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 Orchid Trilogy
Jocelyn Brooke
The Dog at Clambercrown
Jocelyn Brooke
The Scapegoat
Jocelyn Brooke
The Image of a Drawn Sword
Jocelyn Brooke
Conventional Weapons
Jocelyn Brooke
The Nix
Nathan Hill
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
The Good People
Hannah Kent
Innocents and Others
Dana Spiotta
Christodora
Tim Murphy
Little Deaths
Emma Flint
Once Again Assembled Here
Sean O'Brien
Selection Day
Aravind Adiga
The Wind Cannot Read
Richard Mason
Killer Affair
Rebecca Chance
Lord of the Darkwood
Lian Hearn
The Last Photograph
Emma Chapman
Brighton Rock
Graham Greene
The Ministry of Fear
Graham Greene
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Place That Didn't Exist
Mark Watson
Miss Jane
Brad Watson
Dear Mr. M
Herman Koch
The Allegations
Mark Lawson
Pages for You
Sylvia Brownrigg
Not Working
Lisa Owens
The Invisible Mile
David Coventry
The House at Riverton
Kate Morton
Invincible Summer
Alice Adams
In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje
The History Man
Malcolm Bradbury
The Wonder
Emma Donoghue
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
Joanne Proulx
The Years That Followed
Catherine Dunne
Leadon Hill
Richmal Crompton