Contemporary fiction books from England
Recommended contemporary fiction books (44)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from England for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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The Moon-spinners by Mary Stewart EN
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Suspense fiction. Nicola Ferris, impetuous, attractive, and on holiday from the British Embassy in Athens, arrives in Crete a day ahead of schedule and discovers adventure and romance. Blithely savoring the wild beauty of the countryside, she stumbles across an assured young Englishman hiding out in the hills who is less than pleased to have been found. Before long, events begin to spiral in an alarmingly perilous fashion, leading to a stunning climax among the fishing boats of Agios Georgios Bay. With her keen delineation of character, Mary Stewart once again casts an enviable spell of suspen... continue
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The Names by Florence Knapp EN
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READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY | AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “Dazzling. . . The Names is startlingly joyful. . . Knapp tirelessly and beautifully replicates not just loss and grief but endless rebirth and delight.” —The Washington Post “Elegant. . . this is a wholly original work.” —People Magazine "Book of the Week" “A magnificent novel, thrumming with life in all its pain and precariousness, yet suffused with the glorious possibilities of love and redemption.” —Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Horse The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a nam... continue
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The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri EN
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A young man born of Indian parents in America struggles with issues of identity from his teens to his thirties.
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The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin EN
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"Graceful, intelligent, beautiful writing. Full of wisdom and kindness. It is just the kind of book I adore."--Joanna Cannon, author of the international bestseller The Trouble with Goats and Sheep A charming, fiercely alive and disarmingly funny debut novel in the vein of John Green, Rachel Joyce, and Jojo Moyes--a brave testament to the power of living each day to the fullest, a tribute to the stories that we live, and a reminder of our unlimited capacity for friendship and love. An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories that begins at the end . . . Seventeen-year-old Lenni Petterss... continue
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The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes EN
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Includes poems of thwarted love and disappointment, of raw desire, of the stalking beast, 'eye-teeth/and muzzle/coated with blood'; poems that recognise 'we have too much to gain from the gods, and this is why/they fail to love us'; poems that tell of an obsessive lover coming to grief in a sequence that echoes the old murder ballads
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The Wayward Sisters by Kate Hodges EN
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Something wicked this way comes... Inverness, Scotland, 1769. On a freezing winter's night, astronomer Nancy Lockaby arrives at Blackthistle House to assist renowned Shakespeare scholar, Caleb Malles, in his research. When three mysterious women arrive, with warnings that Caleb is keeping secrets from her, Nancy is at first dismissive, enthralled instead by his eccentric mind and captivating ideas. But when his behaviour becomes more and more erratic, she begins to suspect that things aren't as they at first seem. There's trouble brewing, and Nancy's been trapped in the middle of it... Enthral... continue
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This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers EN
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Using a pillow book as her form, nineteen-year-old Cordelia Kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl, who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, faith, and of herself in the world. Her thoughts range widely: on Shakespeare and breasts, periods and piano playing, friendship and trees, consciousness and sleep, and much more besides. As she writes of William Blacklin, the boy she chooses as her first lover, or Julie, the teacher who encourages her spiritual life, Cordelia maddens, fascinates, and ultimately seduces the ... continue
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Wahala : A Novel by Nikki May EN
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"An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group-the most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha"--
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We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan EN
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____________________________________ 'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will...' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built. Present-day LONDON. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not... continue