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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  1. Book cover for Ghosts

    Ghosts

    John Banville

  2. Book cover for The Infinities

    The Infinities

    John Banville

  3. Book cover for The Sea

    The Sea

    John Banville

  4. Book cover for No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

    Cormac McCarthy

  5. Book cover for Suttree

    Suttree

    Cormac McCarthy

  6. Book cover for The Crossing

    The Crossing

    Cormac McCarthy

  7. Book cover for The Orchard Keeper

    The Orchard Keeper

    Cormac McCarthy

  8. Book cover for Blood Meridian

    Blood Meridian

    Cormac McCarthy

  9. Book cover for Cities of the Plain

    Cities of the Plain

    Cormac McCarthy

  10. Book cover for Outer Dark

    Outer Dark

    Cormac McCarthy

  11. Book cover for Child of God

    Child of God

    Cormac McCarthy

  12. Book cover for Shallows

    Shallows

    Tim Winton

  13. Book cover for In the Winter Dark

    In the Winter Dark

    Tim Winton

  14. Book cover for Minimum of Two

    Minimum of Two

    Tim Winton

  15. Book cover for Scission

    Scission

    Tim Winton

  16. Book cover for That Eye, the Sky

    That Eye, the Sky

    Tim Winton

  17. Book cover for The Savage Detectives

    The Savage Detectives

    Roberto Bolaño

  18. Book cover for 2666

    2666

    Roberto Bolaño

  19. Book cover for The Palace of Illusions

    The Palace of Illusions

    Chitra Divakaruni

  20. Book cover for Nowhere Man

    Nowhere Man

    Aleksandar Hemon

  21. Book cover for The Question of Bruno

    The Question of Bruno

    Aleksandar Hemon

  22. Book cover for The Lazarus Project

    The Lazarus Project

    Aleksandar Hemon

  23. Book cover for Guernica

    Guernica

    Dave Boling

  24. Book cover for The Almost Moon

    The Almost Moon

    Alice Sebold

  25. Book cover for The Other Garden and Collected Stories

    The Other Garden and Collected Stories

    Francis Wyndham

  26. Book cover for The Missing Person's Guide to Love

    The Missing Person's Guide to Love

    Susanna Jones

  27. Book cover for The Forgotten Garden

    The Forgotten Garden

    Kate Morton

  28. Book cover for An Open Swimmer

    An Open Swimmer

    Tim Winton

  29. Book cover for Swallowing Grandma

    Swallowing Grandma

    Kate Long

  30. Book cover for The Blackwater Lightship

    The Blackwater Lightship

    Colm Toibin

  31. Book cover for The Story of the Night

    The Story of the Night

    Colm Toibin

  32. Book cover for Winter Under Water

    Winter Under Water

    James Hopkin

  33. Book cover for A Far Country

    A Far Country

    Daniel Mason

  34. Book cover for Continent

    Continent

    Jim Crace

  35. Book cover for Arcadia

    Arcadia

    Jim Crace

  36. Book cover for Six

    Six

    Jim Crace

  37. Book cover for Signals of Distress

    Signals of Distress

    Jim Crace

  38. Book cover for The Gift of Stones

    The Gift of Stones

    Jim Crace

  39. Book cover for The Devil's Larder

    The Devil's Larder

    Jim Crace

  40. Book cover for Mothers and Sons

    Mothers and Sons

    Colm Toibin

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