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.
The Last Days of Hitler
Hugh Trevor Roper
Penny Sweets and Cobbled Streets
Nanny Pat
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Stephen Inwood
A Leg to Stand On
Oliver Sacks
Seeing Voices
Oliver Sacks
The Island of the Colour-blind
Oliver Sacks
Oaxaca Journal
Oliver Sacks
Facebuilder for Men
Carole Maggio
Blue-Eyed Son
Nicky Campbell
Buddy
Philip Norman
Deep France
Celia Brayfield
Dennis Wise
Dennis Wise
The Forest for the Trees
Betsy Lerner
Going to Extremes
Nick Middleton
Is That It?
Bob Geldof
Seeds of Wealth
Henry Hobhouse
The Beatles' Shadow
Pauline Sutcliffe
Nobody Cared
Terrie O'Brian
Driving Home
Jonathan Raban
Spies and Commissars
Robert Service
The Boy in the River
Richard Hoskins
The Diamond Queen
Andrew Marr
Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Cookbook
Lillian Beckwith
The Opium War
Julia Lovell
An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks
Awakenings
Oliver Sacks
Migraine
Oliver Sacks
How To Think More About Sex
Alain de Botton
The School of Life
How to Find Fulfilling Work
Roman Krznaric
The School of Life
How to Worry Less About Money
John Armstrong
The School of Life
How to Stay Sane
Philippa Perry
The School of Life
The Way I See It
Alan Sugar
Armed Struggle
Richard English
Natural Solutions to PCOS
Marilyn Glenville
Cultural Amnesia
Clive James
At Last
Edward St Aubyn
Forgotten Land
Max Egremont
Never Mind
Edward St Aubyn
Bad News
Edward St Aubyn
Mother's Milk
Edward St Aubyn