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.

Little Ern
Robert Sellers
James Hogg

Life Signs
Claire Petulengro

Lobbying
Lionel Zetter

The Reputation Playbook
Jennifer Janson

Life is Meals
James Salter
Kay Salter

A Drink with Shane MacGowan
Victoria Mary Clarke
Shane MacGowan

We Could Be Heroes
Tom Fordyce
Ben Dirs

Give Me Ten Seconds
John Sergeant

How Not to Murder Your Husband
Stephanie Calman

The Seventies Unplugged
Gerard DeGroot

The Lazy Fundamental Analyst
Fred Piard

A Curious Invitation
Suzette Field

Isle of Noises
Daniel Rachel

Dean And Me
Jerry Lewis
James Kaplan

Cries Unheard
Gitta Sereny

Origins
Amin Maalouf

Taming the Lion
Richard Farleigh

Burning the Days
James Salter

A. A. Milne
Ann Thwaite

Stalked
Alison Hewitt

We are Michael Field
Emma Donoghue

Passions Between Women
Emma Donoghue

Alphaville
Michael Codella
Bruce Bennett

Dear Bill
W. F. Deedes

In My Mother's Shoes
Alison Walsh

Karma Chameleons
Tom Fordyce
Ben Dirs

Last Letters Home
Tamasin Day-Lewis

Lloyd George and Churchill
Richard Toye

The Little Captive
Lise Kristensen

Satan's Choice
Lorne Campbell
Peter Edwards

Naturally
Jo Wood
Jane Graham-Maw

Surviving Extremes
Nick Middleton

The Dressing Station
Jonathan Kaplan

The Price of Love
Nikola T. James

The Ancient Paths
Graham Robb

Confessions of a Bad Mother
Stephanie Calman

Lord of the Dance
Michael Flatley
Douglas Thompson

Excess Returns
Frederik Vanhaverbeke

The Restoration of Rome
Peter Heather

The True Lives of My Chemical Romance
Tom Bryant