The Confession by Jessie Burton
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse, Jessie Burton's latest novel tells the story of three women and the complex connections they have shared across decades and continents. This is a novel about love, sex, work, motherhood, how we construct our pasts and dream our fu ...Show more
Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden
37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
'In the same vein as Rosalie Ham, Brinsden weaves a compelling story of country Australia with all its stigmas, controversy and beauty.' Fleur McDonald Elise, a beautiful and artistic, if slightly brittle, city girl is rudely transplanted to the undulating, unforgiving plains of the Mallee when her husb ...Show more
Child's Play by Danielle Steel
34.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
You think you know what's best for your grown-up children. But you'll find they have lessons they can now teach you.Kate Morgan is an esteemed Manhattan lawyer. After losing her beloved husband in a tragic accident, she's successfully raised their three children single-handedly. Now in their twenties, s ...Show more
Beloved by Toni Morrison
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics
Terrible, unspeakable things happened to Sethe at Sweet Home, the farm where she lived as a slave for so many years until she escaped to Ohio. Her new life is full of hope but 18 years later she is still not free. Sethe's new home is not only haunted by the memories of her past but also by the ghost of ...Show more
Doxology by Nell Zink
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Two generations of an American family come of age - one before 9/11, one after - in this moving and original novel from the "intellectually restless, uniquely funny" (New York Times Book Review) mind of Nell Zink. Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to s ...Show more
If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim
29.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
"An immersive, heartbreaking story about war, passion, and the road not taken." -- People "One of the most beautiful and moving love stories you'll read this year." -- Nylon Magazine NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY The Washington Post - The New York Post - Vulture - Real Simple - Bustle - Nylon ...Show more
The Dark Side by Danielle Steel
34.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Zoe Morgan was just ten years old when her life changed forever. Her sister, Rose, died of a rare illness, her parents turned into people she didn't know, and Zoe's lonely childhood drove her to excel in her studies.As a graduate of Yale, Zoe takes a leave of absence from medical school to work in a she ...Show more
Going Dutch by James Gregor
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
* MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER READING SELECTION BY * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * BUZZFEED * "In this intelligent, entertaining and elegantly written novel, James Gregor pulls off something many psychological novelists aspire to and few achieve: he convincingly captures the thinking of a character who earnestly s ...Show more
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller"Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books and the magical power of story."--People"Eerie and fascinating."--USA TODAYSometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny.Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her ...Show more
Swan Song: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'The new Donna Tartt.' Vogue 'Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' The Times, Books of the Year 'A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail. ...Show more
Shelf Life by Livia Franchini
37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
______________ 'Shelf Life is whip-smart, slyly heartbreaking, and I felt the truth of it in my bones. Franchini dissects ideas of love, dating and identity in a way that feels both ruthless and humane. I loved it.' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure Launching an intelligent, perceptive new vo ...Show more
People in Trouble by Sarah Schulman
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A blistering 90s novel about love in the time of AIDS, featuring a fictionalised Donald Trump as its villain. It was the beginning of the end of the world but not everyone noticed right away. New York, late 80s. The AIDS crisis has taken hold and the world is on the brink of imploding. Ronald Horne, an ...Show more