Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq
35.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'One cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary literature without reading Houellebecq's work.' - Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times Dissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture, and is in a self-imposed dysfunctional ...Show more
The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez
27.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The paths of two women from different walks of life intersect amid counterculture of the 1960s in this haunting and provocative novel from the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend It is Columbia University, 1968. Ann Drayton and Georgette George meet as roommates on the first night. Ann is r ...Show more
Platform Seven by Louise Doughty
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he ...Show more
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. The Bird King ...Show more
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (FTI) by Maria Semple
21.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Film tie in
To her Microsoft- guru husband, Bernadette is a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private- school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect; and to 15- year- old Bee, she's a best friend and, simply, Mom. Bee has aced her report card and claimed her ...Show more
Chances Are by Richard Russo
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo - in his first stand-alone novel in a decade - comes a new revelation: a gripping story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.
The Vanishing Hours by Barney Norris
40.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
What if the life you're chasing is the one you left behind? This is the story of two strangers who have loved and lost. Her world feels small and hushed, scattered with unfulfilled dreams. His is full of noise and endless, dizzying change. But one day - this day - an extraordinary encounter will for ...Show more
Enigma Variations by André Aciman
22.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From a youthful infatuation with a cabinet maker in a small Italian fishing village, to a passionate yet sporadic affair with a woman in New York, to an obsession with a man he meets at a tennis court, Enigma Variations charts one man's path through the great loves of his life. Paul's intense desires, l ...Show more
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The surprise hit of the summer and winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, Convenience Store Woman is the incomparable story of Keiko Furukura, a thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident who has been working at the Hiiromachi "Smile Mart" for the past eighteen years. Keiko has never fit in, neither in ...Show more
The Colours of all the Cattle (No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #19) by Alexander McCall Smith
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Ser.
The latest installment from THE NO. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY series Mma Ramotswe's friend will persuade her to stand for election to the City Council. 'We need women like her in politics,' Mma Potokwani says, 'instead of having the same old men every time . . .' To be elected, Mma Ramotswe must have a ...Show more
The Messenger by Markus Zusak
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Meet Ed Kennedy - cab driving prodigy, pathetic card player and useless at sex. He lives in the suburbs, shares coffee with his dog, the Doorman, and he's in nervous-love with Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence - until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the firs ...Show more
Cloven Hooves by Megan Lindholm
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A remarkable tale of the fantastic in everyday life from Megan Lindholm, who also writes as Robin Hobb. Now part of the Voyager Classics collection. Evelyn is a solitary child, preferring to wander in the woods in all weathers rather than socialise. Her secret is a fantastic companion: a faun with whom ...Show more