Picador Collection by James Salter
Sport and a Pastime
The seductive classic that established Salter’s reputation as one of the finest prose writers of our time.
India: A Wounded Civilization
A penetrating survey of the torment suffered across India in the late twentieth century, from one of the era's great literary heavyweights.
Some Hope
The third darkly humorous novel in the critically acclaimed Patrick Melrose series.
Mr Fox
Helen Oyeyemi draws on myth, fairy tale and fable for this extraordinary novel exploring the female muse.
Woman Warrior
A seminal piece of writing about emigration and identity.
Among the Believers
An astonishing piece of travel writing and a timely and insightful analysis of Islamic fundamentalism, republished in the Picador Collection.
With Nails
In his own inimitable style, Richard E. Grant documents what it is to become a film star.
All That Is
The final novel from the universally acclaimed master and PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter. A sweeping, seductive love story set in the years after the Second World War.
Bad News
In the second novel in the series, Patrick Melrose battles with his drug addiction over a hallucinatory weekend in New York.
Bad Blood
Colm Tóibín's reportage of religious tensions along the Irish border from the summer of 1987.
Homage to Barcelona
Written with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a great Mediterranean city.
Love in a Dark Time
In this perceptive and rich collection of essays, Colm Tóibín investigates the lives as well as the work of homosexual writers and artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Sign of the Cross
Part travelogue, part autobiography, part historical document, this is Colm Tóibín at his finest and most insightful.
Suder
The debut novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James, republished in the Picador Collection.
Walk Me to the Distance
A haunting and tragicomic modern Western from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
A House for Mr Biswas
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V.S. Naipaul's best-loved novel, a tragicomic tour de force.
Say Something Back and Time Lived, Without Its Flow
Say Something Back & Time Lived, Without Its Flow, Denise Riley’s exacting meditations on loss, grief, and life thereafter, are published together for the first time.
Year of the Runaways
The heart-stopping political novel about the desperate life of illegal immigrants, from one of Granta's Best of British Novelists.
Ours are the Streets
Reublished into the Picador Collection, Ours are the Streets is the moving story of a British Muslim and his descent into Islamist radicalization.
Butcher Boy
A shockingly funny story of lunacy and murder in small-town Ireland, republished as part of the Picador Collection.
Snow Geese
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Hawthornden Prize, The Snow Geese is a beautiful meditation on the meaning of home, republished as part of the Picador Collection.
Four Letters Of Love
A life-affirming paean to human folly, to fate, and to the miracle of love.
City & The City
A brilliantly original masterpiece of speculative fiction, fusing weird fiction with the police procedural genre, from one of the world's most decorated SF writers.
Magic Seeds
Nobel Prize winner V.S. Naipaul's sequel to Half a Life – a spare, searing novel about identity and idealism, and their ability to shape or destroy us – republished as part of the Picador Collection.
Never Mind
The first of The Patrick Melrose Novels, Edward St Aubyn's critically acclaimed series.
Gomorrah
The explosive international bestseller uncovering one of Naples’ most notorious organized criminal gangs.
Confessions of a Sociopath
A compelling, extraordinary memoir by a diagnosed sociopath.
Breath
An enthralling story of the wildness of youth, set in the world of surfing.
King Leopold's Ghost
A riveting and highly readable account of the Congo massacre, peopled by callous monarchs, corrupt adventurers and a handful of genuine heroes.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Meet Bridget, the original singleton, as she records her hopes, dreams and Chardonnay consumption.
Half a Life
V. S. Naipaul’s meditative novel about a stranger in a strange land, republished as part of the Picador Collection.
Bend in the River
A Bend in the River is V. S. Naipaul’s vivid exploration of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence, republished as part of the Picador Collection.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones is back! In The Edge of Reason Bridget discovers what it’s like when you have the man of your dreams actually living in your flat . . .
In a Free State
Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 and nominated for the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018, V.S. Naipaul's masterpiece is republished as part of the Picador Collection.
Exhalation
From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story ‘The Story of Your Life’ was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film Arrival), the second collection of stunningly original, humane, and celebrated short stories.
Area of Darkness
The first book in V. S. Naipaul’s acclaimed Indian trilogy, republished as part of the Picador Collection.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
A first-hand account of the Rwandan genocide, one of the defining outrages of modern history.
Trumpet
A modern classic of enduring love, winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize.
Plainsong
Preceding the astonishing Eventide and Benediction, this is Kent Haruf's first novel set in the imaginary landscape of Holt, Colorado.
