The Last Chairlift by John Irving
55.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years -- a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is call ...Show more
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
22.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Joe Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. He reads his comics, collects birds' eggs and treasures his marbles, particularly his prized dobbers. When Treacle Walker appears off the Cheshire moor one day – a wanderer, a healer – an unlikely friendship is forged and the young boy is introduced to ...Show more
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
25.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third g ...Show more
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Two misfits find each other through a work of art that becomes bigger than anything they ever expected, in this exuberant new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge-aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner-is determined to make it ...Show more
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A moving portrait of an elderly man's struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, from the internationally bestselling author of A Man Called OveGrandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that gets smaller every day. The square is both strange and familiar, full of their lives' odds and ...Show more
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Vintage Earth Ser.
Escape to the ocean with the entrancing, unforgettable winner of the Costa Book of the Year - as read on BBC Radio 4. 'Mesmerising' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'A unique talent' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Wonderful' BRIDGET COLLINS 'Brilliant' CLARE CHAMBERS Near the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself w ...Show more
The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi
26.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Vintage Earth Ser.
'You must love the land, my children, and ring it in with your love' On the island of Wayo Wayo, every second son must leave on the day he turns fifteen as a sacrifice to the Sea God. Atile'i however is determined to defy destiny and become the first to survive. Across the sea, Alice Shih's life is inte ...Show more
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Devastatingly humorous and humorously devastating...an unbelievably brilliant and funny book about friendship, family, food, sex, and death. Catherine Newman serves up a masterclass in narrative - you'll stay up late devouring every word.' KATHERINE HEINY, author of Early Morning Riser and Standard Dev ...Show more
Willowman by Inga Simpson
37.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
'Inga Simpson brings all her craft and sensitivity to a story that has never been told, and now that she has done it, it feels like this was a story that was needing to be told. With her art, Inga joins the likes of Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy in the vanguard of cricket's exciting new rev ...Show more
The Dolphin House by Audrey Schulman
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A young woman and her extraordinary connection with a pod of dolphins. From the award-winning author of Theory of Bastards.
The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan
32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A devastating novel about broken relationships, the promises we're unable to keep and living with the ghosts of your past. Hussam and Wassim are teenaged boys living in Syria during America's invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s. When a surprise discovery results in tragedy, their lives, and those of the ...Show more
Love Objects by Emily Maguire
24.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A stunning novel of great compassion and insight, from the author of the Stella Prize-shortlisted An Isolated Incident. Shortlisted for the 2022 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year. 'Bold, furious, unapologetic and deeply insightful.' Sofie Laguna, author of Infinite Splendours 'A stunning, immersive ...Show more