Books in the Canons series

This updated edition confirms Solnit's seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change

Kate Chopin's classic, an American Anna Karenina, introduced by Barbara Kingsolver

The Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun's Hunger, an influential work of twentieth-century modern literature, is now a Canon

The definitive edition of the all-time Scottish novel - an 'enduring masterpeice' - introduced by Ian Rankin

The definitive collections of poetry by Robert Burns, arranged and introduced by award-winning writer Andrew O'Hagan. 'Save this collection a place at your Burns table' Guardian

Read by the author and with a soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

New work and old favourites from national treasure and one of Britain's most exciting poets, Lemn Sissay

A tale of lust and possession in nineteenth-century France and Japan, from the international bestseller

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL NEVER RESTED: IN THE WORLD, AND IN EVERY HUMAN BEING, IT WENT ON

The autobiographical coming-of-age modern classic by one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century

On its 90th anniversary, the debut novel - one of the most important works of Scottish modernism - from Nan Shepherd, author of The Living Mountain and The Weatherhouse

One of the best reviewed books of 2013, also shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Award, now available in paperback

Now a major motion picture starring Scarlett Johansson

Solnit's revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics

The mesmerizing posthumous memoir of 'a poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanized generations' GQ

A beautifully written and deeply personal book on the jigsaw and the part it plays in the patchwork of its distinguished author's life. A mix of memoir, jigsaw history and the strange delights of puzzling

Michel Faber's bestselling blockbuster set in 19th-century London

A modern classic - a funny and practical guide to being a writer by the New York Times bestseller

The modern Scottish classic; a heartbreaking, tragic portrait of an unexpected relationship. Introduced by Andrew Marr

An early masterpiece from the inaugural winner of the International Man Booker Prize.

'Undoubtedly a masterpiece, a sublime book' Sunday TimesA dark and beautiful tale full of pain and longing, introduced by Tim Parks

Virginia Woolf's seductive, provocative masterpiece is a whirlwind adventure through time, gender and identity. Introduced by Tilda Swinton

The phenomenal, Man Booker Prize-winning, international bestseller

'A gentle, wise and riddling book. Its prose, like the river it describes, flows intricately, unpredictably and often beautifully, carrying the fascinated reader onwards' Robert Macfarlane

Barack Obama's memoir, written long before his political career began, is a remarkable story of one man's search for his identity.

WINNER OF THE GREATEST WELSH NOVEL

An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo detainee.

Introduced by Margaret Atwood