Contemporary Fiction

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter....

Judy Nunn's latest compelling novel, compassion meets bigotry, hatred meets love, and ultimately despair meets hope on the windswept shores of Australia....

Martin Carter is having a crook day. His home life's a misery, he's been retrenched by the bank, and everyone's forgotten his birthday....

Okay, so it looks like the Kelly Club is finally closing down - it had to happen sooner or later.....

A remarkable story of four sisters, family secrets and discovering what's really important in life....

There's no two ways about Les Norton – the carrot-topped country boy who works as a bouncer at Sydney's top illegal casino. He's tough and he's mean. He's got a granite jaw, fists like hams, and they say the last time he took a tenner from his wallet Henry Lawson blinked at the light.

A heartwarming story of friendship in an imperfect world, this is binge-worthy, feel-good fiction at its best. Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no knitters please) because it would be like having friends, only with her in charge, and because there would be no men. It comes as...

Les thought that playing minder to Peregrine Normanhurst III sounded like a dead-set snack: Les would keep Peregrine out of trouble. So what if he was on the run from the IRA? They'd never follow him to Australia...

Marnie Sellick is adrift when she lands a job at the coveted, mysterious beauty brand rytual cosmetica. The enigmatic founder and CEO, Luna Peters, takes a liking to Marnie, and as the two grow closer Marnie becomes intoxicated by the life that Luna, and rytual, can offer her. But all is not...

Blaze exposes the new order of women and power in the cut-throat arena of up-market magazines. The idealistic baby boomers have been pushed aside and it's every woman for herself....

A young Australian woman leaves Sydney for a new world, Guyana, South America....

This stirring, sword-rattling novel from New York Times bestselling author Brian Jacques is full of the memorable characters and mouthwatering feasts his beloved Redwall series is known for. Also a moving morality tale, Outcast of Redwall shows that questions of right and wrong do not always...

There's a secret to mastery that you may have never heard, a single little thing that only the very best in the world know how to do....

Claire McIntyre has it all: an adoring husband, a bubbly best friend, a chic townhouse and a high-flying corporate career in the city. But somehow she's forgotten what really makes her happy.

Aussie Vietnam veteran Ron Milne is on a good thing growing Indian hemp on the tiny Micronesian island of Lan Laroi....

Ein Roadtrip voller Komik, Dramatik und unvorhersehbarer Abzweigungen von Deutschlands Bestsellerautor Nr. 1 Sebastian Fitzek - mit zwei...

«Отцы и дети» – знаменитый роман Тургенева, ставший чуть ли не самым...

Norton needed a holiday - anywhere - as long as it was out of Bondi. Price was only too willing to oblige - Les could have his house at Terrigal...

The world's toughest car race. Twenty-one days of searing heat and rock-hard desert tracks; of blowouts and breakdowns; of subterfuge and sabotage....

Since the early days of settlement men, women and children have battled the harshness of outback Australia to survive and in many cases prosper....

They called him Bane the Bastard - though none said it to his face. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante. They valued his skills in war, but they feared the violence in his heart. And when, as a Wolfshead and Outlaw, he left Rigante lands, they...

Attempting 300 kph on an untested experimental motorcycle could be considered a perfect way to kill yourself, but Paul Carter is still, well, Paul Carter....

2000: The wreckage of a downed WWII fighter plane is discovered in the forests near Russia's Ukrainian border....

Welcome to The Kookaburra Creek Cafe. The past: For Hattie, the cafe has been her refuge for the last 50 years - her second chance at a happy ending after her dreams of being a star were shattered. But will the ghosts of her past succeed in destroying everything she’s worked so hard to...

It's 1982 in Australia. THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER is a box office hit and Paul Hogan is on the TV. In a seaside suburb, housewife Theresa takes up swimming. She wants to get fit; she also wants a few precious minutes to herself. So at sunrise each day she strikes out past the waves. From the same...

31-year-old Lee has her dream job at tech startup Everfore—but being the youngest-looking person in the office means she's always fighting to be taken seriously among the bros on her team who treat her more like a kid sister than a colleague. When her boss challenges the team to develop the next viral app for Gen Z, Lee sees her chance to finally shine—even if it means going undercover as a high school student in the process.

佐藤健　主演＆共同エグゼクティブプロデューサーにて2025年7月31日より配信の、至高の《青春音楽ドラマ》Netflixシリーズ「グラスハート」原作小説！

Fuir ou combattre ? La vie nous laisse-t-elle toujours le choix ? Sur les remparts d'Essaouira, Samia découvre un nouveau monde et les joies d'une vie de famille ordinaire. Son bonheur sera hélas de courte durée. Ses origines et son passé la rattrapent violemment et frappent de plein fouet ses espoirs d'une vie meilleure. Elle ne sera heureusement pas seule pour affronter les épreuves qui l'attendent. Adel, son amoureux, fera tout pour la libérer de ses chaînes, et Liz, sa meilleure amie, se battra à ses côtés tout en affrontant ses propres démons.

