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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Necessary Lies
Diane Chamberlain

The Rebels
Sandor Marai

Bay of Souls
Robert Stone

Ruthless
Jessie Keane

Playing with Fire
Kerry Wilkinson

Carry Me Home
Terri Wiltshire

Man Overboard
Tim Binding

The Things We Know Now
Catherine Dunne

Reality, Reality
Jackie Kay

Mateship With Birds
Carrie Tiffany

The Sea on Fire
Howard Cunnell

Come to Me
Amy Bloom

Edward Trencom's Nose
Giles Milton

The Picador Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction

Esther's Inheritance
Sandor Marai

Indecision
Benjamin Kunkel

Where You Once Belonged
Kent Haruf

If This Is Home
Stuart Evers

LAURA LAMONT'S LIFE IN PICTURES
Emma Straub

Accidents Happen
Louise Millar

The Book of Life
Stuart Nadler

Beyond This Place
A. J. Cronin

Gracie Lindsay
A. J. Cronin

Lady with Carnations
A. J. Cronin

Shannon's Way
A. J. Cronin

A Song of Sixpence
A. J. Cronin

The Judas Tree
A. J. Cronin

The Minstrel Boy
A. J. Cronin

The Northern Light
A. J. Cronin

The Spanish Gardener
A. J. Cronin

Three Loves
A. J. Cronin

An Accidental Light
Elizabeth Diamond

The Peacock Spring
Rumer Godden

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
B S Johnson

Albert Angelo
B S Johnson

Getting Even
Sarah Rayner

This is Paradise
Will Eaves

Only Say the Word
Niall Williams

The Septembers of Shiraz
Dalia Sofer

The Dissident
Nell Freudenberger