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.

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  1. Book cover for Mapmatics

    Mapmatics

    Paulina Rowinska

  2. Book cover for Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

    Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

    Jonathan Blitzer

  3. Book cover for Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud

    Naked Portrait: A Memoir of Lucian Freud

    Rose Boyt

  4. Book cover for Air and Love

    Air and Love

    Or Rosenboim

  5. Book cover for Poems to Swipe Right to

    Poems to Swipe Right to

    Charlie Castelletti

  6. Book cover for You're Not 'Fat', You're On Fire

    You're Not 'Fat', You're On Fire

    Stephen Perrine

  7. Book cover for The Power of Words

    The Power of Words

    Mariano Sigman

  8. Book cover for D-Day: The Unheard Tapes

    D-Day: The Unheard Tapes

    Geraint Jones

  9. Book cover for Literature for the People

    Literature for the People

    Sarah Harkness

  10. Book cover for Poems on Nature

    Poems on Nature

    Gaby Morgan

  11. Book cover for Unstressable

    Unstressable

    Mo Gawdat

    Alice Law

  12. Book cover for Radical Respect

    Radical Respect

    Kim Scott

  13. Book cover for The Garden Against Time

    The Garden Against Time

    Olivia Laing

  14. Book cover for May Day

    May Day

    Jackie Kay

  15. Book cover for Wild Flowers

    Wild Flowers

    Roger Phillips

  16. Book cover for Shaolin: How to Win Without Conflict

    Shaolin: How to Win Without Conflict

    Bernhard Moestl

  17. Book cover for Things No One Taught Us About Love

    Things No One Taught Us About Love

    Vex King

  18. Book cover for The Amendments

    The Amendments

    Niamh Mulvey

  19. Book cover for Everything Must Go

    Everything Must Go

    Dorian Lynskey

  20. Book cover for Sociopath: A Memoir

    Sociopath: A Memoir

    Patric Gagne

  21. Book cover for The Archaeology of Loss

    The Archaeology of Loss

    Sarah Tarlow

  22. Book cover for The Psychology of Secrets

    The Psychology of Secrets

    Andrew Gold

  23. Book cover for Time Come

    Time Come

    Linton Kwesi Johnson

  24. Book cover for The Breach

    The Breach

    Denver Riggleman

  25. Book cover for Garden To Save The World

    Garden To Save The World

    Joe Clark

  26. Book cover for Mind Your Manners

    Mind Your Manners

    Sara Jane Ho

  27. Book cover for Too Many Reasons to Live

    Too Many Reasons to Live

    Rob Burrow

  28. Book cover for Dead Weight

    Dead Weight

    Emmeline Clein

  29. Book cover for How Big Things Get Done

    How Big Things Get Done

    Bent Flyvbjerg

    Dan Gardner

  30. Book cover for The Master

    The Master

    Colm Tóibín

  31. Book cover for An Unquiet Mind

    An Unquiet Mind

    Kay Redfield Jamison

  32. Book cover for Fans

    Fans

    Michael Bond

  33. Book cover for Space Oddities

    Space Oddities

    Harry Cliff

  34. Book cover for An Honourable Exit

    An Honourable Exit

    Eric Vuillard

  35. Book cover for All the Lonely People

    All the Lonely People

    Sam Carr

  36. Book cover for Hildasay to Home

    Hildasay to Home

    Christian Lewis

  37. Book cover for Code Dependent

    Code Dependent

    Madhumita Murgia

  38. Book cover for So Much Blue

    So Much Blue

    Percival Everett

  39. Book cover for Milk

    Milk

    Alice Kinsella

  40. Book cover for Undercover Copper

    Undercover Copper

    Danni Brooke

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