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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You Will Know Me
Megan Abbott

The Last Photograph
Emma Chapman

The Olive Tree
Lucinda Riley

The Ministry of Fear
Graham Greene

Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene

The Third Man and Other Stories
Graham Greene

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories
Robert Louis Stevenson

Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray

The Place That Didn't Exist
Mark Watson

Under a Watchful Eye
Adam Nevill

Dear Mr. M
Herman Koch

The Allegations
Mark Lawson

The Eternal Kingdom
Ben Peek

Falling
Jane Green

Always in My Heart
Pam Weaver

The Invisible Mile
David Coventry

Invincible Summer
Alice Adams

In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje

Tomorrow Brings Sorrow
Mary Wood

The African Queen
C. S. Forester

North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell

The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas

Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
Joanne Proulx

The Years That Followed
Catherine Dunne

The Butlins Girls
Elaine Everest

The Fat Artist and Other Stories
Benjamin Hale

A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron

Felicity - Stands By
Richmal Crompton

Quartet
Richmal Crompton

Weatherley Parade
Richmal Crompton

Frost at Morning
Richmal Crompton

Linden Rise
Richmal Crompton

Westover
Richmal Crompton

The Tobacconist
Robert Seethaler

Birmingham Blitz
Annie Murray

Shelter
Jung Yun

A Not Quite Perfect Family
Claire Sandy

Lover
Anna Raverat

The Apartment
S. L. Grey