Literary Fiction
Acclaimed works from prize-winning Picador authors, including Edward St Aubyn and Alan Hollinghurst. From must-read literary sensations like A Little Life to timeless classics like Plainsong, these are books that challenge conventions, spark debates and feed imaginations.
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To Paradise
Hanya Yanagihara
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Luster
Raven Leilani
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Hare House
Sally Hinchcliffe
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A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
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A Time Outside This Time
Amitava Kumar
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The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
Maurice Leblanc
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The Fell
Sarah Moss
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The Silence
Don DeLillo
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Savage Kiss
Roberto Saviano
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Mother for Dinner
Shalom Auslander
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The Cat Who Saved Books
Sosuke Natsukawa
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XX
Rian Hughes
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Last Summer in the City
Gianfranco Calligarich
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Emily Noble's Disgrace
Mary Paulson-Ellis
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What Strange Paradise
Omar El Akkad
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You Will Never Be Forgotten
Mary South
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Objects of Desire
Clare Sestanovich
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The Ophelia Girls
Jane Healey
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Dance Prone
David Coventry
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Magma
Thora Hjörleifsdóttir
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The Painter's Friend
Howard Cunnell
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The Blind Light
Stuart Evers
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Blue in Chicago
Bette Howland
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Yours Cheerfully
AJ Pearce
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The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Prelude & Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield
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Summerwater
Sarah Moss
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A Shock
Keith Ridgway
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Heaven
Mieko Kawakami
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Marking Time
Elizabeth Jane Howard
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The Light Years
Elizabeth Jane Howard
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Casting Off
Elizabeth Jane Howard
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Confusion
Elizabeth Jane Howard
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All Change
Elizabeth Jane Howard
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Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
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Catch the Rabbit
Lana Bastašic
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The Melting
Lize Spit
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The Harpy
Megan Hunter
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Circus of Wonders
Elizabeth Macneal
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The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
