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.

Great British Soups
New Covent Garden Soup Company

Walden
Henry David Thoreau

Life After Growth
Tim Morgan

Trade Like a Shark
Robbie Burns

Poetry Notebook
Clive James

Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly
Martin Dugard

The Republic of Pirates
Colin Woodard

The Debt Trap
Sebastien Canderle

How To Get Your Website Noticed
Filip Matous

How To Give A Great Presentation
Neil Chalmers

How To Speak With Confidence in Public
Edie Lush
Charlotte McDougall

How To Write Better Copy
Steve Harrison

The Odyssey
Homer

Sad Animal Facts
Brooke Barker

Fixing Economics
George Cooper

This is London
Ben Judah

The Girl Who Just Wanted To Be Loved
Angela Hart

The Remedies
Katharine Towers

E=mc2
David Bodanis

Elephants on Acid
Alex Boese

Sins of the Family
Felicity Davis

Invest in the Best
Keith Ashworth-Lord

One Plus One Equals Three
Dave Trott

The Wah-Wah Diaries
Richard E Grant

Death Comes Knocking
Graham Bartlett
Peter James

Classic Locked Room Mysteries
David Stuart Davies

My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell

A Sea Voyage
Emily Wallis

Dog Medicine
Julie Barton

Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life
Ralph Pite

Sinatra
J. Randy Taraborrelli

Becoming Beyoncé
J. Randy Taraborrelli

Alibaba's World
Porter Erisman

Marching Powder
Rusty Young

Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson

Hemingway in Love
A.E. Hotchner

438 Days
Jonathan Franklin

Lean in 15 - The Shape Plan
Joe Wicks

The Disappearing Dictionary
David Crystal

Solo to Sydney
Francis Chichester