Contemporary & literary fiction

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The perfect reads for your book club

Booker Prize nominees and winners through the years, published by Penguin

The trailblazing authors who have inspired the next generation of writers

The perfect reads for your book club

Booker Prize nominees and winners through the years, published by Penguin

The trailblazing authors who have inspired the next generation of writers

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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami – Norwegian Wood

About our contemporary and literary fiction

Are you looking to immerse yourself in the world of contemporary literature and discover the most renowned and celebrated of authors? We publish the very best in literary fiction books. Whether it’s titles like Lessons in Chemistry, The Secret History and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, or the latest novels from writers like Kate Atkinson, Ian McEwan, Marian Keyes and Elif Shafak, prepare to explore an enchanting world of thought-provoking narratives and deep character studies that will stand the test of time.