Afterlives and otherworlds collection by Canongate Books

In a few words

Norse gods and Irish ghosts, alternate heavens and hells, dragonhide and princess-eating beasts: these are tales of worlds not (quite) like our own.

Himself

Dragon’s Green

Sum

Lanark

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

Solar Bones

Himself

Dragon’s Green

Sum

Lanark

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

Solar Bones

Himself

Dragon’s Green

Sum

Lanark

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

Solar Bones

Our key picks

Himself

Jess Kidd

Himself

Jess Kidd

An unforgettable debut mixing murder, mayhem and buried secrets, and where the dead play as an important a part as the living

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Dragon’s Green

Scarlett Thomas

Dragon’s Green

Scarlett Thomas

The first in the thrilling and magical Worldquake Sequence from Scarlett Thomas, author of the bestselling adult novel The End of Mr Y. Featuring special powers, magical books and a secret world!

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Sum

David Eagleman

Sum - Tales from the Afterlives

David Eagleman

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

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