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 Heaven's Net is Wide

    Heaven's Net is Wide

    Lian Hearn

  2. Book cover for Lover

    Lover

    Anna Raverat

  3. Book cover for What Belongs to You

    What Belongs to You

    Garth Greenwell

  4. Book cover for Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

  5. Book cover for Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Bronte

  6. Book cover for The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

  7. Book cover for Trading Futures

    Trading Futures

    Jim Powell

  8. Book cover for Everyone is Watching

    Everyone is Watching

    Megan Bradbury

  9. Book cover for The Man Without Qualities

    The Man Without Qualities

    Robert Musil

  10. Book cover for This Census-Taker

    This Census-Taker

    China Miéville

  11. Book cover for Zero K

    Zero K

    Don DeLillo

  12. Book cover for A Sport and a Pastime

    A Sport and a Pastime

    James Salter

  13. Book cover for What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

    What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

    Helen Oyeyemi

  14. Book cover for The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly

    The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly

    Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

  15. Book cover for The Outside Lands

    The Outside Lands

    Hannah Kohler

  16. Book cover for Emperor of the Eight Islands

    Emperor of the Eight Islands

    Lian Hearn

  17. Book cover for The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

    Edith Wharton

  18. Book cover for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    James Joyce

  19. Book cover for Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

  20. Book cover for Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

  21. Book cover for Across the Nightingale Floor

    Across the Nightingale Floor

    Lian Hearn

  22. Book cover for Grass for His Pillow

    Grass for His Pillow

    Lian Hearn

  23. Book cover for Rupture

    Rupture

    Simon Lelic

  24. Book cover for Dubliners

    Dubliners

    James Joyce

  25. Book cover for Moby-Dick

    Moby-Dick

    Herman Melville

  26. Book cover for A Beautiful Place to Die

    A Beautiful Place to Die

    Malla Nunn

  27. Book cover for All This Has Nothing To Do With Me

    All This Has Nothing To Do With Me

    Monica Sabolo

  28. Book cover for Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo

  29. Book cover for Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

  30. Book cover for Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    Charles Dickens

  31. Book cover for A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens

  32. Book cover for David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    Charles Dickens

  33. Book cover for Ghost Stories

    Ghost Stories

    Charles Dickens

  34. Book cover for Hard Times

    Hard Times

    Charles Dickens

  35. Book cover for A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens

  36. Book cover for The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

    Charles Dickens

  37. Book cover for The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  38. Book cover for Tender is the Night

    Tender is the Night

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  39. Book cover for The Beautiful and Damned

    The Beautiful and Damned

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  40. Book cover for Tales of the Jazz Age

    Tales of the Jazz Age

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

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