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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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
The History Man
Malcolm Bradbury
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
What Belongs to You
Garth Greenwell
Legoland
Gerard Woodward
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
The Happy Prince & Other Stories
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays
Oscar Wilde
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
Édouard Riou
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
Édouard Riou
Stay Dead
Jessie Keane
Trading Futures
Jim Powell
Everyone is Watching
Megan Bradbury