One of Those Mothers by Megan Nicol Reed
$36.99 NZD
Category: Modern
A raw domestic thriller for fans of Liane Moriarty and The Slap. If you were gripped by Big Little Lies, you'll love One of Those Mothers. The residents of Point Heed keep nice houses and sign up as parent help at the local school. Occasionally they cheat on their taxes. Sometimes they fantasise about ...Show more
Haven by Emma Donoghue
$34.99 NZD
Category: Modern
Three men vow to leave the world behind them. They set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them. What they find is the extraordinary island now known as Skellig Michael. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream tell ...Show more
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North by Rachel Joyce
$37.00 NZD
Category: Modern
The final piece of the Harold Fry trilogy, revisiting the characters ten years on to tell a story about loss and love and forgiveness. Ten years after her husband, Harold Fry's extraordinary walk across England to try and save a dying friend, Maureen Fry makes her own pilgrimage, and although she packs ...Show more
She and her Cat by Makoto Shinkai; Naruki Nagakawa
$35.00 NZD
Category: Modern
CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN meets TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES - Heart-stopping, tender Japanese bestselling debut novel about four women and the cats in their lives, as they lurch towards self-discovery in modern-day Japan by a hugely acclaimed Japanese anime filmmaker. For fans of THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONIC ...Show more
The Colony by Audrey Magee
$32.99 NZD
Category: Modern
He handed the easel to the boatman, reaching down the pier wall towards the sea. Mr Lloyd has decided to travel to the island by boat without engine - the authentic experience. Unbeknownst to him, Mr Masson will also soon be arriving for the summer. Both will strive to encapsulate the truth of this plac ...Show more
Companion Piece by Ali Smith
$37.00 NZD
Category: Modern | Series: The follow-up to the Seasonal Quartet
A celebration of companionship in all its timeless and contemporary, legendary and unpindownable, spellbinding and shapeshifting forms. It follows the unique achievement of her Seasonal cycle of novels - Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer - written and published in as close as possible to real time, betw ...Show more
Life Sentences: the unforgettable Irish bestseller by Billy O'Callaghan
$24.00 NZD
Category: Irish
*THE #3 IRISH BESTSELLER*'Momentous and epic' BERNARD MACLAVERTY'Superb and moving' JOHN BANVILLE'A lovely, piercing book' SEBASTIAN BARRYThree generations. More than a century of famine, war, violence and love.At sixteen Nancy, the only member of her family to survive the Great Famine, leaves her small ...Show more
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
$32.99 NZD
Category: Modern
The brand-new historical novel based on a true story from the bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network She's the war's most lethal sniper. And the one they least expect... In the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Mila Pavlichenko's life revolves around her young son - until Hit ...Show more
7 1/2 Seven and a Half by Christos Tsiolkas
$36.99 NZD
Category: Modern
An audacious and transformative novel about the past, the present and the power of writing and imagination from the award-winning author of Damascus and The Slap. A man arrives at a house on the coast to write a book. Separated from his lover and family and friends, he finds the solitude he craves in th ...Show more
Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine: A Novel by Klara Hveberg
$32.99 NZD
Category: Modern
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE * A NEW YORK TIMES GLOBETROTTING PICKA remarkable and heartbreaking debut novel with the lyrical beauty and emotional resonance of By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept and the thematic complexity of Asymmetry, that combines fractal mathematics and classic ...Show more
Almond by Won-pyung Sohn
$32.99 NZD
Category: Modern
WALL STREET JOURNAL STORIES THAT CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE PICK * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S STAY HOME AND READ PICK * SALON'S BEST AND BOLDEST * BUSTLE'S MOST ANTICIPATED The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and ...Show more
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza
$33.00 NZD
Category: Modern
‘Harrowing and heartening in equal measure, this book is a breathtaking tale of racial fissures, fury and friendship' David Lammy, MP and author of Tribes ‘A powerful story about friendship, race, love, forgiveness, and justice – and the stunning ways they intersect…Empathetic, riveting, and authentic' ...Show more