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 Ancient Garden
Hwang Sok-yong
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Bella Bathurst
Dr Ragab's Universal Language
Robert Twigger
Emerald Germs of Ireland
Patrick McCabe
Enough Is Enough
Mark Lawson
War Boy
Kief Hillsbery
Remember Me
Trezza Azzopardi
A Dog for Christmas
W. Bruce Cameron
Prima Donna
Karen Swan
Thicker Than Water
Kerry Wilkinson
Rhett Butler's People
Donald McCaig
The Mouse Deer Kingdom
Chiew-Siah Tei
Fireproof
Raj Kamal Jha
Being Dead
Jim Crace
The Pesthouse
Jim Crace
33 Moments of Happiness
Ingo Schulze
The Last Refuge
Ben Coes
Adventures of a Black Bag
A. J. Cronin
Adventures in Two Worlds
A. J. Cronin
A Pocketful of Rye
A. J. Cronin
Elegy for April
Benjamin Black
Nobody Move
Denis Johnson
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