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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Ghosts
John Banville
The Infinities
John Banville
The Sea
John Banville
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
Suttree
Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing
Cormac McCarthy
The Orchard Keeper
Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Cities of the Plain
Cormac McCarthy
Outer Dark
Cormac McCarthy
Child of God
Cormac McCarthy
Shallows
Tim Winton
In the Winter Dark
Tim Winton
Minimum of Two
Tim Winton
Scission
Tim Winton
That Eye, the Sky
Tim Winton
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño
2666
Roberto Bolaño
The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Divakaruni
Nowhere Man
Aleksandar Hemon
The Question of Bruno
Aleksandar Hemon
The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon
Guernica
Dave Boling
The Almost Moon
Alice Sebold
The Other Garden and Collected Stories
Francis Wyndham
The Missing Person's Guide to Love
Susanna Jones
The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton
An Open Swimmer
Tim Winton
Swallowing Grandma
Kate Long
The Blackwater Lightship
Colm Toibin
The Story of the Night
Colm Toibin
Winter Under Water
James Hopkin
A Far Country
Daniel Mason
Continent
Jim Crace
Arcadia
Jim Crace
Six
Jim Crace
Signals of Distress
Jim Crace
The Gift of Stones
Jim Crace
The Devil's Larder
Jim Crace
Mothers and Sons
Colm Toibin