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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Gingerbread
Helen Oyeyemi
The Braid
Laetitia Colombani
The Doll Factory
Elizabeth Macneal
Amnesty
Aravind Adiga
In a Free State
V. S. Naipaul
A Bend in the River
V. S. Naipaul
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
Marcus Stone
The Warden
Anthony Trollope
F. C. Tilney
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
H. K. Browne
The Distance Home
Paula Saunders
I Want To Show You More
Jamie Quatro
Diary of a Somebody
Brian Bilston
King Zeno
Nathaniel Rich
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro
Christine Féret-Fleury
The Order of the Day
Eric Vuillard
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing
Mary Paulson-Ellis
Evening in Paradise
Lucia Berlin
In the Ravine & Other Stories
Anton Chekhov
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
How to Love a Jamaican
Alexia Arthurs
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy
Helen Allingham
Diary of a Somebody
Brian Bilston
The Shepherd's Hut
Tim Winton
Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff
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
The Sculptress
Minette Walters