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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Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
Exposure
Aga Lesiewicz
Innocents and Others
Dana Spiotta
The Lost World
Arthur Conan Doyle
Run
Mandasue Heller
Christodora
Tim Murphy
Selection Day
Aravind Adiga
The Wind Cannot Read
Richard Mason
The Shadow and the Peak
Richard Mason
You Will Know Me
Megan Abbott
The Last Photograph
Emma Chapman
The Olive Tree
Lucinda Riley
The Ministry of Fear
Graham Greene
Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene
The Third Man and Other Stories
Graham Greene
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories
Robert Louis Stevenson
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Place That Didn't Exist
Mark Watson
Under a Watchful Eye
Adam Nevill
Miss Jane
Brad Watson
Dear Mr. M
Herman Koch
The Allegations
Mark Lawson
The Eternal Kingdom
Ben Peek
Falling
Jane Green
Always in My Heart
Pam Weaver
The Invisible Mile
David Coventry
Invincible Summer
Alice Adams
In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje
Tomorrow Brings Sorrow
Mary Wood
The African Queen
C. S. Forester
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
Joanne Proulx
The Years That Followed
Catherine Dunne
The Butlins Girls
Elaine Everest
The Fat Artist and Other Stories
Benjamin Hale
A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron
Felicity - Stands By
Richmal Crompton