The Canons

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

Neither Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn cover

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

The Last Holiday by Gil Scott-Heron cover
‘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
Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde cover
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 by David Wojnarowicz cover
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 by Annie Dillard cover
The best writing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer, with a foreword by Geoff Dyer.
The Weatherhouse by Nan Shepherd cover
Nan Shepherd’s greatest novel; a masterpiece of Scottish modernism. ‘A blazingly brilliant writer’ - Robert Macfarlane
Docherty by William McIlvanney cover
The Whitbread Prize-winning modern classic. Introduced by Hugh McIlvanney
Hope In The Dark by Rebecca Solnit cover
This edition confirms Solnit’s seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change
Some Rain Must Fall And Other Stories by Michel Faber cover
Bestselling author Michel Faber’s debut joins Canongate’s Canons series with the dazzling Some Rain Must Fall
I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti cover
Niccolò Ammaniti’s internationally bestselling novel. ‘A deft masterpiece with never a false note’ - Guardian
The End Of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas cover
The bestselling novel of cursed books, quantum physics and the power of love
The Finishing School by Muriel Spark cover

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

The Awakening by Kate Chopin cover
Kate Chopin’s classic, an American Anna Karenina, introduced by Barbara Kingsolver
A Fortunate Man by John Berger cover
Berger’s exploration of what it means to heal, now inducted into the Canons series over fifty years after its first publication
The Bachelors by Muriel Spark cover

‘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 by Charles M. Schulz cover
The feisty heroine of Schulz’s strip gives the patriarchy a kick in the Peanuts!
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi cover
The much lauded modern classic and international bestseller, introduced by Mohsin Hamid
Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski cover
The cult classic autobiographical coming-of-age modern classic by one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July cover
Miranda July’s bestselling, critically acclaimed short story collection – winner of the 2007 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
On Forgiveness by Richard Holloway cover
‘The book everyone needs to read’ JEANETTE WINTERSON, The Times
Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan cover
62 of Brautigan’s ultra-short stories, reissued to mark the 30th anniversary of his death. Introduced by Sarah Hall
A Confederate General From Big Sur by Richard Brautigan cover
Richard Brautigan’s first novel, reissued to mark the 30th anniversary of his death. Introduced by Black Francis
Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan cover
Richard Brautigan’s cult classic novel reissued to mark the 30th Anniversary of his death. Introduced by Neil Gaiman
The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave cover
A darkly funny and very moving father-son story from the world-famous musician