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.

Paradise
Kae Tempest

The Asian Financial Crisis 1995-98
Russell Napier

Dance Prone
David Coventry

Psychedelic Apes
Alex Boese

Bomber Command
Max Hastings

The Mercies
Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Journalist's Handbook
Kim Fletcher

The Blind Light
Stuart Evers

The Running Book
John Connell

Crossing the Street
Andy Ho

Dream Horse
Janet Vokes

Where's My Happy Ending?
Anna Whitehouse
Matt Farquharson

Joe's Family Food
Joe Wicks

My Amy
Tyler James

Think Like a Breadwinner
Jennifer Barrett

Black and British
David Olusoga

Notes from Your Therapist
Allyson Dinneen

Go Luck Yourself
Andy Nairn

Fully Human
Steve Biddulph

Thebes
Paul Cartledge

The Kindness Method
Shahroo Izadi

Fake Law
The Secret Barrister

Intentional Integrity
Robert Chesnut

A Pragmatist's Guide to Leveraged Finance
Robert S. Kricheff

The DIY Investor (Third edition)
Andy Bell

Pandora's Jar
Natalie Haynes

The Harpy
Megan Hunter

Unshakeable
Shane Byrne

The Gospel of the Eels
Patrik Svensson

Greyfriars Bobby
Eleanor Atkinson

Kitchen Table Wisdom
Rachel Naomi Remen

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Making It
Jay Blades

When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Harold S Kushner

Fed Up!
Colin Lancaster

Funny Weather
Olivia Laing

Endurance
Louis Rudd

The Salmon of Doubt
Douglas Adams

The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue

Business Angel Investing
Richard Hargreaves