Modern Fiction

The tights run wild and free in hilarious new novel from the Queen of Comedy!Tallulah Casey is putting all thoughts of wild boy Cain behind her. He is literally an animal in trousers, not like nice boy Charlie (who she’s totally not thinking about either). The Tree Sisters are chasing those golde...

Every summer, in a rambling castle in Ireland, TV crews descend to film the nation's favourite cookery competition. For Diana, a celebrated TV chef, it's a way to keep her castle running. Bea, the cupcake queen, is determined to remind everyone why she deserves her own TV show. Connor, the bad bo...

It's the latest Brilliant Blockbuster from best-selling Baddiel! The Taylor Turbochaser is a road-trip rollercoaster... with a twist. At its heart is the unforgettable Amy Taylor. Amy loves cars, and dreams of being a driver. But there's a major catch: her slow old wheelchair with its broken whee...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tell Me A Secret by Jane Fallon, read by Claire Sturgess. **The million copy bestselling author of Faking Friends and My Sweet Revenge is back!**'She's the queen of the revenge novel and Jane Fallon's done it again. Dramatic and engaging from the start, t...

Rico knows to stay away from trouble as best he can. But he’s angry and frustrated at the injustices he sees happening at home and around the world. He wants to do something - but what? When he is approached by Speech, a mysterious man who shares Rico's hacktivist interests, Rico is given the per...

The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and FireFor decades, George R.R. Martin – bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire – has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to...

Even when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live.From the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days Without EndWinona is a young Lakota orphan adopted by former soldiers Thomas McNulty and John Cole. Living with Thomas and John on the farm they work in...

In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth’s population was devastated by an alien virus. Those who survived were changed forever. Some, known as jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical mutations; others, granted superhuman abilities, became the lucky few known as aces. Queen Margar...

When Jeanie’s husband leaves her without an explanation, she is furious and hurt. Taking her granddaughter to the park on Thursdays helps console her, and there, one day, she meets Ray and his grandson. Ray is kind, easy to talk to, and gorgeous. Jeanie starts to live for Thursdays. But does she ...

A hauntingly beautiful coming-of-age tale set in the Welsh valleys of the 1970s. Set in a remote valley in Wales, this is 1974, and Tirzah is sixteen, pretty, witty and wise. Brought up in a staunchly religious family, she has lived a sheltered life. But then she meets a boy. As she begins to str...