Adult & Contemporary Fiction

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New...

The funny, wise and brilliant new novel from the star of QI and the author of Between the Stops - an instant Sunday Times bestseller.'Warm, witty and wise... the perfect balm for these turbulent times' -- GRAHAM NORTON.After much searching, the happily...

Fred Scully is determined to carve a new life for himself and his young family in Ireland. For months he has laboured alone to make their dilapidated cottage habitable, and now his wife and child are coming to meet him: this will be their fresh start...

Perfect reading for fans of The Road, Winton's blistering dystopian novel has profound things to say about humanity and survival and centres on a father-son duo who find refuge at an abandoned mine site.    An edge-of-your-seat...

As dramatized on BBC Radio 4.Winner of the Miles Franklin Award. Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's great family drama, a twenty-year story of life and love, full of boisterous energy, joy and heartbreak. His visceral evocation of the Australian landscape is...

Now a major motion picture, starring Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, and Richard Roxburgh. Breath, by renowned Australian author Tim Winton, is a story of risk, of learning one's limits by challenging death. On the wild, lonely coast of Western...

Soon to be a major film—starring Kelly Macdonald and Damien Lewis!From the bestselling author of The Midnight Library—an “irresistible...full of clever turns, darkly hilarious spins...Even if you're suffering from vampire fatigue...The...

A high-powered Manhattan attorney finds love, purpose, and the promise of a simpler life in her grandmother's hometown.Ellen Branford is going to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish — to find the hometown boy she once loved, and give him her last...

A spellbinding locked-room mystery about a glamping trip gone horribly wrong when a powerful storm leaves the participants stranded and forced to confront long-held secrets and a shocking disappearance.Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race...

Short-listed for the Goldsmiths Prize. Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. A wild story of female friendship, language, and power, from France to colonial America to the moon, from 1775 to this very moment: a historical novel like no...

Like a modern-day, British The Bonfire of the Vanities, Andrew O’Hagan’s Caledonian Road is a story of the haves vs have nots and the lengths we go to uphold — or subvert — societal standards. A Finalist for the 2024 Orwell...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.'A joyously funny and absurd steampunk frolic that satirises both the era in which it is set and our own age' -- FINANCIAL TIMESFrom the creators of the acclaimed audio drama podcast Victoriocity comes a cozy scifi...

Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates.You've heard the legends, now hear their truth.Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates - three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity.But...

A captivating collection of ghost stories from “one of the most gifted writers working today” (New York Times), Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it is downright spooky. In this delightfully chilling collection, the...

A shocking collection of dark stories, ranging from chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing supernatural fiction. Alone in a remote house in Iceland, a woman is unnerved by her isolation; another can only find respite from the clinging ghost that...

Colin Barrett’s knack for sharp depictions of the working class and witty, wry voice is at its best in Wild Houses. Part coming-of-age story and part thriller, this is a tender, honest tale.The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024. Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, suppressing not only her heritage but her growing desire for her best friend Fran. Yuki leaves the...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024. Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, suppressing not only her heritage but her growing desire for her best friend Fran. Yuki leaves the...

Their marriage of convenience is anything but. All Killian Barclay wants is to be left the hell alone. He's had enough heartache to last a lifetime, and he has no more need for love—earning him the reputation of a broody Scot and eventually turning...

A pair of estranged identical twins secretly swap families in this charming tale of sisterhood, family and holiday cheer.Now a NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller!   When Aviva Davis and Holly Martin meet at the holiday pageant tryouts for their...