Nothing But My Body by Tilly Lawless
36.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
'People always ask if I enjoy the sex I have with clients or if I have to fake it, as if the two are mutually exclusive and the interplay between them isn't more complex. In actuality, it depends. And I'm not sure what people are threatened by more - that I don't always love it, or that I don't always ...Show more
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
From a prize winning Sri Lankan author, a story of age and youth, loss and survival that builds into a magisterial reckoning with mortality. It begins with a message: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother's former care-giver, Rani, has died in unexpected circumstances, at the bottom o ...Show more
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
25.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless ci ...Show more
The Crimson Thread by Kate Forsyth
37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers, pitchforks and kitchen knives. During the bloody eleven-day battle, Alenka a young Greek woman saves the lives of two Australian soldiers.Jack and Teddy ...Show more
The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke
25.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Don't miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . .'Fascinating and enthralling' Prima'Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling' Rosamund Lupton'A flawless read' Elizabeth Lee'Seething with gothic menace' Caroline Lea'This ghost story is a perfect mix of propulsive plot and ...Show more
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and her truly unique family secret ...Show more
The Reading List (PB) by Sara Nisha Adams
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
*A finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction, discover this year's most uplifting and heart-warming debut* 'Absolutely gorgeous' RUTH WARE'The most heartfelt read of the summer' SHONDALAND'A joyful, uplifting read!' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'A captivating debut' HEIDI SWAIN _________________________ ...Show more
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
'Beasts of a Little Land is a stunning achievement' TLS'Spectacular' Lisa See, author of The Island of Sea Women'Unforgettable' Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, author of The Mountains SingAs the Korean independence movement gathers pace, two children meet on the streets of Seoul. Fate will bind them through decade ...Show more
Mercia's Take by Daniel Wiles
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Mercia's Take summons an England in the heat of the industrial revolution, and the lives it took to make it. Gripping, powerful and intense, it is the debut of an astonishing new talent.'Energy and passion fuels this harsh and beautiful first novel; Daniel Wiles connects us viscerally to the past we hav ...Show more
Love Marriage by Monica Ali
27.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME, READ BY MEERA SYAL TWO CULTURES. TWO FAMILIES. TWO PEOPLE.A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKTHE NEW INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF BRICK LANE_____________________________________'Rich, sensitive and gloriously entertaining' ...Show more
The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz
37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Lena has her life mapped out. While her sister obsesses about fortune-telling gypsies and marriage, Lena studies the way the heart works. She isn't going to let being a girl stop her from becoming one of Poland's first female doctors. But the world has other plans for Lena. Instead of university she fin ...Show more
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This is the age of vice, where pleasure and power are everything, and the family ties that bind can also kill New Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the kerb, and in the blink of an eye five people are dead. It's a rich man's car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man at all, just a shell- ...Show more