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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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
A Whole Life
Robert Seethaler
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
Narcissa
Richmal Crompton
The Old Man's Birthday
Richmal Crompton
Portrait of a Family
Richmal Crompton
Steffan Green
Richmal Crompton
There Are Four Seasons
Richmal Crompton
You're a Big Girl Now
Neil Gordon
The Emperor's Children
Claire Messud
The Beautiful Visit
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Odd Girl Out
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Lost For Words
Edward St Aubyn
The Fever
Megan Abbott
Hotel Alpha
Mark Watson
A Clue to the Exit
Edward St Aubyn
On The Edge
Edward St Aubyn
The Road Back
Di Morrissey
Dare Me
Megan Abbott
The End of Everything
Megan Abbott
Frank Derrick's Holiday of A Lifetime
J.B. Morrison
Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel
Dermot Bolger