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.

How to Take Drugs
Nick Barber

How to Win a Trade War
Soumaya Keynes
Chad Bown

Three Singles to Adventure
Gerald Durrell

Menagerie Manor
Gerald Durrell

Two in the Bush
Gerald Durrell

Fillets of Plaice
Gerald Durrell

Catch Me a Colobus
Gerald Durrell

The Stationary Ark
Gerald Durrell

Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons
Gerald Durrell

Ark on the Move
Gerald Durrell

The Ark's Anniversary
Gerald Durrell

Money and Me
Jonathan Clements

What Have I Done?
Ben Elton

The Fear Opportunity
Victoria Pendleton

Strangers and Intimates
Tiffany Jenkins

Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
Leif Babin

The Dichotomy of Leadership
Jocko Willink
Leif Babin

Underdogs
Joel Budd

Fatherhood
Augustine Sedgewick

Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics
Frank Verstraete
Céline Broeckaert

King of the World
David Remnick

Risk and Reward
Ben Carlson

Inside the Box
David Epstein

How to Lose Your Mother
Molly Jong-Fast

How to Agree to Disagree
Gabrielle Rifkind

New York: A Literary Anthology
J. Michelle Coghlan

All the Dogs of My Life
Elizabeth von Arnim

Beyond the Line
Ben Youngs

Voices of Victory
Geraint Jones

Classic Summer Stories
Becky Brown

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal
Robin Ince

Just Said Yes
Juliet James

If We Tolerate This
Daniel Trilling

The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway
Adam J. Mead

The Return of the Oystercatcher
Scott Weidensaul

Poems for Gardeners
Gaby Morgan

Mythographic Colour and Discover: Fairy Folklore
Fabiana Attanasio

Wild Courage
Jenny Wood

How Stress Works
Dr Richard Mackenzie
Peter Walker

A Sound So Very Loud
Ted Kessler
Hamish MacBain