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