Rapture
The T. S. Eliot Prize-winning collection from the former Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, republished as part of the Picador Collection.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
The Picador Collection edition of Jon Ronson's classic exploration of social media and the history of public shaming.
Mr Potter
Jamaica Kincaid’s poetic and affecting story of an ordinary man attempting to make a home on the island of Antigua.
My Brother
Jamaica Kincaid's poweful and moving account of the life and death of her younger brother.
My Garden (Book)
One of the most important literary voices of the twentieth century on one of her greatest loves - gardening.
Talk Stories
Originally featured in the New Yorker’s ‘Talk of the Town’ column, these are Jamaica Kincaid’s first impressions of snobbish, mobbish New York.
See Now Then
A story of a marriage, Jamaica Kincaid’s See Now Then is one of her most emotionally and thematically daring works.
Dispatches
A seminal classic of war reportage based in Vietnam.
Discovery of France
An exciting voyage on two wheels, Graham Robb's award-winning classic offers a stunning alternative history of France.
Men Who Stare At Goats
Often funny, frequently chilling and always thought-provoking, The Men Who Stare at Goats is a story so unbelievable it has to be true.
Orchard Keeper
Cormac McCarthy's debut novel, reissued as part of the Picador Collection.
Cloudstreet
Tim Winton's great family drama unfolds against the backdrop of the captivating Australian landscape.
Lost at Sea
This bestselling collection of mini adventure stories showcases the very best of Jon Ronson's writings from the fringes of society.
Outer Dark
A violent, biblical novel of sin and guilt, from the legendary author of Blood Meridian and The Road.
Quartet in Autumn
A classic from one of Britain’s most loved and highly acclaimed novelists.
Mothers and Sons
A stunning collection of nine stories that teases out the delicate and difficult strands woven between mothers and sons.
Wonder
From the bestselling author of Room, a gripping and deeply moving story of progress and reaction, of evil and love.
Them: Adventures with Extremists
The brilliant Jon Ronson takes an hilarious and troubling journey into the world of extremists.
Sea
Winner of the 2005 Booker Prize, The Sea is a gorgeous exploration of memory, childhood and loss.
Suttree
Alone and exiled on a dilapidated houseboat, a man named Suttree lives amongst the outcasts of humanity. From Cormac McCarthy, author of No Country for Old Men and All the Pretty Horses.
Story of the Night
A love story full of honesty and truth: Colm Tóibín portrays a difficult relationship during dark times
Blackwater Lightship
A story of resolution, compassion and love, The Blackwater Lightship reveals the intense connection between grandmother, mother and daughter during a family crisis
Heather Blazing
The Heather Blazing is a wonderful character study of a man, his childhood, family, and community.
Master
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile.
South
Colm Tóibín's debut novel, The South is a classic story of art, sacrifice, and courage
Quarantine
Jim Crace's Booker-shortlisted masterpiece.
Silence
Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed novel.
Unquiet Mind
A definitive examination of manic depression.
I Am Not Sidney Poitier
A brilliant satire of mistaken identity, race and class in America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
Damned If I Do
A brilliantly postmodern set of short stories from Percival Everett, one of America's most inventive living writers, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
Percival Everett by Virgil Russell
A surrealist exploration of truth, fiction, and narrative itself, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
Telephone
An arresting story of parental love, loss and grief from one of America's finest writers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
Assumption
A baffling triptych of murder mysteries by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
So Much Blue
A novel of deadpan humour and gorgeous insight, So Much Blue is a meditation on the artistic life from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.
Stories of Your Life and Others
The debut collection of short fiction from science fiction legend Ted Chiang, including the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Arrival.
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The internationally bestselling story of a young woman whose death in 1951 changed medical science for ever . . .
Burial Rites
Inspired by a true story, Burial Rites is a stunning work of historical fiction following the final days of a young woman accused of murder in Iceland in 1829.
Child of God
Brutal and disturbing, this is a novel that examines the darkest shades of human experience with dignity and grace.
Feminine Gospels
A dazzling, dashing collection from the 2009-2019 Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom reissued in the Picador Collection.
Into the Wild
What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life?
Essays In Love
The classic book on love by the bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Consolations of Philosophy.
Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson's screamingly funny and deeply disturbing classic exploration of psychopathy.
People in the Trees
The extraordinary first novel by the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that is A Little Life.
World's Wife
A unique collection of feminist poems from the former Poet Laureate, filled with her characteristic wit, is a feminist classic and a modern take on age-old mythology, reissued as part of the Picador Collection.
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer's acclaimed account of a disastrous expedition on Mt Everest.
