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 Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Parties and Passions
Elena Richards
The Mystic Masseur
V.S. Naipaul
Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst
The Lantern of Lost Memories
Sanaka Hiiragi
The Good Wife
Jacqui Rose
Spud: The Reunion
John van de Ruit
Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis
Rosarita
Anita Desai
Tigers in Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann
Mother's Milk
Edward St Aubyn
Dear Miss Lake
AJ Pearce
Behind Frenemy Lines
Zen Cho
Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
The Ramayana
Valmiki
The Mahabharata
Vyasa
Among Friends
Hal Ebbott
The Second Chance Convenience Store
Kim Ho-Yeon
Anyone's Ghost
August Thompson
A Beautiful Family
Jennifer Trevelyan
Bonding
Mariel Franklin
Thirst Trap
Gráinne O'Hare
Some Hope
Edward St Aubyn
Girl Falling
Hayley Scrivenor
Long Island
Colm Tóibín
Chéri
Colette
Claudine at School
Colette
Ripeness
Sarah Moss
Liars
Sarah Manguso
Mermaids, Sirens and Selkies
Jean Menzies
Fairies, Elves and Sprites
Jean Menzies
Classic Railway Stories
Harriet Sanders
The Sunshine Man
Emma Stonex
Wife
Charlotte Mendelson
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Catherine Mack
The Cat Who Saved the Library
Sosuke Natsukawa
The Secret Collector
Abigail Johnson
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai