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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Half a Life
V.S. Naipaul
A Bend in the River
V.S. Naipaul
Father of the Rain
Lily King
The English Teacher
Lily King
The Pleasing Hour
Lily King
Juice
Tim Winton
Januaries
Olivie Blake
All I Want for Christmas
Karen Swan
Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai
A Child's Christmas in Wales & Other Stories and Poems
Dylan Thomas
Dragons, Wyverns and Serpents: Myths and Legends
Jean Menzies
Witches, Wizards and Sorcerers: Myths and Legends
Jean Menzies
In a Free State
V.S. Naipaul
Exhalation
Ted Chiang
An Area of Darkness
V.S. Naipaul
Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
Annihilation
Michel Houellebecq
Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Jaws
Peter Benchley
Wellness
Nathan Hill
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
The Shadow in The Corner & Other Classic Ghost Stories
Marcus Clapham
Trumpet
Jackie Kay
Plainsong
Kent Haruf
Where There Was Fire
John Manuel Arias
Classic Horror Stories
David Stuart Davies
Liars
Sarah Manguso
The Lantern of Lost Memories
Sanaka Hiiragi
The Accidental Malay
Karina Robles Bahrin
Wife
Charlotte Mendelson
The Lost Lover
Karen Swan
The Centre
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Classic Stories of the Sea
Harriet Sanders
The Orchard Keeper
Cormac McCarthy
Classic Fantasy Stories
Farah Mendlesohn
Anyone's Ghost
August Thompson
The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything
Kara Gnodde