Books published by Canongate Books

Warm, witty, honest and human, this book is a manifesto for staying alive, whatever your demons

From one of this generation's most talked about young writers comes a novel about failed relationships, drug-induced depression, marriage, and death

Canongate's Complete Peanuts series - published during Peanuts' 60th anniversary year

Part of Canongate's highly collectible and highly praised series, with an introduction by Paul Feig

Part of Canongate's highly collectible and highly praised series, with an introduction by RiffTrax

The bestselling author of Stiff and Six Feet Over sets her outrageous and insightful gaze on the most alluring scientific subject of them all: sex.

The mass-market edition of the international publishing sensation - a Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick

What happens to us when we die? And what does that tell us about being human?

Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Stewart Lee Allen has filtered out the richest beans from coffee's hot and frothy history .

Quite possibly the most inspirational music biography ever written - essential. MUZIK

The number one Norwegian bestseller, translated into nineteen languages

Could it be that our deepest desire is for it all to be over? A book about the end of days from the award-winning author of Out of Sheer Rage and Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

Blending memoir, self-help and science, and offering practical help, Tim Clare asks us to rethink anxiety

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a timeless and compassionate novel about what it means to be human

An updated edition of this compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com

A lyrical, poetic essay collection that blends memoir with powerful writing on the natural world, taking us from London to New Zealand, Shanghai to Malaysia - from the winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize

A fun, wildly original, fact-packed and beautifully illustrated book by the Sears brothers, revealing our giant species as we've never seen ourselves before and showing us how - together - we can do a better job of looking after the planet

Award-winning poet and novelist Kei Miller explores the meanings of silence in this collection of provocative and lyrical essays

A full-colour illuminated history of how photographs frame and change the world, from the award-winning author of The Ongoing Moment

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

A comprehensive guide to negotiating successfully in any situation

Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel

An astonishing novel about the moral cost of war, from the author of the National Book Award-winning Redeployment

A journey through the history of science and man's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-shortlisted Cure

From the founder of Noughticulture, Rootbound explores how a whole new generation are discovering the power of plants

The exhilarating debut political thriller from BBC broadcaster George Alagiah