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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  1. Book cover for Lunar Park

    Lunar Park

    Bret Easton Ellis

  2. Book cover for A Time Outside This Time

    A Time Outside This Time

    Amitava Kumar

  3. Book cover for To Paradise

    To Paradise

    Hanya Yanagihara

  4. Book cover for Winter Garden

    Winter Garden

    Kristin Hannah

  5. Book cover for The Names

    The Names

    Don DeLillo

  6. Book cover for Underworld

    Underworld

    Don DeLillo

  7. Book cover for Mao II

    Mao II

    Don DeLillo

  8. Book cover for End Zone

    End Zone

    Don DeLillo

  9. Book cover for Great Jones Street

    Great Jones Street

    Don DeLillo

  10. Book cover for The Wonder

    The Wonder

    Emma Donoghue

  11. Book cover for The Fell

    The Fell

    Sarah Moss

  12. Book cover for Goblin Market & Other Poems

    Goblin Market & Other Poems

    Christina Rossetti

    Laurence Housman

  13. Book cover for Hare House

    Hare House

    Sally Hinchcliffe

  14. Book cover for The Cat Who Saved Books

    The Cat Who Saved Books

    Sosuke Natsukawa

  15. Book cover for Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive

    Jessica Knoll

  16. Book cover for What Strange Paradise

    What Strange Paradise

    Omar El Akkad

  17. Book cover for The Nightingale

    The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah

  18. Book cover for All the Pretty Horses

    All the Pretty Horses

    Cormac McCarthy

  19. Book cover for The Crossing

    The Crossing

    Cormac McCarthy

  20. Book cover for Cities of the Plain

    Cities of the Plain

    Cormac McCarthy

  21. Book cover for No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

    Cormac McCarthy

  22. Book cover for The Road

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

  23. Book cover for Emily Noble's Disgrace

    Emily Noble's Disgrace

    Mary Paulson-Ellis

  24. Book cover for Objects of Desire

    Objects of Desire

    Clare Sestanovich

  25. Book cover for Yours Cheerfully

    Yours Cheerfully

    AJ Pearce

  26. Book cover for Last Summer in the City

    Last Summer in the City

    Gianfranco Calligarich

  27. Book cover for Annie John

    Annie John

    Jamaica Kincaid

  28. Book cover for Lucy

    Lucy

    Jamaica Kincaid

  29. Book cover for At the Bottom of the River

    At the Bottom of the River

    Jamaica Kincaid

  30. Book cover for The Autobiography of My Mother

    The Autobiography of My Mother

    Jamaica Kincaid

  31. Book cover for Circus of Wonders

    Circus of Wonders

    Elizabeth Macneal

  32. Book cover for Magma

    Magma

    Thora Hjörleifsdóttir

  33. Book cover for A Shock

    A Shock

    Keith Ridgway

  34. Book cover for Nevada

    Nevada

    Imogen Binnie

  35. Book cover for Catch the Rabbit

    Catch the Rabbit

    Lana Bastašic

  36. Book cover for Saint X

    Saint X

    Alexis Schaitkin

  37. Book cover for The Melting

    The Melting

    Lize Spit

  38. Book cover for Heaven

    Heaven

    Mieko Kawakami

  39. Book cover for Brood

    Brood

    Jackie Polzin

  40. Book cover for The Painter's Friend

    The Painter's Friend

    Howard Cunnell

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