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Back to You by Tammy Robinson
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
What happens when a couple are torn apart just at the moment when they fall in love? When Finn and Zoe meet, they fall in love hard and fast. But Finn is about to go travelling, fulfilling a promise to his late sister to raise money in support of her illness. It's terrible timing, but Zoe knows their fe ...Show more
No One Is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood
$32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence overwhelmed by the internet or what she terms 'the portal'. Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die? Suddenly, two t ...Show more
Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson
$27.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The brand-new adventure from the beloved author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Meet Ole Mbatian Jr., a Maasai warrior; Kevin, his sort-of-son; Agneta, a wronged and penniless ex-wife; and Johan, an unscrupulous Stockholm ad-man who has set up a company special ...Show more
How Much of These Hills Is Gold (PB) by C. Pam Zhang
$24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 'The boldest debut of the year . . . It is refreshing to discover a new author of such grand scale, singular focus and blistering vision' Observer America. In the twilight of the Gold Rush, two siblings cross a landscape with a gun in their hands and the body of th ...Show more
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
$24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Winner of the Booker Prize 2020. Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction 2020 'We were bowled over by this first novel, which creates an amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.' - The judges of the Booker Prize. 'Douglas Stuart has written a fir ...Show more
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
$34.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, and When the Moon Is Low. Kabul, 1978: The daughter o ...Show more
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
$24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP BESTSELLER#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'An utterly mesmerising novel..I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo, winner of the Booker Prize 2019'Epic' Kiley Reid, O, The Oprah MagazineThe Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, ...Show more
Answering to the Caul by Ted Dawe
$30.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
‘There are some things you can never share with another human being. Answering to the caul is one of those.’ It is said that being born in a caul means that you can never die by drowning. Andrei Reti puts this prophesy to the test, time and time again. But there is a price to be paid for each caul int ...Show more
Cousins (Film Tie-in edition) by Patricia Grace
$26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Now a feature film, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. Makareta is the chosen one - carrying her family's hopes. Missy is the observer - the one who accepts but has her dreams. Mata is always waiting - for life to happen as it stealthily passes by. Moving from the forti ...Show more
In the Clearing by J. P. Pomare
$24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Set against a ticking clock, this "taut and unpredictable" thriller pits a ruthless cult against a mother's love, revealing that our darkest secrets are the hardest ones to leave behind (Chris Hammer). Four days to go Amy has only ever known life in the Clearing, amidst her brothers and sisters--until a ...Show more
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
$37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows The Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of ...Show more
The Underground Railroad TVTI by Colson Whitehead
$24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From prize-winning, bestselling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent, wrenching, thrilling tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES BY BARRY JENKINS (COMING MAY 2021) WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FIC ...Show more
