Literary Fiction

Patrick Melrose

Edward St. Aubyn

5 books

Five razor-sharp novels following Patrick Melrose from childhood abuse through addiction and into a painful, hard-won recovery. Autobiographical in origin, devastating in execution — St. Aubyn's prose is among the finest in contemporary British fiction, and the Benedict Cumberbatch TV adaptation brought it to a new audience.

Reading Order

  1. 1.

    Never Mind

    Must be read in order — the five novels form one continuous arc.

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  2. 2.

    Bad News

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  3. 3.

    Some Hope

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  4. 4.

    Mother's Milk

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  5. 5.

    At Last

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