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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Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë

A Dog's Journey
W. Bruce Cameron

Ponti
Sharlene Teo

The Piranhas
Roberto Saviano

The Cast
Danielle Steel

The Long Forgotten
David Whitehouse

Alva & Irva
Edward Carey

Observatory Mansions
Edward Carey

The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov

The Dream Daughter
Diane Chamberlain

Fire Sermon
Jamie Quatro

The Melody
Jim Crace

The Diary of a Nobody
George Grossmith
Weedon Grossmith

Accidental Heroes
Danielle Steel

The Killing of Butterfly Joe
Rhidian Brook

Things We Nearly Knew
Jim Powell

Dead Girls
Abigail Tarttelin

A Dog's Way Home
W. Bruce Cameron

The Death of Her
Debbie Howells

Only Child
Rhiannon Navin

If Cats Disappeared From The World
Genki Kawamura

Aunt Clara
Noel Streatfeild

Fearless
Jessie Keane

The Rest of Their Lives
Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

The Turn of the Screw and Owen Wingrave
Henry James
Kate Mosse

I Love You Too Much
Alicia Drake

The Awakening & Other Stories
Kate Chopin
J. Michelle Coghlan

Round About the Christmas Tree
Becky Brown
Ned Halley

Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates
Dorothy L. Sayers
David Stuart Davies

I Ordered a Table for Six
Noel Streatfeild

The Stranger Upstairs
Melanie Raabe

The Neutronium Alchemist
Peter F. Hamilton

The Naked God
Peter F. Hamilton

How to Walk Away
Katherine Center

Bad Twins
Rebecca Chance

Save Me
Mandasue Heller

I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Margaret Craven

The Dead Girls
Jorge Ibargüengoitia

The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr
Frances Maynard

The Innocent
David Baldacci