Sparsholt Affair
The Sparsholt Affair is the long-awaited sixth novel from the supreme stylist of British fiction and previous winner of the Man Booker Prize. From Oxford during the dark days of the Second World War to contemporary London, this is a masterly novel about sexuality, art and family secrets.
Stranger's Child
The No.1 bestseller from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty: a magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery, across generations.
Bad Land
Jonathan Raban's echnating history of the Great Plains of America, charting the untold story of the land and the ravages of the Great Depression.
Migraine
From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
Leg to Stand On
The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
Awakenings
The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
Uncle Tungsten
From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
On the Move
An impassioned, tender and joyous memoir by the author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
Less Than Zero
A disturbing portrayal of privileged and immoral LA teenagers, Less Than Zero is a cult classic.
Rules of Attraction
A startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students with no plans for the future – or even the present – who become entangled in a curious romantic triangle.
Lunar Park
From Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho, comes Lunar Park – the hilarious, horrific true story of his rocketing fame, brutal self-destruction and second chance at life.
Names
A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself.
Underworld
An epic novel combining fiction and history in a collaboration that encompasses fifty years of American history.
Mao II
Reclusive writer Bill Gray escapes his failed novel into a world of political violence.
End Zone
A rich parody of the parallels between the jargon of football and the jargon of battle – and a touch of cold-war existentialism – makes this powerful novel as hilarious as it is relevant.
Great Jones Street
A troubling satire of the romantic myth of stardom and the empty heart of rock and roll, more relevant than ever in our celebrity-obsessed times.
All the Pretty Horses
The first in his legendary Border Trilogy, All The Pretty Horses was Cormac McCarthy's breakthrough novel – a coming-of-age western that remains a classic of American literature.
Crossing
A young boy comes of age in the desolate mountains of the Mexican border, in the second volume of the late Cormac McCarthy's legendary Border Trilogy.
Cities of the Plain
After the childhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing, an ill-fated love affair across the US-Mexico border brings Cormac McCarthy's haunting Border Trilogy to its devastating conclusion.
No Country for Old Men
Vivid, thrilling and visceral, No Country For Old Men is set along the familiar bloody frontier of the American South, portraying a time when drug agents and hit men ruled the land . . .
Road
Civilization destroyed, this is the story of a father and son as they journey across a post-apocalyptic America. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.
Annie John
The classic coming-of-age story of a precocious young girl’s deteriorating relationship with her mother, as she enters adolescence and leaves her childhood behind on the idyllic island of Antigua.
Lucy
A classic coming-of-age story from Jamaica Kincaid, following a young woman as she enters adulthood against the backdrop of a strange and unfamiliar country.
At the Bottom of the River
The first short-story collection from Jamaica Kincaid, this is a stunning evocation of life as a young Afro-Caribbean woman.
Autobiography of My Mother
Poetic, stirring, and disturbing, this novel is a powerful and unforgettable statement of one woman’s struggle for identity against a hostile backdrop of sexism and colonialism.
Among Flowers
Jamaica Kincaid’s engrossing account of a three-week trek through the Himalayas with fellow horticulturalists, intertwining mediations on the stunning landscapes with observations on culture, tourism and family.
Nevada
The cult classic that inspired the new wave of transgender fiction – published in the UK for the first time.
Cultural Amnesia
A dizzying, erudite tour of twentieth-century culture from essayist, critic and poet Clive James.
The Complete Unreliable Memoirs: Volume One
The first three volumes of the critically-acclaimed, million copy bestselling memoir series from the inimitable author, poet and broadcaster Clive James - a hilarious and poignant account of a truly extraordinary life.
Room
The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world.
American Psycho
An international bestseller and true modern classic, American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.
Line of Beauty
Winner of the Man Booker Prize, The Line of Beauty is exquisitely written, wryly funny and powerfully moving - a perfectly realized tale of our times.
White Noise
A brilliantly dark and funny novel from the highly acclaimed author of Underworld - now a major Netflix film from Noah Baumbach starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
Blood Meridian
A chaotically violent and hauntingly beautiful novel from one of the greatest American novelists, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning Cormac McCarthy.
Red Dust Road
An adoption memoir and soul-searching journey by former Scottish Makar Jackie Kay.
Manual for Cleaning Women
This collection of raw and remarkable short fiction saw Lucia Berlin, little known in her lifetime, finally become lauded as an important figure in American letters
Station Eleven
An audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse.
Middle Passage
A lost modern classic, this wildly genre-bending naval adventure is a towering work of American literature and perfect for fans of Colson Whitehead and Marlon James
Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
A million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist.
Little Life
A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart. A masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and memory.