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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Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
Swann In Love
Marcel Proust
The Irish Goodbye
Heather Aimee O'Neill
Holy Boy
Lee Heejoo
Meet the Newmans
Jennifer Niven
The Hill in the Dark Grove
Liam Higginson
The Stars Look Down
A. J. Cronin
Grand Canary
A. J. Cronin
The Green Years
A. J. Cronin
Miss Jane
Brad Watson
The Enigma of Arrival
V.S. Naipaul
Solace
Belinda McKeon
Tender
Belinda McKeon
Rosy Is My Relative
Gerald Durrell
Girl Dinner
Olivie Blake
Snake Oil
Kelsey Rae Dimberg
Januaries
Olivie Blake
Madensky Square
Eva Ibbotson
The Midnight Secret
Karen Swan
The Menu of Happiness
Hisashi Kashiwai
Classic Stories from the Age of Decadence
Jane Desmarais
Arabian Nights
The History Man
Malcolm Bradbury
The Riders
Tim Winton
The Book of Evidence
John Banville
Rates of Exchange
Malcolm Bradbury
Doctor Criminale
Malcolm Bradbury
The Manual for Good Wives
Lola Jaye
Jane Austen's Fashion Bible
Ros Ballaster
Life, and Death, and Giants
Ron Rindo
Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Secrets in the Snow & Other Christmas Crime Stories
Matthew Booth
A Sport and a Pastime
James Salter
At Last
Edward St Aubyn
A Long Winter
Colm Tóibín
Instructions for Heartbreak
Sarah Handyside
Good and Evil and Other Stories
Samanta Schweblin
Watershed
Percival Everett
Rules of the Heart
Janice Hadlow
Annihilation
Michel Houellebecq