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 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
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
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
Titanic Thompson
Kevin Cook
Maximum Willpower
Kelly McGonigal
My Days
R K Narayan
My Holy War
Jonathan Raban
Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel
Giles Smith
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson
Not the Last Goodbye
David Servan-Schreiber
Climbing the Stairs
Margaret Powell
The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks
I is for Influence
Rob Yeung
Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Saved Britain
Simon Winder
Facing Up
Bear Grylls
The Fear
Peter Godwin
Eiger Dreams
Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
A Turn in the South
V. S. Naipaul
The Middle Passage
V. S. Naipaul
Letters Between a Father and Son
V. S. Naipaul
Literary Occasions
V. S. Naipaul