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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) titles - 146,555 results
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American Elsewhere
Robert Jackson Bennett
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Adventure; Science fiction; Fantasy; Romance
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After a couple years of hard traveling, ex-cop Mona Bright inherits her long-dead mother's home in a small town in New Mexico.... [more]
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Rising Darkness: Game of Shadows #1
Thea Harrison
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy
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USA Today bestselling author Thea Harrison begins a new, darkly romantic paranormal saga, in which the fate of existence itself... [more]
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A Death in the Family
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Writing with honesty about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving... [more]
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The Andalucian Friend: The First Book in the Brinkmann Trilogy
Alexander Soderberg
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & mystery; Fiction in translation
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Living a quiet life in the suburbs, Sophie Brinkmann is captivated by the handsome and sophisticated Hector Guzman. She has... [more]
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The Wild Girl
Kate Forsyth
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Once there were six sisters. The pretty one, the musical one, the clever one, the helpful one, the young one... And then there... [more]
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Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. The same baby is born... [more]
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A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth L. Ozeki
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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This is the simple story of a girl, her great-grandmother & the novelist who becomes enthralled with their tale. A simple... [more]
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Mohsin Hamid
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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A tale of a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon. It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis... [more]
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The Yard
Alex Grecian
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard, made up of just twelve detectives, battles in vain against tide of violence... [more]
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Twitcher
Cherise Saywell
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Grief, loss and guilt are enormous burdens for a whole family to carry. A tern will fly to the moon, to live its life in summer... [more]
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Hope: A Tragedy
Shalom Auslander
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Blackly hilarious, dangerously subversive, extraordinarily bold this is liable to be the most controversial novel of the... [more]
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The Beginner's Goodbye
Anne Tyler
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances--... [more]
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All the Way
Marie Darrieussecq
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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A powerful, hilarious and achingly honest story about a young French girl discovering her sexuality. Solange wants to have... [more]
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Wise Men
Stuart Nadler
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Hilton Wise is the son of one of the most powerful and wealthy lawyers in the United States. When he falls for Savannah, a... [more]
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Dead Girl Sing
Tony Cavanaugh
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & mystery
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World-class crime writing from a brilliant Australian author. [more]
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Heartbreak Hotel
Deborah Moggach
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Russell 'Buffy' Buffery - erstwhile thespian and thrice-married B&B owner - has hit on an idea: 'So you've split up. It happens... [more]
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Past the Shallows
Favel Parrett
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Shortlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award, PAST THE SHALLOWS is a powerful and hauntingly beautiful novel from an extraordinary... [more]
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Schroder
Amity Gaige
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Attending a New England summer camp as an adolescent, young Erik Schroder - a first generation East German immigrant - adopts... [more]
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Secrecy
Rupert Thomson
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction
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A novel of intrigue, love and murder set in 17th century Florence, from one of the UK's greatest writers. [more]
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The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
Alexander McCall Smith
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Mma Ramotswe finds her slumbers disturbed by a dream of a tall man beneath an acacia tree. Soon even Mma Makutsi, now in the... [more]
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The Fine Colour of Rust
P. A. O'Reilly
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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If you loved A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, you'll love The Fine Colour of Rust. [more]
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The Fields
Kevin Maher
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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I slept right through to the next day. Missed the funeral and everything. Mam said it was just as well. Would've been too... [more]
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The Town That Drowned
Riel Nason
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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When 14-year-old Ruby Carson takes a tumble through the ice she nearly drowns. Coming to, she has a vision of her town under... [more]
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So Damn Lucky: Lucky O'Toole #3
Deborah Coonts
Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & mystery; Thriller & suspense
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Lucky O'Toole--Head of Customer Relations at The Babylon, premier mega-resort on the Vegas Strip--thinks it's just another... [more]
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Winterblaze
Kristen Callihan
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Horror & ghost stories; Fantasy; Historical romance
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Struggling with disillusionment and anger, as well as recuperating from his injuries, Winston Lane is desperate to put as... [more]
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