Modern & contemporary fiction

In these twelve quietly dazzling, carefully crafted stories, Billy O'Callaghan explores the resilience of the human heart and its ability to keep beating even in the wake of grief, trauma and lost love. Spanning a century and two continents - from the muddy fields of Ireland to a hotel room in Pa...

Set against the backdrop of 1970s reggae culture, disco, sex and excess comes this remarkable re-imagining of the attempted assassination of Bob Marley.

In a small town in the south-east of Ireland in the 1950s, Eilis Lacey is among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. So when she is offered a job in America, she leaves her family to start a new life in Brooklyn, New York.

Told in a singular and subversive style reminiscent of Atwood and Erdrich, this is a visceral yet essential read for those who have found strength, solidarity and above all, hope, in books by Edith Eger, Antonio Iturbe, Jeremy Dronfield and Heather Morris.

From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic, magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, this stunning collection takes us from fairy tale to fantasy, myth to history, and mystery to science fiction as we travel through Naomi ...

'The Buried Giant' begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge and war.

Opening with the novella, 'Butter', this collection of short fiction displays Gayl Jones's legendary talents in a range of settings and styles, from the hyper-realist to the mystical. Her narrators are women and men, Black, brown, indigenous; her settings are historical and contemporary, in South...

A fantastic Christmas short story collection, perfect for crime fiction lovers.

In 'The Champion of the World,' Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a funny story about low cunning in the country. Here, a pair of poachers discover a foolproof way to bag pheasants.

Growing up in the 1970s, Charlie Welsh is a fun-loving 16-year-old girl who wants to experience free love and have a wild time. But when her father disappears and her mother is hospitalised, her privileged lifestyle suddenly disappears.