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 Macmillan Diaries
Harold Macmillan
Peter Catterall
Madam Secretary
Madeleine Albright
The Mighty and the Almighty
Madeleine Albright
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 Opium War
Julia Lovell
An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks
How to Find Fulfilling Work
Roman Krznaric
The Way I See It
Alan Sugar
Armed Struggle
Richard English
Natural Solutions to PCOS
Marilyn Glenville
At Last
Edward St Aubyn
Forgotten Land
Max Egremont
Never Mind
Edward St Aubyn
Bad News
Edward St Aubyn
Some Hope
Edward St Aubyn
Mother's Milk
Edward St Aubyn
The Baby-Making Bible
Emma Cannon
Foundation
Peter Ackroyd
Outlaws Inc.
Matt Potter
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
Pioneer Woman
Ree Drummond
Titanic Thompson
Kevin Cook
Maximum Willpower
Kelly McGonigal
My Days
R K Narayan
On Ilkley Moor
Tim Binding
My Holy War
Jonathan Raban
Truth or Dare
Justine Picardie
Don't Ask Me What I Mean
Don Paterson
Clare Brown
Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel
Giles Smith
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson
Not the Last Goodbye
David Servan-Schreiber
The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book
V. S. Naipaul