Contemporary Fiction

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...

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

A week on an island sounds like the stuff of beach dreams, but for Paisley Royce, it's a nightmare. Her little sister is marrying her ex-college sweetheart, and Paisley is serving as maid of honor. To add insult to injury, nobody will let Paisley forget she's single.

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...

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.

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...

'A wonderful storyteller' Ciara Geraghty 'Meaney is utterly credible, utterly authentic, utterly irresistible' Irish Independent 'Roisin Meaney is a skilful storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan The new novel from No.1 bestselling author Roisin Meaney. Another summer is in full swing on the island of...

Two schools - both in leafy Larkshire, but worlds apart. The incomparable Jilly Cooper turns her brilliant pen to the explosive world of education. At Bagley Hall, a notoriously wild, but increasingly academic, independent, crammed with the children of the famous, trouble is afoot. The ambitious...

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...

Continuing the history of the Irish Darcys begun in Missus and continued in The Harp in the South, this third novel of the trilogy re-acquaints listeners with slum life in a Sydney suburb....

For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab. But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so...

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...

Winner of the National Book Award when it was first published in 1964, Herzog traces five days in the life of a failed academic whose wife has recently left him for his best friend....

The valley is nestled between rugged peaks, divided by a magnificent river. Within its peaceful green contours are held the secrets of generations of tribes, families and loners who have come under its spell.

It recreates with fascinating honesty a world where only the gang and the surf count....

Filth (Failed in London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the war. Reserved, immaculate, and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions. But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese...

The Kimberley, a land that cradles Australia's ancient treasures, is sanctuary to the mysterious spirits reflected in the oldest rock art in the world....

Sometimes, your heart knows the truth even before you do. The new page-turning family drama from one of Australia's most popular storytellers. As she approaches thirty, dedicated nurse Ellen Sutton's life is how she wants it - well, almost. Her younger sister, Carrie, seems to have it all sorted...

Once an artist and teacher, Jen now spends her time watching the birds around her house and tending her lush, subtropical garden near the small town where she grew up. The only person she sees regularly is Henry, who comes after school for drawing lessons. When a girl in Henry's class goes...

Newly married and having recently taken over the management of a hotel in Honolulu, a former writer is drawn into the lives of his guests and the distinctive customs and rhythms of the distant island. As witness to the many contrasting chronicles of the hotel's characters, he ultimately returns...

"Bein' a idiot is no box of chocolates," but "at least I ain't led no hum-drum life," says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic tale. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks...

Как и все книги Наринэ Абгарян, этот роман трагикомичен и полон мудрой доброты....

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....

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

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...

あなたの心、温めます。九州だけに展開するコンビニチェーン「テンダネス」。その名物店「門司港こがね村店」で働くパート店員の日々の楽しみは、勤勉なのに老若男女を意図せず籠絡してしまう魔性のフェロモン店長・志波三彦を観察すること。

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！

2次予選での課題曲「春と修羅」。この現代 曲をどう弾くかが3次予選に進めるか否かの 分かれ道だった。マサルの演奏は素晴らしか った。が、明石は自分の「春と修羅」に自信 を持ち、勝算を感じていた……。

緻密で鮮烈なマルチ・アートミステリー！かつて「ぎんなみ商店街の白雪姫」と呼ばれた八百谷雪子は、現在認知症を患い入院中。商店街の人気焼き鳥店「串真佐」三姉妹の次女・都久音は宝石店店主の神山と見舞いに行くことに。

爽香は、勤務する〈G興産〉に密かに吸収合併の話があることを知る。それには社長・田端将夫の秘書で愛人と噂される朝倉有希が関わっており、何かと目障りな爽香を陥れようとしているらしい。

近年その覇者が音楽界の寵児となる芳ヶ江国際ピアノコンクール。 自宅に楽器を持たない少年・風間塵16歳。 かつて天才少女としてデビューしながら突然の母の死以来、弾けなくなった栄伝亜夜20歳。 楽器店勤務のサラリーマン・高島明石28歳。

本屋大賞作家の新境地となるサスペンス巨編　声なき声が届くなら、今度こそ記者を諦めない。『52ヘルツのクジラたち』で2021年本屋大賞を受賞後、『星を掬う』『宙ごはん』で同賞に３年連続ノミネート。

