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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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
Crudo
Olivia Laing
The Clockmaker's Daughter
Kate Morton
Ponti
Sharlene Teo
My German Brother
Chico Buarque
The Piranhas
Roberto Saviano
The Long Forgotten
David Whitehouse
The Long Take: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Robin Robertson
Alva & Irva
Edward Carey
Observatory Mansions
Edward Carey
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Less Than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis
The Sculptress
Minette Walters
The Master
Colm Toibin
Fire Sermon
Jamie Quatro
The Spirit of Science Fiction
Roberto Bolaño
The Melody
Jim Crace
The Diary of a Nobody
George Grossmith
Weedon Grossmith
The Killing of Butterfly Joe
Rhidian Brook
Things We Nearly Knew
Jim Powell
Give Me Your Hand
Megan Abbott
Dear Mrs Bird
AJ Pearce
To the Hermitage
Malcolm Bradbury
Past Perfect
Danielle Steel
If Cats Disappeared From The World
Genki Kawamura
I Love You Too Much
Alicia Drake
The Faithful
Juliet West
Bad Twins
Rebecca Chance