人工授精で、子供を産むことが常識となった世界。夫婦間の性行為は「近親相姦」とタブー視され、やがて世界から「セックス」も「家族」も消えていく……

9歳のさきちゃんと作家のお母さんは二人暮し。毎日を、とても大事に、楽しく積み重ねています。お母さんはふと思います。いつか大きくなった時、今日のことを思い出すかな――。どんな時もあなたの味方、といってくれる眼差しに見守られてすごす幸福。

ある日、爽香の元に高校の同級生・井田の娘から一本の電話が。なんと、妻殺しの容疑で井田が逮捕されたという。娘いわく、容疑を否認しているそうだが……。そして爽香は、仕事帰りに火事の現場に遭遇。

シリーズ累計５５万部突破！『君の膵臓をたべたい』『か「」く「」し「」ご「」と「』の住野よるが贈る心温まる大人気シリーズ、決断の最新刊！

頑張れないのにだって理由がある。 朝起きられない、学校に行けない。 「起立性調節障害」という病を抱えた中学生の夏実は、保健室登校を始める。 そこで、全く笑わないひかるという少女に出会うが……。

明治歌舞伎青春譚、ここに開幕！全国を回り旅芝居を続ける傍流歌舞伎一座「花房座」。座頭の長女である百多は亡き母に代わり裏方の仕事を一手に担い花房座を陰から支えていた。百多の頑張りもあり、一座の評判は上々。ついに東京の大きな芝居小屋での興行が決まった。しかしそんな中、人気の若女形である弟の千多が失踪してしまう。

トラウマ級の結末！恐怖のマイホーム奇譚。引越し後の鍵交換は、お済みです…よね？中古マンションの購入から全ては始まった。トラウマ級の結末が待ち受ける、芥川賞作家による恐怖のマイホーム奇譚。

家族旅行先で、入水自殺を図ろうとした〈AYA〉を助けた爽香と明男。その背景には〈官邸御用達〉と名高い大物作家・郡山の影が……。

あなたと私は違う。だから、一緒にいよう――。『ふがいない僕は空を見た』『夜に星を放つ』の著者が、今を生きる人々に贈る感動作。【各界からの反響続々！】なんて誠実な小説なのだろう。

タクシードライバーが不要になることはないと、わたしは勝手に思ってる。高齢のお客さんや外国からのお客さんに対して、人、が不要になるとはとても思えないのだ。（本文より）

全日本マーチングコンテストに向けて、過酷な特訓を重ねる立華高校吹奏楽部の部員たち。1年生ながらAメンバーに選ばれた梓も日々練習に励むが、梓に相談もなくカラーガードを志望したあみかとのあいだにはしこりを残したままだった。梓の胸に蘇る、中学時代のトラウマ。そんななか、マーチングコンテストを目の前にして思わぬアクシデントが起こり……。アニメ化話題作に新シリーズ登場！

A coming of age story for aspiring celebrities. This audiobook has a positive narrative and brings Nature to life through a detailed account of wonderful trees and their special properties.

マーチングバンドの演奏を見て以来憧れだった立華高校吹奏楽部に入部した佐々木梓は、さっそく強豪校ならではの洗礼を受ける。厳しい練習に、先輩たちからの叱責。努力家で完璧主義の梓は、早く先輩たちに追いつけるよう練習に打ち込むが、楽器を演奏しながら動くことの難しさを痛感する。そんななか、コンクールに向けてオーディションが行われることになり……。

Horst Schlämmer hat die Faxen dicke: Die Preise steigen, die Stimmung sinkt, die Kneipen schließen. Er will den Leuten ihr Lächeln zurückbringen! Von Süddeutschland bis Sylt, von Berlin bis Büsum – per Anhalter, Krabbenkutter oder Schienenersatzverkehr. Er trifft Passanten, Promis und Psychologen, fragt knallhart nach und verliert, trotz vieler Rückschläge, nie seine Mission aus den Augen: Die Menschen wieder glücklich zu machen!

Marko ist Steuerberater. Er führt eine Kanzlei, die nach außen erfolgreich wirkt. Innen herrschen Überforderung, Fluktuation und permanenter Druck. Dieser Roman erzählt die fiktive Geschichte eines Steuerberaters – und ist dabei erschreckend real. Die Geschichte verwebt bewusst real existierende Firmen, Methoden und Denkansätze mit der Romanhandlung. Alles, was Marko lernt, umsetzt und verändert, können Sie als Leserin oder Leser selbst nachvollziehen – und auf die eigene Kanzlei übertragen.

生きていれば。恋だって始められる。生きてさえいれば…。好きな叔母・春桜(はるか)が宛名も書かず大切に手元に置いている手紙を見つけた甥の千景(ちかげ)。病室を出られない春桜に代わり、千景がひとり届けることで春桜の青春の日々を知る。

Everybody knows you can't take anything with you when you die... almost everybody. In a fit of rage, a dying spiritually challenged woman vows to cheat death and take her vast fortune with her when she dies. Somehow. Unfortunately, cryogenics leaves her cold. When she stumbles on the fact that the Tibetan Buddhists have found the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation 13 times, she becomes obsessed with leaving everything to herself. But some things can't be bought, and prophecies can be unpredictable.