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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There Are Four Seasons
Richmal Crompton

You're a Big Girl Now
Neil Gordon

The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud

The Beautiful Visit
Elizabeth Jane Howard

Odd Girl Out
Elizabeth Jane Howard

The Fever
Megan Abbott

Hotel Alpha
Mark Watson

A Clue to the Exit
Edward St Aubyn

On The Edge
Edward St Aubyn

The Road Back
Di Morrissey

Dare Me
Megan Abbott

The End of Everything
Megan Abbott

Frank Derrick's Holiday of A Lifetime
J.B. Morrison

Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel
Dermot Bolger

Outerbridge Reach
Robert Stone

Dog Soldiers
Robert Stone

Children of Light
Robert Stone

Life Drawing
Robin Black

Shotgun Lovesongs
Nickolas Butler

Eyrie
Tim Winton

Vanishing
Gerard Woodward

War Babies
Annie Murray

The Good Luck of Right Now
Matthew Quick

The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore
Pippa Wright

The Edge of Dark
Pamela Hartshorne

Last Night in Montreal
Emily St. John Mandel

The Lola Quartet
Emily St. John Mandel

The Singer's Gun
Emily St. John Mandel

The Unwitting
Ellen Feldman

Saving Grace
Jane Green

Some Luck
Jane Smiley

Losing It
Helen Lederer

The Water Diviner
Andrew Anastasios
Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios

Devotion
Nell Leyshon

Magnolia Square
Margaret Pemberton

Coronation Summer
Margaret Pemberton

In the Light of What We Know
Zia Haider Rahman

The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold

Scottsboro
Ellen Feldman

The Debt To Pleasure
John Lanchester