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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![Book cover for Pages for Her]()
Pages for Her
Sylvia Brownrigg
![Book cover for The Riders]()
The Riders
Tim Winton
![Book cover for Dirt Music]()
Dirt Music
Tim Winton
![Book cover for Breath]()
Breath
Tim Winton
![Book cover for Under the Sun]()
Under the Sun
Lottie Moggach
![Book cover for The Upstairs Room]()
The Upstairs Room
Kate Murray-Browne
![Book cover for Safe]()
Safe
Ryan Gattis
![Book cover for The Sparsholt Affair]()
The Sparsholt Affair
Alan Hollinghurst
![Book cover for To Die in Spring]()
To Die in Spring
Ralf Rothmann
![Book cover for The End We Start From]()
The End We Start From
Megan Hunter
![Book cover for Heart of Darkness & other stories]()
Heart of Darkness & other stories
Joseph Conrad
![Book cover for Middlemarch]()
Middlemarch
George Eliot
![Book cover for Tess of the d'Urbervilles]()
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
![Book cover for Cranford]()
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
![Book cover for Patrick Melrose Volume 1]()
Patrick Melrose Volume 1
Edward St Aubyn
![Book cover for Patrick Melrose Volume 2]()
Patrick Melrose Volume 2
Edward St Aubyn
![Book cover for Marlena]()
Marlena
Julie Buntin
![Book cover for Often I Am Happy]()
Often I Am Happy
Jens Christian Grøndahl
![Book cover for The Reminders]()
The Reminders
Val Emmich
![Book cover for American War]()
American War
Omar El Akkad
![Book cover for The City & The City]()
The City & The City
China Miéville
![Book cover for Swimmer Among the Stars]()
Swimmer Among the Stars
Kanishk Tharoor
![Book cover for The Hearts of Men]()
The Hearts of Men
Nickolas Butler
![Book cover for Let Go My Hand]()
Let Go My Hand
Edward Docx
![Book cover for The Space Between the Stars]()
The Space Between the Stars
Anne Corlett
![Book cover for Ithaca]()
Ithaca
Alan McMonagle
![Book cover for Perfect Little World]()
Perfect Little World
Kevin Wilson
![Book cover for Time of Hope]()
Time of Hope
C. P. Snow
![Book cover for George Passant]()
George Passant
C. P. Snow
![Book cover for The Masters]()
The Masters
C. P. Snow
![Book cover for The Last Days of New Paris]()
The Last Days of New Paris
China Miéville
![Book cover for All That's Left to Tell]()
All That's Left to Tell
Daniel Lowe
![Book cover for The Portrait of a Lady]()
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
![Book cover for Scenes of London Life]()
Scenes of London Life
Charles Dickens
George Cruikshank
![Book cover for The Woman in White]()
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
![Book cover for Shriek]()
Shriek
Jeff VanderMeer
![Book cover for Veniss Underground]()
Veniss Underground
Jeff VanderMeer
![Book cover for Girl in Snow]()
Girl in Snow
Danya Kukafka
![Book cover for The Reason You're Alive]()
The Reason You're Alive
Matthew Quick
![Book cover for The Other Mrs Walker]()
The Other Mrs Walker
Mary Paulson-Ellis