コンマ１秒で悪夢に陥る、バトンミス。それは、あまりに儚く、あまりに永い、「一瞬」――。＋＋＋＋＋高幡高校陸上部の4継（4×100ｍリレー）の女子リレーチームは、バトンのミスによりインターハイ出場を逃していた。

「教場」映画プロジェクト原作！最新刊！第一話　会意のトンネル郷村秀初は、体格に優れた14歳年上の同期、岩国禾刀に何かと助けられていた。岩国は、郷村の母の中学時代の後輩だという。

堀田家は、下町で古書店〈東京バンドワゴン〉を営む四世代の大家族。一家の大黒柱である勘一は、齢八十を超えてもなお元気に店を切り盛りしている。なにやら、そんな勘一をお目当てに通ってくる女性客がいるようで……？

ドラッグストアで絆創膏を万引きしようとした少年は、不思議な男と出会ってしまう。ポケットの中にあったはずの絆創膏は、いつの間にか男の手の中にあった。数奇な出会いから二人の運命は交錯してゆく。

読後、きっとこの笑顔に涙する　「ゆずのお母さんたちってドラマチックじゃん。この世知辛い東京で、一つの土地に、四人姉妹がそれぞれ家を建てて住んでたんだよ？」。幼馴染みの稲葉亜子に問われ、そんな大げさなと返す信濃ゆず。

東京下町で老舗古書店〈東京バンドワゴン〉を営む堀田家は、四世代の大家族。勘一のひ孫・花陽は受験生になり、研人は中学校に入学、かんなと鈴花もすくすく育っている。ひとつ屋根の下、ふしぎな事件が舞い込んで、今日も一家は大騒ぎ。

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.

Lauréat du Booker Prize 2025 On sent en refermant ce roman grandiose que quelque chose d'important est arrivé à la littérature. Elle Impressionnant.Le Figaro Grandiose. L'évènement de cet hiver. Elle Dès les premières pages, on est sûr de tenir entre ses mains un grand livre. Les Echos...

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。

Pothivelu Pandaram is known as a successful and God-fearing man about town–he has a loyal wife, three daughters, and ample money to pay for their dowries. However, it is an open secret that his success is fueled by a tawdry yet deeply profitable trade–for he owns a group of physically deformed beggars and places them outside various temples to make money for him. The beggars are mere "items" to Pandaram, hardly human, to be bought and sold like cattle.

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.

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！

David Luna is a sad sack: separated from his wife, at odds with his daughter, and periodically battling addiction and insomnia. But when he learns that he can magically teleport into the pages of a children’s book he is forced to question his reality, his relationship choices, and the trajectory of his life.

An interesting novel that sparks curiosity and opens one's faculty of imagination.

漕げよ、漕げ。あなたの船をーー男女の「歪み」と「再生」を超高解像度で描く恋愛文学の極致！東京の広告代理店に勤める43歳の涼子は、３歳年下で美容師の夫・孝之と結婚して13年。夫の夢を実現するための郊外暮らしや、子なし、かつ、セックスレスの生活にうっすら不満を抱えつつも、表面的には穏やかな日々を送っていた。

現在と過去が交錯して浮かびあがる「姦通」文芸誌「群像」に連載された著者の“執念の大作”第2巻。前田永造の妻・京子が前夫・伊丹との間に設けた長男・康彦は、母のいない寂しさから家出を繰り返す。康彦の学校へと出向いた永造は、どこか馴れ馴れしい担任の女教師に名前を「作家・前田永造」と呼び捨てにされ不快ながらも性生活について論じたりもする。

凄絶な半生を描いた自伝的長編の完結編　母に捨てられ、有名な詩人だった父・洋之助が亡くなってからは祖母に虐待されて育った嫩（ふたば）。結婚後も夜な夜な暴力を振るう夫に悩まされ続け、やっと別れることができてほっとしたところに、父の知人・岸上太郎が訪ねてきた。「軽いエッセイや小説でも。いや、そんなことより洋之助の思い出を書いてみなさい。……君なら書ける」

日本の小説作品として異例の大ヒット！恋人から突然、「他の女性と結婚する」と告げられた貴子は、深く傷つき、ただ泣き暮らす毎日をおくることになった。職場恋愛だったために会社も辞めることになり、貴子は恋人と仕事をいっぺんに失うことに。そんなとき叔父のサトルから貴子に電話が入る。叔父は妻の桃子に家出され、ひとり神保町で「森崎書店」という古書店を経営していた。