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.

Pill City
Kevin Deutsch

Electrified Sheep
Alex Boese

How to Analyse Bank Financial Statements
Thomas Padberg

Wish Lanterns
Alec Ash

A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen

Killing Time
Karl Williams

Under New Management
David Burkus

The Happiness of Pursuit
Chris Guillebeau

How To Have A Good Day
Caroline Webb

On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin

Blood Ties
Claudio Antonelli
Gianluigi Nuzzi

Fowler
Robbie Fowler

Frost/Nixon
David Frost

Cherry
Mary Karr

Soft City
Jonathan Raban

Final Solution
David Cesarani

Leonard
William Shatner

I Own You
Dawn McConnell

XS All Areas
Francis Rossi
Rick Parfitt

Unf*ck Your Habitat
Rachel Hoffman

The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide
Kayla Itsines

Claude and Madeleine
Edward Marriott

Captive State
George Monbiot

E is for Exceptional
Rob Yeung

Fire Season
Philip Connors

The Coldest Winter
David Halberstam

Poldark: The Complete Scripts - Series 2
Debbie Horsfield

Void Studies
Rachael Boast

Lean in 15 - The Sustain Plan
Joe Wicks

Unholy Writ
David Williams

Advertise for Treasure
David Williams

Truman Capote
George Plimpton

Hidden Depths
Robin Waterfield

The Perfection Point
John Brenkus

Investing Through the Looking Glass
Tim Price

O's Little Guide to Starting Over
The Editors of O, the Oprah Magazine

How to Hygge
Signe Johansen

Great British Soups
New Covent Garden Soup Company

Walden
Henry David Thoreau

Life After Growth
Tim Morgan