The Canons

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

Cold Skin by Albert Sánchez Piñol cover

This creepy, paranoid and thrilling novel has become an international bestseller and cult classic

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir cover

A memoir of childhood and a celebration of the natural world, from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation

My First Summer In The Sierra by John Muir cover

A celebration of Sierra from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane

One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard cover

WINNER OF THE GREATEST WELSH NOVEL

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller cover

A story of wild youth, unexpected encounters, affairs and betrayals, and the dangerous security of marriage – that has sold over 200,000 copies

Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland cover

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. ‘A wonderful feat of imagination’ HILARY MANTEL

Fup by Jim Dodge cover

A tale of two humans, one duck and several vats of home-brewed whisky

Ask The Dust by John Fante cover

With an introduction by Charles Bukowski

My Father's Notebook by Kader Abdolah cover

A gripping tale set amid the tumultous history of 20th-century Iran by the bestselling author of The House of the Mosque

Silk by Alessandro Baricco cover

‘Deeply moving - a delicately crafted love story and an anatomy of desire’ Guardian

Home And Exile by Chinua Achebe cover