Modern Contemporary Fiction

'Warm, emotional, cosy and ridiculously easy to lose yourself in, this was exactly the escape I needed ' Can love begin before time runs out? Pippa...

Escape to Cornwall this summer with the new emotional and uplifting novel from Sunday Times #1 bestselling author Fern Britton Set by the wild Atla...

Sweet Sorrow: a novel of the searing explosion of first love, and the rocky path to adulthood 'A beautiful paean to young love' OBSERVER 'Fizzing' ...

Book 18 in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series by worldwide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith "It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn," Ber...

'You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow' A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a...

Escape to Cornwall this summer with another heart-warming and feel-good novel from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author! Readers LOVE Sar...

Both a Sunday Times and top-ten bestseller, Afterwards is the second sensational novel from the international bestselling author of Sister, The Qua...

Run. Don't look back. Just run. When Michael Rowland saves his younger brother Joshua from the clutches of his stepfather, he runs for his life wit...

A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short story for people of all ages from the international best...

'Tear-jerking and spine-tingling' New York Times * THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTLLER * * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME PI...

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Written with such love and heart. Sarah has done an exceptional job of marrying her trademark comedy with ...

From the USA Today bestselling author of Boyfriend Material and Husband Material comes the hotly anticipated third book in the London Calling serie...

*SELECTED AS ONE OF APPLE'S BEST BOOKS FOR 2025* *PEOPLE MAGAZINE FICTION BOOK OF THE WEEK* Funny, fierce and life-affirming, TABLE FOR ONE is a lo...

'Oh my heart, I wasn’t not expecting that… that twist. My heart just broke… The tears just came rolling out. Ugh, so emotional!' Reader review, ___...

*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* EMBARK ON THE JOYOUS AND NOSTALGIC JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME IN THE LATEST NOVEL FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSE...

Starter for Ten: the Sunday Times-bestselling comedy about love, class, growing up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom 'P...

THE SERIES THAT INSPIRED HEATED RIVALRY • NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW Enter the world of Game Changers, the series behind the epic enemies-to-lovers ho...

The fourth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Tokyo cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. To...

EVERYONE IS MADE TO PAY IN THE END. The pulse-pounding new novel from iconic queen of crime Martina Cole. 'Surpassed all my expectations' 'Fast, fu...

**OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD** WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSEL...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Featuring paperback exclusive bonus content THIS IS ONE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS WITH 'Juno Daws...

'A lot of fun to read' New York Times Book Review The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, are as close as a mother and daughter can be. Yet, while t...

WHERE'S YOUR GAME PLAN? YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT ... The fourth explosive adventure in Matt Dinniman’s hit LitRPG series - find out who's the king of t...

'The only bad part of a Jodi Taylor book is finishing it' 'Fabulous writing, laugh-out-loud and gasp-in-horror from one page to another' 'Just when...

'Terrific' STEPHEN KING 'First-class storytelling. Hooked from the first page, I raced through the book in one sitting' Five Star Reader Review 'Da...

Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics)Author: Melville, HermanContributors: Melville, Herman: Author; Herd, David: Introduction; Carabine, Dr Keith: Serie...

I Who Have Never Known Men: The heart-breaking post-apocalyptic TikTok sensationAuthor: Harpman, JacquelineContributors: Harpman, Jacqueline: Autho...

**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025** ‘Brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money’ David Nicholls ‘I was tearing through [Flesh], I never once sl...

The brand new book from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop! On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering d...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026 A moment is all it ta...

*Special Collector’s Edition will be available to the first UK print run only! Revealing a beautiful foil on board design beneath the dust jacket. ...

~~ A special centenary edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic of American literature to mark one hundred years since the birth of Harper Lee...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 THE SUNDAY TIMES FICTION PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'Graceful, atmospheric, enormously satisfying' SARAH JESSICA ...

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy. When the South...

1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four: An essential, best-loved classic (Collins Classics)Author: Orwell, GeorgeContributors: Orwell, George: AuthorBinding: Pa...

What will you find in the city? READERS LOVE THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS ‘Felt like stepping into a dream’ ‘I really loved getting lost in thi...