# Modern books Source: https://inprose.co.uk/browse/genre/modern - Facet: genre - Value: Modern - Books on in prose: 6 ## Top books - [The Penguin Book of Pirates (2024)](https://inprose.co.uk/book/9780143137511) by Katherine Howe - [Cuba Libre! (2019)](https://inprose.co.uk/book/9780735218161) by Tony Perrottet - [The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches (2017)](https://inprose.co.uk/book/9780241982396) by Brian MacArthur - [Pirates: A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (2017)](https://inprose.co.uk/book/9781472830487) by Charles Johnson - [Empress Dowager Cixi (2014)](https://inprose.co.uk/book/9780099532392) by Jung Chang - [Maurice Blanchot (2001)](https://inprose.co.uk/book/9780415234962) by Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Ullrich Haase