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 Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive

    Jessica Knoll

  2. Book cover for Before Your Memory Fades

    Before Your Memory Fades

    Toshikazu Kawaguchi

  3. Book cover for Eden

    Eden

    Jim Crace

  4. Book cover for What Strange Paradise

    What Strange Paradise

    Omar El Akkad

  5. Book cover for Haven

    Haven

    Emma Donoghue

  6. Book cover for The Women Could Fly

    The Women Could Fly

    Megan Giddings

  7. Book cover for The Nightingale

    The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah

  8. Book cover for Hinterland

    Hinterland

    Arno Geiger

  9. Book cover for Trust

    Trust

    Hernan Diaz

  10. Book cover for All the Pretty Horses

    All the Pretty Horses

    Cormac McCarthy

  11. Book cover for The Crossing

    The Crossing

    Cormac McCarthy

  12. Book cover for Cities of the Plain

    Cities of the Plain

    Cormac McCarthy

  13. Book cover for No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

    Cormac McCarthy

  14. Book cover for The Road

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

  15. Book cover for Emily Noble's Disgrace

    Emily Noble's Disgrace

    Mary Paulson-Ellis

  16. Book cover for Objects of Desire

    Objects of Desire

    Clare Sestanovich

  17. Book cover for Disorientation

    Disorientation

    Elaine Hsieh Chou

  18. Book cover for The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings

    The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings

    Joanna Nadin

  19. Book cover for Yours Cheerfully

    Yours Cheerfully

    AJ Pearce

  20. Book cover for The Bastard Factory

    The Bastard Factory

    Chris Kraus

  21. Book cover for The House of Fortune

    The House of Fortune

    Jessie Burton

  22. Book cover for Last Summer in the City

    Last Summer in the City

    Gianfranco Calligarich

  23. Book cover for Annie John

    Annie John

    Jamaica Kincaid

  24. Book cover for Lucy

    Lucy

    Jamaica Kincaid

  25. Book cover for At the Bottom of the River

    At the Bottom of the River

    Jamaica Kincaid

  26. Book cover for The Autobiography of My Mother

    The Autobiography of My Mother

    Jamaica Kincaid

  27. Book cover for Hearts and Bones

    Hearts and Bones

    Niamh Mulvey

  28. Book cover for Dirt Town

    Dirt Town

    Hayley Scrivenor

  29. Book cover for Circus of Wonders

    Circus of Wonders

    Elizabeth Macneal

  30. Book cover for Magma

    Magma

    Thora Hjörleifsdóttir

  31. Book cover for A Shock

    A Shock

    Keith Ridgway

  32. Book cover for Nevada

    Nevada

    Imogen Binnie

  33. Book cover for Catch the Rabbit

    Catch the Rabbit

    Lana Bastašic

  34. Book cover for Saint X

    Saint X

    Alexis Schaitkin

  35. Book cover for Vladimir

    Vladimir

    Julia May Jonas

  36. Book cover for We Had To Remove This Post

    We Had To Remove This Post

    Hanna Bervoets

  37. Book cover for The Melting

    The Melting

    Lize Spit

  38. Book cover for Heaven

    Heaven

    Mieko Kawakami

  39. Book cover for All The Lovers In The Night

    All The Lovers In The Night

    Mieko Kawakami

  40. Book cover for Brood

    Brood

    Jackie Polzin

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