Books published by Canongate Books

This enquiry into the explorer mindset is part meditation, part memoir, from one of 'Britain's greatest explorers' (Telegraph)

A compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with New York at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com

A compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with space at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com

This modern American classic is an unflinching look at post-war America; introduced by Irvine Welsh and afterword by Kurt Vonnegut

Janine Hartman loved her grandfather dearly - but she balked at his plan to choose her a husband, despite his insistence that he'd found her the perfect match. Janine and Zach Thomas, the intended groom, didn't agree. In fact, they agreed on only one thing - that Gramps was a stubborn, meddling old man. But ... what if he was right?

While in the hospital recuperating from a gunshot wound, Chicago PI Sam Kelson is approached by a nurse who's troubled by three recent deaths - patients who died when they shouldn't have. Has someone been killing patients? As Kelson digs deeper, he comes to realize that someone is determined to prevent him finding out the truth. Whatever it takes.

The Compton-Milnes are an eccentric family. Father Gus, a brilliant but reclusive professor, mother Lisa, a cosmetic surgery addict, son Ben, an OCD-riddled genius, self-sacrificing daughter Harriet and Gus' invalid mother ruling over them all from the attic. But when Lisa's lover turns on her, the family must pull together to survive

Christmas, 1483.Roger the Chpamn is looking forward to twelve days of peace and celebration with his wife and children, but the gruesome murders of two of the town's most prominent and venerable citizens scupper Roger's hopes. Roger finds himself in grave danger, but it is someone else who pays the prices of his nosiness...

On a snowy winter morning, a young woman is found outside a nightclub. Half dead from the cold, she says she has been raped. As D.I. Joanna Piercy investigates, she learns that Kayleigh Harrison has made unsubstantiated allegations before against her stepfather. But there are possible links to a similar rape case six months previously . . .

Winter, 1940. Anna MacRae is only five years old when her mother dies in childbirth, leaving her with twin baby sisters. As they grow, the twins' pranks turn to stealing, bullying and worse. Anna must learn to cope with them if she is ever to find happiness of her own.

When Joe Reddick and his family are threatened in their LA home by a masked, knife-wielding intruder, it means serious trouble for a gang of desperate criminals. The threat sends Joe Reddick over the edge. He's lived the nightmare of losing a family to a crazed killer once, and he's not going to let it happen again.

Dr Sandy Jones politely brushes-off her old friend Connie Pike when she unexpectedly calls. A few days later, Connie is killed in an explosion at her laboratory. Consumed by guilt, Jones heads to New Jersey, determined to find out the truth behind Connie's death - and exactly what Connie had been trying to tell her in that last anxious phone call.

Chief Inspector Chen, facing possible disciplinary action, is excluded from a new investigation that has seen a poem said to be criticising the current government removed from the Internet. Left fearing for his career he finds himself reflecting on his life growing up during the Cultural Revolution and his previous cases.

Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself on a grim walk deep in the Missouri woods. The body of Terri Gibbons, the Forest High track star who went missing eight months ago, has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Angela is needed on the scene. Could a message found in Terri's shoe hold the key to catching her killer?

Land agent Matthew Rowsley and his capable wife Harriet are part of a group of trustees assigned to manage Thorncroft House - until matters take a disturbing turn when Lord Croft's long-lost cousin and heir, Julius Trescothick, arrives, ready to claim his inheritance. But is he who he claims to be . and what are his true intentions?

The hilarious collection of 'leaked' correspondence between Michael Spicer's genius comic creation - AKA The Man in the Room Next Door - and political figures, from Boris Johnson to Donald Trump and Jared Kushner

A wickedly satirical novel, filled with mystery, revenge, outlandish killings, greed and jealousy, from the multi-award-winning author

The new novel about love, loyalty and nature, from the author of Academy Street, Irish Book Awards Book of the Year 2014

A new story collection - full of love, melancholy and magic - from the Goldsmiths Prize and IMPAC award-winning author of the Booker-longlisted Night Boat to Tangier

A beautiful and updated edition of this collection of the world's greatest diarists on its twentieth anniversary

The #1 international bestselling phenomenon: a profound and riveting story of love, loss, and memory

An A-Z guide on how we stay informed in the era of fake news, from former Guardian Editor-in-Chief Alan Rusbridger