This is the Canon - Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne, Kadija Sesay George, Quercus Publishing

These are the books you should read. Upending our traditionally white-dominated 'to be read' piles, Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay push to the fore the voices and cultural perspectives that demand a place on everyone's shelves. This is the canon.

They are books that reflect the wide and diverse experiences of pe From literary giants such as Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie and Chinua Achebe to recent Man Booker Prize winners Paul Beatty and Bernardine Evaristo, the novels recommended here are in turn haunting and lyrical; innovative and inspiring; edgy and poignant.