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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Nobody Move
Denis Johnson
Still Water Saints
Alex Espinoza
Let the Dead Lie
Malla Nunn
Carry Me Home
Terri Wiltshire
Reality, Reality
Jackie Kay
Mateship With Birds
Carrie Tiffany
The Sea on Fire
Howard Cunnell
Where You Once Belonged
Kent Haruf
The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton
If This Is Home
Stuart Evers
Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann
LAURA LAMONT'S LIFE IN PICTURES
Emma Straub
Plainsong
Kent Haruf
Eventide
Kent Haruf
The Stars Look Down
A. J. Cronin
The Northern Light
A. J. Cronin
Astray
Emma Donoghue
An Accidental Light
Elizabeth Diamond
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
B S Johnson
Trawl
B S Johnson
Albert Angelo
B S Johnson
House Mother Normal
B S Johnson
Well Done God!
B S Johnson
Getting Even
Sarah Rayner
When Nights Were Cold
Susanna Jones
This is Paradise
Will Eaves
The Sound of Butterflies
Rachael King
Signs of Life
Anna Raverat
Wish I May
Justine Picardie
Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader
John Banville
Hope: A Tragedy
Shalom Auslander
Noon
Aatish Taseer
Rates of Exchange
Malcolm Bradbury
Eating People is Wrong
Malcolm Bradbury
The Third Reich
Roberto Bolaño
Next to Love
Ellen Feldman
The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories
Don DeLillo
The Two Week Wait
Sarah Rayner
Antwerp
Roberto Bolaño
The Sealed Letter
Emma Donoghue