Books that shaped us collection by Canongate Books

In a few words

Here are some of the books that have meant the world to us: the landmark titles, the runaway successes, and the quiet favourites we’ve never stopped being proud of. They’ve helped make Canongate the publisher it is today.

Our key picks

Lanark

Alasdair Gray

Lanark - A Life in Four Books

Alasdair Gray

40th anniversary commemorative hardback edition of the modern classic

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The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022

Winner of the Women’s Prize, this is a brilliantly inventive novel about loss, growing up and our relationship with things

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Life Of Pi

Yann Martel

Life Of Pi

Yann Martel

The phenomenal, Man Booker Prize-winning, international bestseller

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All Fours

Miranda July

All Fours

Miranda July

The New York Times bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and literary novel about a woman upending her life

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The Creative Act

Rick Rubin

The Creative Act - A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us

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The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

The touching, funny and heartwarming new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Stop Time and Reasons to Stay Alive

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