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.
Mukiwa
Peter Godwin
Out of the Ordinary
Jon Ronson
Mushrooms
Roger Phillips
My Mother's Wedding Dress
Justine Picardie
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Peter Heather
Let Sleeping Vets Lie
James Herriot
Vet in Harness
James Herriot
Vet in a Spin
James Herriot
Vets Might Fly
James Herriot
Mozart's Women
Jane Glover
Maggie
John Sergeant
The Shackled Continent
Robert Guest
Like a Fiery Elephant
Jonathan Coe
Stradivarius
Toby Faber
A Prison Diary Volume III
Jeffrey Archer
No Woman No Cry
Rita Marley
Hettie Jones
Strangers
Graham Robb
The Wars Against Saddam
John Simpson
A Prison Diary Volume II
Jeffrey Archer
Shout!
Philip Norman
John Clare
Jonathan Bate
Twelve Cities
Roy Jenkins
Always Unreliable
Clive James
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
Colm Toibin
A Prison Diary Volume I
Jeffrey Archer
Slipstream
Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battutah
Love Stars
Claire Petulengro
Anthony Blunt
Miranda Carter
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Harold S Kushner
The Picador Book of Cricket
Ramachandra Guha
Rimbaud
Graham Robb
The Third Reich
Michael Burleigh
Legionnaire
Simon Murray
Song of the Earth
Jonathan Bate
Lost in Music
Giles Smith
The Isles
Norman Davies
Balzac
Graham Robb
Freaky Dancin'
Bez
Rebel Hearts
Kevin Toolis