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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The Ophelia Girls
Jane Healey
Objects of Desire
Clare Sestanovich
Dance Prone
David Coventry
The Painter's Friend
Howard Cunnell
Magma
Thora Hjörleifsdóttir
Yours Cheerfully
AJ Pearce
The Blind Light
Stuart Evers
Blue in Chicago
Bette Howland
Summerwater
Sarah Moss
The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Prelude & Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield
A Shock
Keith Ridgway
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
Marking Time
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Confusion
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Casting Off
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Heaven
Mieko Kawakami
The Light Years
Elizabeth Jane Howard
All Change
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Catch the Rabbit
Lana Bastašic
Circus of Wonders
Elizabeth Macneal
The Melting
Lize Spit
The Harpy
Megan Hunter
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue
The Children of Jocasta
Natalie Haynes
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia
Alligator and Other Stories
Dima Alzayat
The Young Team
Graeme Armstrong
Pygmalion & Other Plays
George Bernard Shaw
Brood
Jackie Polzin
The Piano Tuner
Daniel Mason
Laura Cassidy's Walk of Fame
Alan McMonagle
The Field
Robert Seethaler
Saint X
Alexis Schaitkin
A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth
Daniel Mason
The Lamplighters
Emma Stonex
Cowboy Graves
Roberto Bolaño
Jack & Bet
Sarah Butler