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 World Is What It Is
Patrick French
The Circuit
Bob Shepherd
Faberge's Eggs
Toby Faber
Foreskin's Lament
Shalom Auslander
May Week Was In June
Clive James
Falling Towards England
Clive James
North Face of Soho
Clive James
Not Quite World's End
John Simpson
News from No Man's Land
John Simpson
Strange Places, Questionable People
John Simpson
A Mad World, My Masters
John Simpson
Little People in the City
Slinkachu
The Himmler Brothers
Katrin Himmler
Ronnie
Ronnie Wood
W. Axl Rose
Mick Wall
Comrades
Robert Service
Historic London
Stephen Inwood
Deliver Me From Evil
Alloma Gilbert
Other People's Money
Neil Forsyth
Elliot Castro
Ska'd for Life
Horace Panter
The Hustlers
Douglas Thompson
Diana Ross
J. Randy Taraborrelli
What I Do
Jon Ronson
Irish Freedom
Richard English
When A Crocodile Eats the Sun
Peter Godwin
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers
Stand and Deliver
Adam Ant
Europe at War 1939-1945
Norman Davies
An Unexpected Light
Jason Elliot
Elizabeth
J. Randy Taraborrelli
The Cradle of Thought
Peter Hobson
Last Waltz in Vienna
George Clare
Allotted Time
Robin Shelton
Mukiwa
Peter Godwin
Out of the Ordinary
Jon Ronson
The Real Life of Anthony Burgess
Andrew Biswell
Where There Is Evil
Sandra Brown
Jimi Hendrix
Sharon Lawrence
Mushrooms
Roger Phillips
My Mother's Wedding Dress
Justine Picardie