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 Melting
Lize Spit
Circus of Wonders
Elizabeth Macneal
Sixteen Horses
Greg Buchanan
The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue
Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia
Pygmalion & Other Plays
George Bernard Shaw
The Piano Tuner
Daniel Mason
The Field
Robert Seethaler
Saint X
Alexis Schaitkin
The Lamplighters
Emma Stonex
Cowboy Graves
Roberto Bolaño
Jack & Bet
Sarah Butler
Mountain Road, Late at Night
Alan Rossi
Nightshift
Kiare Ladner
Kololo Hill
Neema Shah
The Hiding Game
Naomi Wood
The Art of Losing
Alice Zeniter
Mother for Dinner
Shalom Auslander
Writers & Lovers
Lily King
Cleanness
Garth Greenwell
Little Bandaged Days
Kyra Wilder
Amnesty
Aravind Adiga
Luster
Raven Leilani
The City of Tears
Kate Mosse
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Burmese Days
George Orwell
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Correspondents
Tim Murphy
La Vita Nuova
Dante Alighieri
The Silence
Don DeLillo
The Silence
Don DeLillo
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro
Christine Féret-Fleury
Candide, or The Optimist
Voltaire
Tales from the Cafe
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Confession
Jessie Burton
The Harpy
Megan Hunter
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
Summerwater
Sarah Moss
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Rian Hughes