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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The Fell
Sarah Moss
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
Maurice Leblanc
The Silence
Don DeLillo
Savage Kiss
Roberto Saviano
Mother for Dinner
Shalom Auslander
The Cat Who Saved Books
Sosuke Natsukawa
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Rian Hughes
Emily Noble's Disgrace
Mary Paulson-Ellis
Last Summer in the City
Gianfranco Calligarich
What Strange Paradise
Omar El Akkad
You Will Never Be Forgotten
Mary South
The Ophelia Girls
Jane Healey
Objects of Desire
Clare Sestanovich
Dance Prone
David Coventry
The Painter's Friend
Howard Cunnell
Magma
Thora Hjörleifsdóttir
Yours Cheerfully
AJ Pearce
The Blind Light
Stuart Evers
Blue in Chicago
Bette Howland
Summerwater
Sarah Moss
The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Prelude & Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield
A Shock
Keith Ridgway
Heaven
Mieko Kawakami
The Light Years
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Marking Time
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Confusion
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Casting Off
Elizabeth Jane Howard
All Change
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
Catch the Rabbit
Lana Bastašic
The Melting
Lize Spit
Circus of Wonders
Elizabeth Macneal
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
Sixteen Horses
Greg Buchanan
The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue
The Children of Jocasta
Natalie Haynes
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia
The Young Team
Graeme Armstrong