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.
Triumph of the City
Edward Glaeser
Hood Rat
Gavin Knight
To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild
The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting
Marie de Hennezel
Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild
Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories
Gerald Durrell
Pioneer Woman
Ree Drummond
Beasts in My Belfry
Gerald Durrell
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
Titanic Thompson
Kevin Cook
Maximum Willpower
Kelly McGonigal
My Days
R K Narayan
My Holy War
Jonathan Raban
Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel
Giles Smith
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson
Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon Ronson
Not the Last Goodbye
David Servan-Schreiber
Climbing the Stairs
Margaret Powell
The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks
I is for Influence
Rob Yeung
Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Saved Britain
Simon Winder
Facing Up
Bear Grylls
Facing the Frozen Ocean
Bear Grylls
The Fear
Peter Godwin
Eiger Dreams
Jon Krakauer
Under The Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
A Turn in the South
V. S. Naipaul
The Middle Passage
V. S. Naipaul
Letters Between a Father and Son
V. S. Naipaul
Literary Occasions
V. S. Naipaul
A Writer's People
V. S. Naipaul
The Writer and the World
V. S. Naipaul
The Lie of the Land
Ian Vince
The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
Marcella Hazan
Conversations With Myself
Nelson Mandela
What You See Is What You Get
Alan Sugar
The Surprising Life of Constance Spry
Sue Shephard