Contemporary fiction titles are those which focus on the present or near past. Stories rooted in the current cultural, social, and political landscape which feature characters we can all recognise.
Contemporary Fiction Books
Austin Macauley Publishers Broken
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers Sovereignty Servitude and Sorcery
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£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers The CigaretteFlavored Tea and Strindberg
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£12.59
Austin Macauley Publishers The Last Report
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£6.99
Austin Macauley Publishers The Plan
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£17.84
Austin Macauley Publishers The Plan
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£12.59
Austin Macauley Publishers Bats Balls and Bigotry
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers If Wishes Were Horses
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£11.69
Austin Macauley Publishers Abchurch Militant
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers Ruins
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£11.40
Austin Macauley Publishers I Wish... Vickys Story
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers Restless
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£10.65
Austin Macauley Publishers I am the Narrator
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers The Journey of Kyle in the House of Azza
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£7.59
Austin Macauley Publishers Greenwich Meridian
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£9.98
Austin Macauley Publishers The Unqualified Accountant
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers Fragments of a Life
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers A Million Times through the War Zone
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£13.73
Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd. The Last Gasp
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£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers The Adventures of Osmin
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£6.99
Austin Macauley Publishers A First and Final Encounter With My Brother
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£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers Das Einzige Kind The Only Child
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£12.45
Austin Macauley Publishers Das Einzige Kind The Only Child
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£20.02
Austin Macauley Publishers No Free Speech for Hate
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£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers Parvon Zin Koban Hunter Book 3 Day of the
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers The Serious Man
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£5.99
Austin Macauley Publishers The Da Calvi Legacy
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£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers Kain bu Maisie
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers Kain bu Maisie
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£11.69
Austin Macauley Publishers The Dreams That Hold Us Captive
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£6.99
Austin Macauley Publishers You Cant Do That and If It Doesnt Kill You
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers Where Do You Go When You Need to Hide Away
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£17.09
Austin Macauley Publishers The Samovar
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd. Parvon Zin Koban Hunter Book 4 The Games
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers The Digital Tribulations of Brady Webber
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers Parvon Zin Koban Hunter Book 5 Hunters Moon
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers Parvon Zin Koban Hunter Book 6
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers Parvon Zin Koban Hunter Book 7 Carpe Diem
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers Sucker Punch
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£10.44
Austin Macauley Publishers Parvon Zin Koban Book 8 Brave New World
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£8.54
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Squatters Tale
Book SynopsisIke Oguine''s debut novel, A Squatter''s Tale is a dark and bold story about the life of a Nigerian business man living in exile in America.Obi does not shy away from his flaws. Dishonest, offensive, arrogant - he moves through life caring little about the people around him. Yet when his uncle comes to visit from America, showering him with gifts and selling him tales of a new life, Obi is determined to follow him. After buying a one-way ticket, he quickly realises that neither his uncle nor America are quite what they promised to be.Fast-paced and defiant, A Squatter''s Tale is an honest insight into the experiences of a Nigerian man living in 1990s America. ''Few people have read this hilarious novel but one read is all you need to become a fan.'' GuardianTrade Review'Few people have read this hilarious novel but one read is all you need to become a fan.' * Guardian *
£13.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Clothes of Nakedness
Book SynopsisWinner of the 1999 Commonwealth Writers'' Prize for Best First Book, Africa Region. The Clothes of Nakedness cleverly examines the complexities of human relationships, offering a gritty expose of the divide between rich and poor in modern Ghana. Evil lurks in the streets of Accra and it goes by the name of Mystique Mysterious. A wealthy man with maleficent intentions, Mystique delights in manipulating the vulnerable with his exploitative deals. His bargains may seem fishy but when poverty is knocking on your door and options are limited, what choice do you have? The Clothes of Nakedness is a gripping exploration into how, when pushed, ordinary people can fall into a vicious cycle of vice and corruption that only serves to benefit the ruling class.Trade Review'A powerful insight into the vulnerability of human nature and Ghanaian life.' * Orbit *'This novel is refreshingly West African in content and style, with slight hints of Achebe and Soyinka.' -- Gaele Sobott-Mogwe
£11.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mrs Spy
Book SynopsisGet ready for a pulse-pounding, laugh-out-loud ride through 1960s London as Maggie Flynn, unexpected MI5 operative and single mum, unravels the intelligence agency''s most treacherous secrets.***Maggie Flynn isn''t your typical 1960s mum.She''s a spy, an unsuspecting operative for MI5, stalking London''s streets in myriad disguises. Widowed and balancing her clandestine career with raising a Beatles-mad teenage daughter, Maggie finds comfort and purpose in her profession providing a connection to her late husband, whose own covert past only surfaced after his death.But Maggie''s world spins out of control when a chance encounter with a mysterious Russian agent triggers a chilling revelation: he knew her husband. And what''s worse, the agent suspects someone on home soil betrayed him. As Maggie searches for answers, she''ll question everyone and everything she thought she could trust. In the murky and peri
£21.74
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Lady of the Mine
Book SynopsisThe extraordinary new novel by the author of Untraceable.A sealed shaft in a Donbas coal mine contains unimaginable horror: layer upon layer of human bodies, the victims of Red and White terror during the Revolution, of Stalin's purges, of the Einsatzgruppen in the Holocaust.Around this infamous pit, in a polluted region convulsed once again by war and cruelty when Russia invades Ukraine, the fates of four characters intertwine: a mysterious and powerful laundress whose dedication to cleaning the filth created by the mine attracts the suspicion of the secret police; her innocent daughter Zhanna, left alone by her mother's death; a brutal Russian militia man, who targets Zhanna; and his boss, a former KGB man turned ruthless servant of Putin. The voice of The Engineer, a murdered Jew who designed and constructed the mine, is a witness to the bloody history of the region and the terrible secret at its heart.A haunting, lyrical meditation on the legacy of dictatorship and atrocity.
£17.09
Vinci Books Trawler Trash
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£9.49
Vinci Books Dark Dodgers
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£9.49
Vinci Books Nothing New Under The Sun
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£9.49
Vinci Books Ltd. The Crossroads
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£9.49
