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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Parties and Passions
Elena Richards
Spud: The Reunion
John van de Ruit
Dear Miss Lake
AJ Pearce
The Ramayana
Valmiki
The Mahabharata
Vyasa
Among Friends
Hal Ebbott
The Second Chance Convenience Store
Kim Ho-Yeon
A Beautiful Family
Jennifer Trevelyan
Bonding
Mariel Franklin
Thirst Trap
Gráinne O'Hare
Some Hope
Edward St Aubyn
Girl Falling
Hayley Scrivenor
Long Island
Colm Tóibín
Chéri
Colette
Claudine at School
Colette
Ripeness
Sarah Moss
Liars
Sarah Manguso
Mermaids, Sirens and Selkies
Jean Menzies
Fairies, Elves and Sprites
Jean Menzies
Classic Railway Stories
Harriet Sanders
The Sunshine Man
Emma Stonex
Wife
Charlotte Mendelson
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Catherine Mack
The Midnight Secret
Karen Swan
The Cat Who Saved the Library
Sosuke Natsukawa
The Secret Collector
Abigail Johnson
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai
Fair Play
Louise Hegarty
All That Is
James Salter
Bad News
Edward St Aubyn
Suder
Percival Everett
The Paris Express
Emma Donoghue
The Amendments
Niamh Mulvey
My Beloved Life
Amitava Kumar
Sleeping Children
Anthony Passeron
A House for Mr Biswas
V.S. Naipaul
The Friend Zone Experiment
Zen Cho
The Year of the Runaways
Sunjeev Sahota
Ours are the Streets
Sunjeev Sahota
The Butcher Boy
Patrick McCabe