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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  1. Book cover for The Burial Plot

    The Burial Plot

    Elizabeth Macneal

  2. Book cover for My Beloved Life

    My Beloved Life

    Amitava Kumar

  3. Book cover for Long Island

    Long Island

    Colm Tóibín

  4. Book cover for Whale Fall

    Whale Fall

    Elizabeth O'Connor

  5. Book cover for The Amendments

    The Amendments

    Niamh Mulvey

  6. Book cover for Sparrow

    Sparrow

    James Hynes

  7. Book cover for James

    James

    Percival Everett

  8. Book cover for The Kamogawa Food Detectives

    The Kamogawa Food Detectives

    Hisashi Kashiwai

  9. Book cover for Suttree

    Suttree

    Cormac McCarthy

  10. Book cover for The Story of the Night

    The Story of the Night

    Colm Tóibín

  11. Book cover for The Blackwater Lightship

    The Blackwater Lightship

    Colm Tóibín

  12. Book cover for The Heather Blazing

    The Heather Blazing

    Colm Tóibín

  13. Book cover for The Master

    The Master

    Colm Tóibín

  14. Book cover for The South

    The South

    Colm Tóibín

  15. Book cover for Quarantine

    Quarantine

    Jim Crace

  16. Book cover for Silence

    Silence

    Shusaku Endo

  17. Book cover for Not Alone

    Not Alone

    Sarah K Jackson

  18. Book cover for An Honourable Exit

    An Honourable Exit

    Eric Vuillard

  19. Book cover for I Am Not Sidney Poitier

    I Am Not Sidney Poitier

    Percival Everett

  20. Book cover for Damned If I Do

    Damned If I Do

    Percival Everett

  21. Book cover for Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

    Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

    Percival Everett

  22. Book cover for Telephone

    Telephone

    Percival Everett

  23. Book cover for Assumption

    Assumption

    Percival Everett

  24. Book cover for So Much Blue

    So Much Blue

    Percival Everett

  25. Book cover for Now I Am Here

    Now I Am Here

    Chidi Ebere

  26. Book cover for Martyr!

    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

  27. Book cover for Western Lane

    Western Lane

    Chetna Maroo

  28. Book cover for Where There Was Fire

    Where There Was Fire

    John Manuel Arias

  29. Book cover for How I Won A Nobel Prize

    How I Won A Nobel Prize

    Julius Taranto

  30. Book cover for The World and All That It Holds

    The World and All That It Holds

    Aleksandar Hemon

  31. Book cover for Child of God

    Child of God

    Cormac McCarthy

  32. Book cover for What You Need From The Night

    What You Need From The Night

    Laurent Petitmangin

  33. Book cover for Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge

    Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge

    Lizzie Pook

  34. Book cover for Wellness

    Wellness

    Nathan Hill

  35. Book cover for The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

    The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone

    Audrey Burges

  36. Book cover for The People in the Trees

    The People in the Trees

    Hanya Yanagihara

  37. Book cover for The Sparsholt Affair

    The Sparsholt Affair

    Alan Hollinghurst

  38. Book cover for The Stranger's Child

    The Stranger's Child

    Alan Hollinghurst

  39. Book cover for Roman Stories

    Roman Stories

    Jhumpa Lahiri

  40. Book cover for The Little Old Lady Strikes Back

    The Little Old Lady Strikes Back

    Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

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