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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Juice
Tim Winton
The Map of Bones
Kate Mosse
Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai
A Child's Christmas in Wales & Other Stories and Poems
Dylan Thomas
Dragons, Wyverns and Serpents: Myths and Legends
Jean Menzies
Witches, Wizards and Sorcerers: Myths and Legends
Jean Menzies
Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
Annihilation
Michel Houellebecq
Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Liars
Sarah Manguso
The Lantern of Lost Memories
Sanaka Hiiragi
Anam
André Dao
Wife
Charlotte Mendelson
Mr Potter
Jamaica Kincaid
See Now Then
Jamaica Kincaid
The Centre
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
The Orchard Keeper
Cormac McCarthy
Classic Fantasy Stories
Farah Mendlesohn
Cloudstreet
Tim Winton
Open Throat
Henry Hoke
Rosarita
Anita Desai
Locks
Ashleigh Nugent
Bonding
Mariel Franklin
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
The Ghost Ship
Kate Mosse
Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy
The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher
Ahn Do-hyun
Quartet in Autumn
Barbara Pym
The Burial Plot
Elizabeth Macneal
Everything's Fine
Cecilia Rabess
Spirits Abroad
Zen Cho
Sea Change
Gina Chung
My Beloved Life
Amitava Kumar
Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri
Long Island
Colm Tóibín