Non-fiction
From biography and politics to true crime and self-help, you’ll find books to illuminate and inspire in our non-fiction range. Discover acclaimed writers like Oliver Sacks and David Olusoga, and explore contemporary bestsellers such as This is Going to Hurt and The Secret Barrister.
Discover our edit of the best non-fiction books of all time.
London: An Illustrated Literary Companion
Rosemary Gray
Heresy
Catherine Nixey
Dragged Up Proppa
Pip Fallow
Win Every Argument
Mehdi Hasan
Into the Night
Matt Lloyd-Rose
The Glass Cliff
Sophie Williams
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
Burial Rites
Hannah Kent
Rites of Passage
Judith Flanders
The Maiden
Kate Foster
Wise Animals
Tom Chatfield
What Lies Beneath
Peter Faulding
Motivation
Stefan Falk
Will You Care If I Die?
Nicolas Lunabba
Killjoy
Jo Cheetham
Elderflora
Jared Farmer
Cautionary Tales
Hilaire Belloc
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon
Pegasus
Laurent Richard
Sandrine Rigaud
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Essays In Love
Alain de Botton
To My Sisters
Courtney Daniella Boateng
Renee Kapuku
Judgement at Tokyo
Gary J. Bass
A Little Girl in Auschwitz
Lidia Maksymowicz
How Life Works
Philip Ball
Classic Love Stories
Becky Brown
Charles III
Robert Hardman
Good Habits, Bad Habits
Wendy Wood
Babes in the Wood
Graham Bartlett
Peter James
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
Leadership Strategy and Tactics
Jocko Willink
Platonic
Marisa G. Franco, PhD
How to Calm Your Mind
Chris Bailey
Life's Work
David Milch
The Green Budget Guide
Nancy Birtwhistle
Braintenance
Dr Julia Ravey
How Not to Age
Michael Greger MD
Pinch of Nom Express
Kay Allinson
Kate Allinson
The Greatest Manifestation Book (is the one written by you)
Vex King
Kaushal
The Rising Circle