General Fiction > Contemporary
Contemporary fiction in most reading circles is deemed as anything written or the setting in the book is set after World War 2. A comparison we like to draw on here at MLB is just like wines have different categories, at the end of the day it is what the individual likes. We hope you like our selection of Contemporary.
The Happiest Little Town by Barbara Hannay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Happiness has a way of catching up with you, even when you've given up trying to find it.Tilly doesn't believe she can ever be happy againFourteen-year-old Tilly's world is torn apart when her single mother dies suddenly and she is sent a million miles from everything she has ever known to a small count ...Show more
Hotel 21 by Senta Rich
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'A sharp, funny, poignant and completely heart-warming story about female friendship and kick-ass women. I truly loved it!' Ruth Hogan 'I have a first-day rule. Any sign of trouble, even a whiff of a problem, and I walk. 'Noelle is an efficient and friendly hotel cleaner, a model employee. Or so she'd h ...Show more
The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire van Ryn
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A deeply moving novel of love and loss set in the majestic mountains of Tasmania's Central Highlands.Senior journalist Allira is writing a story for Folk magazine when she meets Nora, a nursing home resident with dementia and a doll cradled lovingly in her arms. Bit by bit, Nora reveals details about he ...Show more
Lost Summers of Driftwood by Vanessa McCausland
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'Like the slow-moving river that flows through the story, this compelling mystery will creep up on you and pull you in.' Josephine MoonAn absorbing drama about broken dreams, first love and the mystery of a lost sister, for all fans of Hannah Richell and Kate Morton. 'A cracking read' Maggie AldersonIs ...Show more
The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie Stroud
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A powerful and moving debut novel about a school community in crisis from the bestselling author of Teacher. The staff of St Margaret's Primary School are hanging by a thread. There's serious litigation pending, the school is due for registration, and a powerful parent named Janet Bellevue has a lot to ...Show more
Whenever You're Ready by Trish Bolton
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A love letter to the lives of older women, Whenever You're Ready is a moving and perceptive novel about three women searching for a way forward in the wake of a sudden loss. 'Tender, warm-hearted and wise.' Toni Jordan 'Each of the women in this novel feels like she could be a friend.' Sophie Green An u ...Show more
This Summer's Secrets by Emily Barr
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
One hot summer, first love, so many buried secrets . . . A bold new story for fans of We Were Liars, intertwining past and present, love and loss, from the bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks. Senara has never been in love before. She's not done anything exciting before. Always the sidek ...Show more
Driving Stevie Fracasso by Barry Divola
$19.99 AUD
$32.99 (39% off)
Category: Contemporary
Two estranged brothers, one stolen car and a road trip from Texas to New York. What could possibly go wrong? For fans of Nick Hornby, David Nicholls and Jonathan Tropper. Jaded music journo Rick McLennan knows his life is going south when he loses his job, his apartment and his long-term girlfriend al ...Show more
Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarty
$12.99 AUD
$19.99 (35% off)
Category: Contemporary
Poppy never thought her husband wanted children - especially not with her best friend. When Poppy arrives home to find her husband and best friend sitting side by side at her kitchen table, she thinks they're planning her a birthday surprise . . . Little does she know, they're waiting to tell her abou ...Show more
One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother–daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control. One hundred days. It’s no time at all, she tells me. But she’s not the one waiting. In a heady whirlwind of independence, lust and defiance, sixteen-year-old Karuna falls preg ...Show more
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
$24.99 AUD
$32.99 (24% off)
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
1996 - Cabramatta, Sydney. 'Just let him go.' Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends, in a neighbourhood growing more unpredictable by the day. T ...Show more
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the author of The Midnight Library and The Humans. HOW MANY LIFETIMES DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE?Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-yearold history teacher, but he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the So ...Show more