Books in the Canons series

'An absolute original' Guardian

A fantastical comedy from the irreplaceable Alasdair Gray

The powerful, personal and iconoclastic memoir of David Wojnarowicz, AIDS activist, author and one of the most provocative artists of his generation. With a new introduction by Olivia Laing.

The seminal memoir from John Edgar Wideman, one of the standout black American writers of the modern age and winner of the 2017 Prix Femina Etranger

Fup is a tale of two humans, one duck and several vats of home-brewed whisky

A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer.

'When I was a child in Scotland, I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I've been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures.'John Muir was eleven when he and his family left Scotland in 1849 to build a new life on a homestead in the vast wilderness of Wisconsin. Written in simple yet beautiful prose, we see Muir's delight as he discovers and observes the landscape and wildlife around him, as he recalls his childhood and reveals himself as a master of natural description.

A collection of essays on the absurdity of war, from the Nobel Prize laureate

'A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanised generations' GQ. Introduced by Kate Tempest

The Orange-Prize-shortlisted debut novel from beloved Scottish writer Anne Donovan

An examination of spirituality, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Leaving Alexandria

The intensely-erotic feminist cult classic. Introduced by Maggie Nelson

Bestselling author Michel Faber's debut joins Canongate's Canons series with the dazzling Some Rain Must Fall

This creepy, paranoid and thrilling novel has become an international bestseller and cult classic

The debut short story collection from the winner of the IMPAC Award, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: 'The most exciting Irish short story writer of his generation' Sunday Times

The lyrical masterpiece from John Edgar Wideman, one of the standout black American writers of the modern age and winner of the 2017 Prix Femina Etranger

In this essential and impassioned text, LeRoi Jones traces the intertwined development of blues and jazz music with the history of its creators in 'White America'. As important and relevant as at its first publication in 1963, it shows how music and its people are inseparable - expressing and reflecting the other, surviving and adapting through oppression.

A fictional account of Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt's mistress and confidante, published on the 350th anniversary of the artist's death

A fascinating exploration of human morality from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Waiting for the Last Bus and Leaving Alexandria

A classic work of social history and a moving account of the destruction of a remote Scottish community

The second volume in Rachel Carson's classic and New York Times Sea trilogy celebrates sea creatures in their natural habitat, introduced by Margaret Atwood

The unforgettable, challenging and experimental second novel from the author of Lanark. Introduced by Will Self

A rediscovered classic about frustrated masculinity in America's Great Depression. Introduced by Dan Fante

The critically acclaimed novel from the author of Solar Bones, winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize and BGE Irish Book of the Year

The celebrated debut short story collection from the author of Solar Bones, winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize and BGE Irish Book of the Year

WINNER OF THE GREATEST WELSH NOVEL

A classic of Holocaust literature from the camps' oldest known survivor; introduced by Alan Yentob

The feisty heroine of Schulz's strip gives the patriarchy a kick in the Peanuts!

A classic of South African literature, adapted into a major motion picture, introduced by Jonathan Kaplan

Joyce's brilliantly vivid portrait of Dublin, introduced by Colm Toibin