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.
My Mother's Wedding Dress
Justine Picardie
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Peter Heather
Let Sleeping Vets Lie
James Herriot
Vet in Harness
James Herriot
Vet in a Spin
James Herriot
Vets Might Fly
James Herriot
Mozart's Women
Jane Glover
Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
Tim Lihoreau
Stephen Fry
Maggie
John Sergeant
The Shackled Continent
Robert Guest
Like a Fiery Elephant
Jonathan Coe
Stradivarius
Toby Faber
Roosevelt
Roy Jenkins
No Woman No Cry
Rita Marley
Hettie Jones
The Wonder that was India
A Basham
Strangers
Graham Robb
The Wars Against Saddam
John Simpson
Shout!
Philip Norman
John Clare
Jonathan Bate
Mr S
George Jacobs
Twelve Cities
Roy Jenkins
The New Five Days to a Flatter Stomach
Monica Grenfell
Always Unreliable
Clive James
Station X
Michael Smith
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank
Willy Lindwer
Real Time
Amit Chaudhuri
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
Colm Tóibín
Shakespeare
Stanley Wells
Unscathed
Philip Ashby
Slipstream
Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battutah
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Mysteries
Natasha Garnett
Rita Rogers
Love Stars
Claire Petulengro
Anthony Blunt
Miranda Carter
The Picador Book of Cricket
Ramachandra Guha
24 Hour Party People
Tony Wilson
Rimbaud
Graham Robb
The Third Reich
Michael Burleigh
Bridge Across Forever
Richard Bach
Song of the Earth
Jonathan Bate