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 The Girl Who Reads on the Métro

    The Girl Who Reads on the Métro

    Christine Féret-Fleury

  2. Book cover for Candide, or The Optimist

    Candide, or The Optimist

    Voltaire

  3. Book cover for The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  4. Book cover for Lampedusa

    Lampedusa

    Steven Price

  5. Book cover for Tales from the Cafe

    Tales from the Cafe

    Toshikazu Kawaguchi

  6. Book cover for The Confession

    The Confession

    Jessie Burton

  7. Book cover for A House for Mr Biswas

    A House for Mr Biswas

    V. S. Naipaul

  8. Book cover for The Enigma of Arrival

    The Enigma of Arrival

    V. S. Naipaul

  9. Book cover for In a Free State

    In a Free State

    V. S. Naipaul

  10. Book cover for The Catholic School

    The Catholic School

    Edoardo Albinati

  11. Book cover for The Glass Hotel

    The Glass Hotel

    Emily St. John Mandel

  12. Book cover for Shuggie Bain

    Shuggie Bain

    Douglas Stuart

  13. Book cover for Lovecraft Country

    Lovecraft Country

    Matt Ruff

  14. Book cover for You Will Never Be Forgotten

    You Will Never Be Forgotten

    Mary South

  15. Book cover for Exhalation

    Exhalation

    Ted Chiang

  16. Book cover for Akin

    Akin

    Emma Donoghue

  17. Book cover for Blue in Chicago

    Blue in Chicago

    Bette Howland

  18. Book cover for Sweet Home

    Sweet Home

    Wendy Erskine

  19. Book cover for A Little Life

    A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara

  20. Book cover for The Ditch

    The Ditch

    Herman Koch

  21. Book cover for Alligator and Other Stories

    Alligator and Other Stories

    Dima Alzayat

  22. Book cover for A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth

    A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth

    Daniel Mason

  23. Book cover for Cleanness

    Cleanness

    Garth Greenwell

  24. Book cover for My House Is Falling Down

    My House Is Falling Down

    Mary Loudon

  25. Book cover for From The Wreck

    From The Wreck

    Jane Rawson

  26. Book cover for The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing

    The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing

    Mary Paulson-Ellis

  27. Book cover for Homeland

    Homeland

    Fernando Aramburu

  28. Book cover for The Age of Light

    The Age of Light

    Whitney Scharer

  29. Book cover for Salt Slow

    Salt Slow

    Julia Armfield

  30. Book cover for Gingerbread

    Gingerbread

    Helen Oyeyemi

  31. Book cover for The Braid

    The Braid

    Laetitia Colombani

  32. Book cover for The Doll Factory

    The Doll Factory

    Elizabeth Macneal

  33. Book cover for Amnesty

    Amnesty

    Aravind Adiga

  34. Book cover for In a Free State

    In a Free State

    V. S. Naipaul

  35. Book cover for The Enigma of Arrival

    The Enigma of Arrival

    V. S. Naipaul

  36. Book cover for A Bend in the River

    A Bend in the River

    V. S. Naipaul

  37. Book cover for Bleak House

    Bleak House

    Charles Dickens

    H. K. Browne

  38. Book cover for Our Mutual Friend

    Our Mutual Friend

    Charles Dickens

    Marcus Stone

  39. Book cover for The Warden

    The Warden

    Anthony Trollope

    F. C. Tilney

  40. Book cover for The Distance Home

    The Distance Home

    Paula Saunders

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