The Canons

The Canons are books without boundaries. Some are classics already, the rest will be soon.

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ cover artwork
The number one Sunday Times bestseller from award-winning and critically acclaimed author Philip Pullman
Gold from the Stone cover artwork
New work and old favourites from national treasure and one of Britain’s most exciting poets, Lemn Sissay
Dreaming of Babylon cover artwork
‘An absolute original’ Guardian
The Hawkline Monster cover artwork
A magical adventure through Eastern Oregon, The Hawkline Monster confirms Richard Brautigan’s place as one of the twentieth century’s most exciting writers
Getting it in the Head cover artwork
The celebrated debut short story collection from the author of Solar Bones, winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize and BGE Irish Book of the Year
Notes from a Coma cover artwork
The critically acclaimed novel from the author of Solar Bones, winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize and BGE Irish Book of the Year
A Field Guide To Getting Lost cover artwork
Solnit’s revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics
Neither Wolf Nor Dog cover artwork

‘Neither Wolf Nor Dog is a book of revelation … a true-life fable and a provocative call … remarkable’ Robert Plant

The Last Holiday cover artwork
‘Leave it to Scott-Heron to save some of his best for last … He’s a real writer, a word man, and [The Last Holiday] is as wriggling and vital in its way as Bob Dylan’s Chronicles: Volume One’ New York Times
There Are Little Kingdoms cover artwork
The debut short story collection from the winner of the IMPAC Award, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: ‘The most exciting Irish short story writer of his generation’ Sunday Times
Trickster Makes This World cover artwork
This book from the author of The Gift is about imagination and philosophy and was described by Margaret Atwood as a ‘masterpiece’
Close to the Knives cover artwork
The powerful, personal and iconoclastic memoir of David Wojnarowicz, AIDs activist, author and one of the most provocative artists of his generation. With a new introduction by Olivia Laing.
The Abundance cover artwork
The best writing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer, with a foreword by Geoff Dyer.
Teaching a Stone to Talk cover artwork
A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer.
Spark's Europe cover artwork
Travel the continent with this new collection of Muriel Spark’s European novels as your guide - an often surprising, occasionally moving, and always unfailingly funny trip
Spark's Satire cover artwork
Anarchic, irreverent and razor-sharp, this new collection of Muriel Spark’s satires confirms its creator as the mistress of British wit
I'm Not Scared cover artwork
‘A deft masterpiece with never a false note’ - Guardian
The Finishing School cover artwork

Now available as a stunning Canon

‘A work of glittering Sparkian ice, whose thinly frozen surface tempts you to jump up and down jovially above something deeper and darker’ ALI SMITH

A Fortunate Man cover artwork
Berger’s exploration of what it means to heal, now inducted into the Canons series nearly fifty years after its first publication
The Bachelors cover artwork

‘I am dazzled by The Bachelors. It is the cleverest and most elegant of all Spark’s clever and elegant books’ Evelyn WaughNow available in print and eBook as a gorgeous canon

How to be a Grrrl cover artwork
The feisty heroine of Schulz’s strip gives the patriarchy a kick in the Peanuts!
Ham On Rye cover artwork
The autobiographical coming-of-age modern classic by one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century
Girl Meets Boy cover artwork
A dazzling piece of storytelling from one of Britain’s most brilliant writers
No One Belongs Here More Than You cover artwork
This bestselling, critically acclaimed short story collection