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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Tales from the Cafe
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Confession
Jessie Burton
The Catholic School
Edoardo Albinati
Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff
Exhalation
Ted Chiang
Akin
Emma Donoghue
Sweet Home
Wendy Erskine
The Ditch
Herman Koch
My House Is Falling Down
Mary Loudon
From The Wreck
Jane Rawson
The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing
Mary Paulson-Ellis
Homeland
Fernando Aramburu
The Age of Light
Whitney Scharer
Salt Slow
Julia Armfield
Gingerbread
Helen Oyeyemi
The Braid
Laetitia Colombani
The Doll Factory
Elizabeth Macneal
Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl
Andrea Lawlor
In a Free State
V. S. Naipaul
The Enigma of Arrival
V. S. Naipaul
A Bend in the River
V. S. Naipaul
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
H. K. Browne
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
Marcus Stone
The Warden
Anthony Trollope
F. C. Tilney
The Distance Home
Paula Saunders
I Want To Show You More
Jamie Quatro
Diary of a Somebody
Brian Bilston
King Zeno
Nathaniel Rich
The Order of the Day
Eric Vuillard
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Evening in Paradise
Lucia Berlin
In the Ravine & Other Stories
Anton Chekhov
How to Love a Jamaican
Alexia Arthurs
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
Helen Allingham
The Shepherd's Hut
Tim Winton
Acts of Infidelity
Lena Andersson
The Paper Lovers
Gerard Woodward
Connect
Julian Gough
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë