you well beyond the last page Edward P....

'I love this novel' John Irving'Excellent' Sunday Times'Enthralling' New York TimesBy internationally bestselling author Bret Anthony Johnston, WINNER of the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award 2017.What happens to a...

Shortlisted for CrimeFest's Last Laugh AwardFour friends, one weekend, gallons of whisky. What could go wrong?Driven by amateur whisky-nut Adam, four late-thirties ex-university mates are heading to Islay - the...

Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, is a formidable figure - broader than most doorways, quick-witted and sharp-tongued. He turns his back on family tradition and leaves St...

At the centre of The Navigator of New York is the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist,...

'A horny romp that makes you think, laugh, and feel. O'Connell is one of my favourite writers' MONICA HEISEY, author of Really Good, Actually'A very funny novel about falling for...

Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, is a formidable figure - broader than most doorways, quick-witted and sharp-tongued. He turns his back on family tradition and leaves St...

'Funny, merciless, brilliant . . . I loved it' CURTIS SITTENFELDSeamus, Fyodor, Ivan, Noah and Fatima are running out of time to decide on their futures, in the new novel...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONMixing business and family is a recipe for disaster'A warm, moving multi-generational family saga, with a blackly comic streak that will make you snort...

'One of the best books I've read this year!' Melissa Ashley, author of The Birdman's WifeAlready a bestseller in Australia, this is a haunting, memorable and moving debut of one...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA transcendent coming-of-age story about the ways a broken heart learns to love again.One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles:...

'A joyous, funny read that leaves you all warm inside' Beth Morrey, author of Saving Missy 'Feel-good...full of hope. A quirky cast of characters you can't help but root for'Woman...

Forty-eight hours to find her passion. Seven days to find his way back on stage. One chance to take a risk on love.If Fran doesn't nail this audition for a...