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 Followers
Rebecca Wait

Gate of Lilacs
Clive James

Hausfrau
Jill Alexander Essbaum

The Making of Zombie Wars
Aleksandar Hemon

Molly and the Cat Cafe
Melissa Daley

A Hall of Mirrors
Robert Stone

Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
Meg Cabot

House of Shadows
Pamela Hartshorne

The Ladies of the House
Molly McGrann

The Crying Tree
Naseem Rakha

Queen Mum
Kate Long

Before the Fire
Sarah Butler

Golden Age
Jane Smiley

The Reader on the 6.27
Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

The Long View
Elizabeth Jane Howard

The House at Baker Street
Michelle Birkby

Beneath the Bonfire
Nickolas Butler

The Late Hector Kipling
David Thewlis

Athena
John Banville

Wilful Disregard
Lena Andersson

The Way Things Were
Aatish Taseer

What Became Of You My Love?
Maeve Haran

Mobile Library
David Whitehouse

Queen of Babble in the Big City
Meg Cabot

Terms of Endearment
Larry McMurtry

The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Sense of an Elephant
Marco Missiroli

Dangerous
Jessie Keane

Getting It Right
Elizabeth Jane Howard

Falling
Elizabeth Jane Howard

Love All
Elizabeth Jane Howard

Mr Wrong
Elizabeth Jane Howard

Early Warning
Jane Smiley

The Liar's Chair
Rebecca Whitney

Caroline
Richmal Crompton

Chedsy Place
Richmal Crompton

The Holiday
Richmal Crompton

Journeying Wave
Richmal Crompton

Marriage of Hermione
Richmal Crompton

Merlin Bay
Richmal Crompton