Picador books

17/09/2026

We are so excited to share that in April 2027 we’ll be publishing the new memoir from the internationally bestselling author of CRYING IN H MART, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUFFERING is the intimate, funny and moving story of her year in South Korea.

Sorting through a box of documents after her mother’s death, Michelle comes across an old diary, written in Korean. She dreams of being able to understand it, of speaking her mother’s native tongue and reconnecting with her family in Seoul.

In this heartfelt next chapter to the mother-daughter story that captivated the world, Michelle recounts her deeply personal journey through the heart of South Korea, from the quirky apartment she rents with her husband and bandmate Peter, to the punishing language school that leaves her in tears. Fighting stubbornly to acclimatise to this vibrant, unfamiliar city, she also finds profound new pleasures: slowly making Korean friends, exploring Seoul’s alternative underground, spending precious time with her mother’s sister, and writing songs in a new language.

Publishing in hardback, ebook and audiobook on 27th April 2027, you can pre-order THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUFFERING now: https://buff.ly/BFWrVdX

PHOTO CREDIT: Pak Bae

07/02/2026

We are so excited to share that Almost Life by will be read by the incredible ! and hearts will be broken... ❣️ 🌈 ❤️‍🩹 we popped into the studio to capture the moment Erica and Laure first meet on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur.

Almost Life will be in bookshops everywhere on 12 March.

Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur in Paris, 1978. Erica is a student, relishing her first summer abroad before beginning university at home in England. Laure is studying for her Ph.D. at the Sorbonne, drinking and smoking far too much, and sleeping with a married woman.

The moment the two women meet the spark is undeniable. But their encounter turns into far more than a summer of love. It is the beginning of a relationship that will define their lives and every decision they have yet to make. Spanning cities, decades and heartbreaks, fate brings them within touching distance again and again.

But will they be brave enough to seize the life they truly want?

02/02/2026

The Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month for February, out now in paperback 🌊 come find Ambrose, Brendan and Declan in Waterstones shops nationwide this month.

An ordinary town.
An extraordinary boy.

In 1973 on the west coast of Ireland, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Who is he? Where is he from?

Ambrose, a local fisherman, is far more interested in who he will become and – with a curious community looking on – takes the baby home and adopts him. But for Declan, Ambrose's young son, this arrival is surely bad news. Rivalries can be decades in the making, and families are easy to break . . .

07/01/2026

PSA: the new novel from Emily St John Mandel, the bestselling author of Station Eleven. Exit Party is an electrifying story about freedom and surveillance, art and survival, love and loss in a broken world 🚨🚨

2031. America is at war with itself, but for the first time in weeks there is some hope: the Republic of California has been declared, the curfew in Los Angeles is lifted, and everyone in the city is going to a party.

Ari, newly released from prison, arrives with her friend Gloria just as a fragile new era begins. But there are people at the party who shouldn’t be there. Something is very wrong . . .

Years later, living a different life in Paris, Ari remains haunted by that night. Whatever happened at the party fractured her sense of reality – and may hold the key to a very different world.

Coming September 2026.

07/01/2026

Broaden your bookish horizons in the new year with these eight recommendations that are both brilliant reads and great introductions to their respective genres.

06/01/2026

We asked booksellers and members of the BookTok and Bookstagram community which new books they were looking forward to reading in 2026. Here's what they said:

Next year's most anticipated new and debut literary reads, according to people whose job it is to be in the know.

19/11/2025

From the high-stakes world of corporate subterfuge and rivalries to the secrets and lies of Silicon Valley, we've curated our pick of the most shocking real-life stories, insider secrets and exposés.

From life on an NHS hospital ward to the secrets and lies of Silicon Valley, we've curated our pick of the most shocking real-life stories and exposés.

17/11/2025

From stocking fillers and Secret Santa ideas to the latest releases for the literature lover in your life, here's our selection of the best books to give as gifts this festive season.

Discover our edit of the best books to give as Christmas gifts in 2024. From classic novels to self-care, our list is tailored to each type of book-lover.

12/11/2025

We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for John of John, the stunning new novel from Booker Prize–winning, Sunday Times–bestselling author , author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.

The novel opens with Cal, the book’s young protagonist, making the ferry crossing from the Scottish mainland to the Outer Hebrides — the beginning of a heartbreaking return home, and a reckoning years in the making.

Out of money and with little to show for his art school education, Cal takes the ferry home to the island of Harris to find that not much has changed except for him. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal resumes his old life, caught between the two poles of his childhood: his father John, a sheep farmer, weaver, and pillar of their local Presbyterian church, and his Glaswegian grandmother Ella, who has kept a faltering peace with her son-in-law for decades.

While Cal wonders if any lonely men might be found on the barren hillsides of home, John is dismayed by his son’s long hair and how he seems unwilling to be Saved. As the seasons pass, everything is poised to change as the threads holding together the fragile community become increasingly entangled.

The photograph that forms the background of the cover was taken on that same crossing, over The Minch :

“It was taken early morning, and the sun was just rising. The cloud formations were stunning and fleeting. The moment I made the photograph I was struck by the quality of light – particularly the sun striking the underside of the cloud cover. Sometimes taking a photograph is quite simply an emotive response; this was one of these occasions."

We hope you think it's as perfect a fit for this story as we do.
Coming May 2026

06/11/2025

"Do you think it's emotionally equivalent to murder?"

We’re thrilled to welcome to the Picador list! Her astonishing debut novel Sublimation is a sharply-observed, haunting story about identity, immigration, and the dangerous game that unfolds when two versions of one woman finally meet.

When you emigrate, you leave a version of yourself behind. Literally. One instance crosses the border; the other instance stays trapped behind it.

Some instances keep in touch, call each other daily, synchronize their lives and minds in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Other instances, like Soyoung Rose Kang, leave home at age ten and never speak to their other selves again.

With a life of her own in New York, Rose never imagined she’d return to Korea. Then her grandfather dies and Soyoung, her Korean instance, summons her home for the funeral. But Soyoung’s motives aren’t as innocent as Rose imagined, and the consequences of Rose’s return to Seoul will change her forever.

📚 Coming July 2026