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.
Brothers Under The Skin
Christopher Hope
The Josie Gibson Diet
Josie Gibson
Confessions of a Failed Grown-Up
Stephanie Calman
The Elfish Gene
Mark Barrowcliffe
The Lonely Leader
Alistair Horne
David Montgomery
The Accidental American
James Naughtie
The Adventure Capitalist
Conor Woodman
Playing the Game
Robert Baden-Powell
I Quit Sugar
Sarah Wilson
A Very Private Eye
Barbara Pym
Inseparable
Emma Donoghue
My James
Ralph Bulger
Rosie Dunn
Salinger
Paul Alexander
Prima Donna
Karen Swan
The Missing Ink
Philip Hensher
The Counselor
Cormac McCarthy
Siegfried Sassoon
Max Egremont
Philomena
Martin Sixsmith
Transparent Imprint
Michael Barnard
Mr Foote's Other Leg
Ian Kelly
I Love You But You Always Put Me Last
Andrew G. Marshall
Kinsey and Me
Sue Grafton
Life Lessons from Freud
Brett Kahr
The School of Life
The Fall of Light
Niall Williams
My Life as a Spy
Leslie Woodhead
The Secret of 'The Secret'
Karen Kelly
Counting One's Blessings
William Shawcross
Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks
Alexander the Great
Paul Cartledge
The Spartans
Paul Cartledge
City of Abraham
Edward Platt
Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly
Martin Dugard
Contact Wounds
Jonathan Kaplan
Hey Rube
Hunter S. Thompson
Standard Operating Procedure
Errol Morris
Philip Gourevitch
The Meaning of Recognition
Clive James
Fragile Science
Robin Baker
An Anatomy of Terror
Andrew Sinclair
Brief Lives
W. F. Deedes
At War With Waugh
W. F. Deedes