Books published by Canongate Books

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

The next in the series of gripping historical crime novels from bestselling author Chris Brookmyre and consultant anaesthetist Dr Marisa Haetzman, set in nineteenth-century Edinburgh

Canongate's lead debut fiction for the first half of 2019. Inspired by Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein, My Name Is Monster is a novel about power, about isolation, and about female relationships

A fantastical tour de force about endless life, cheating death and staying true to what matters most from 'one of the UK's most versatile writers' Grazia

The new story collection from John Edgar Wideman - acclaimed author of Philadelphia Fire and Brothers and Keepers, and winner of the 2017 Prix Femina Etranger - exploring subjects from the imagined to the historical and personal

Nadolny's internationally bestselling masterpiece, a gripping historical novel based on the life of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin

A deeply moving novel about the many different voices of the immigrant experience, inspired by the story of the author's father

Cafe owner Maggie Miller's special Halloween promotional evening ends in disaster when she discovers the body of one of her regular customers, strangled to death with an expensive cashmere scarf. What secrets had the late Nancy Alverson been hiding? And why had she been studying books on witchcraft?

The third in the thrilling Worldquake sequence, packed with adventuring, a magical library, Midwinter spells and missing cats. With a magical glow-in-the-dark cover

The second in the thrilling Worldquake sequence, packed with adventure - featuring mysterious new spells, talking animals and a deadly plan to destroy the worlds! See it come to life with a magical glow-in-the-dark cover

This work argues that it is better to use Christianity as good poetry than as bad science, and although the author sets out to deconstruct its doctrines, "my intention is positive; it is to craft from the Christian past a usable ethic for our own time".