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.
Counting One's Blessings
William Shawcross
Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks
Alexander the Great
Paul Cartledge
The Spartans
Paul Cartledge
Adventures in Two Worlds
A. J. Cronin
Quantitative Investing
Fred Piard
City of Abraham
Edward Platt
Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly
Martin Dugard
Contact Wounds
Jonathan Kaplan
Standard Operating Procedure
Errol Morris
Philip Gourevitch
The Meaning of Recognition
Clive James
Pulp Kitchen
Feargus O'Sullivan
Fragile Science
Robin Baker
An Anatomy of Terror
Andrew Sinclair
Brief Lives
W. F. Deedes
At War With Waugh
W. F. Deedes
Josephine
Andrea Stuart
21 Years Gone
Jack Osbourne
Killing My Own Snakes
Ann Leslie
Just Julie
Julie Goodyear
A Very British Coop
Mark Collings
The Sixties Unplugged
Gerard DeGroot
The Tracks of My Years
Ken Bruce
In Search of the Pleasure Palace
Marc Almond
Boycott: The Autobiography
Geoffrey Boycott
A Way of Life
Reginald Kray
The Fame Formula
Mark Borkowski
The Seven Stages of Motherhood
Ann Pleshette Murphy
Thierry Henry
Philippe Auclair
Playing Extra Time
Alan Ball
Tudors
Peter Ackroyd
Inspector Minahan Makes a Stand
Bridget O'Donnell
Into the Abyss
Carol Shaben
Bold As Brass
Hilary Devey
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Eddi Fiegel
Britney
Sean Smith
Churchill's Cigar
Stephen McGinty
Fool's Guide to Online Investing
David Berger
Business Reimagined
Dave Coplin
Shakespeare's Local
Pete Brown