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 Talk of Pram Town
Joanna Nadin

Standing Her Ground
Harriet Sanders

Room
Emma Donoghue

American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis

The Line of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst

White Noise
Don DeLillo

Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy

A Manual for Cleaning Women
Lucia Berlin

Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia

Fragile
Sarah Hilary

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson

Luster
Raven Leilani

A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara

Neighbours
Danielle Steel

Christmas Poems
Carol Ann Duffy

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
Maurice Leblanc

Sleepily Ever After
Zachary Seager

The Strays of Paris
Jane Smiley

The Silence
Don DeLillo

Savage Kiss
Roberto Saviano

Mother for Dinner
Shalom Auslander

The Manor
Jessie Keane

Edge of the Grave
Robbie Morrison

XX
Rian Hughes

The Guilt Trip
Sandie Jones

The System
Ryan Gattis

You Will Never Be Forgotten
Mary South

Dance Prone
David Coventry

People Like Her
Ellery Lloyd

I Follow You
Peter James

The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Prelude & Other Stories
Katherine Mansfield
Meg Jensen

Wild
Kristin Hannah

Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami

Catch the Rabbit
Lana Bastašic

The Village Green Bookshop
Rachael Lucas

The Harpy
Megan Hunter

Greyfriars Bobby
Eleanor Atkinson

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart