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.
Satan's Choice
Lorne Campbell
Peter Edwards
Naturally
Jo Wood
Jane Graham-Maw
Surviving Extremes
Nick Middleton
The Dressing Station
Jonathan Kaplan
A History of the First World War
B. H. Liddell Hart
A History of the Second World War
B. H. Liddell Hart
The Price of Love
Nikola T. James
The Ancient Paths
Graham Robb
Confessions of a Sociopath
M. E. Thomas
Confessions of a Bad Mother
Stephanie Calman
Bear Grylls: Two All-Action Adventures
Bear Grylls
Danubia
Simon Winder
The Restoration of Rome
Peter Heather
The True Lives of My Chemical Romance
Tom Bryant
The Enchanted Places
Christopher Milne
The Path Through the Trees
Christopher Milne
The Stonemason
Cormac McCarthy
Flat Earth
Christine Garwood
The Flying Carpet to Baghdad
Hala Jaber
Creation Stories
Alan McGee
War and Peace
Ricky Hatton
Flappers
Judith Mackrell
Land's Edge
Tim Winton
Hatchet Job
Mark Kermode
One L
Scott Turow
To War with Whitaker
Hermione Ranfurly
The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish
Noreen Riols
The Crystal Bucket
Clive James
The Dreaming Swimmer
Clive James
I Quit Sugar for Life
Sarah Wilson
Crown of Thistles
Linda Porter
Wild Food
Roger Phillips
Call the Doctor
Ronald White-Cooper
Dead Men's Wages
Lilian Pizzichini
At the Pillars of Hercules
Clive James
Confessions of a Chelsea Boy
Spencer Matthews
The Metropolitan Critic
Clive James
Night Beat
Mikal Gilmore
The Wreck at Sharpnose Point
Jeremy Seal
Small Wars, Far Away Places
Michael Burleigh