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.

Our Iceberg Is Melting
John Kotter
Holger Rathgeber

A Different Kind of Power
Jacinda Ardern

How To Try Again
Steve Kamb

The One and the Ninety-Nine
Luke Burgis

The Little Book of Boards
Erik Hanberg

Discipline Equals Freedom
Jocko Willink

Indispensable
Chris Hirst

The August Coup
Robert Service

Between the Waves
Tom McTague

The Story of Birds
Steve Brusatte

The Odyssey Mindset
Dr Sam Akbar

The Everest Mystery
Julie Summers
Jochen Hemmleb

Burying the Typewriter
Carmen Bugan

Market Wizards: The Next Generation
Jack D. Schwager
George F. Coyle

How to Use a Fork
Orlando Swayne

Tonight the Music Seems So Loud
Sathnam Sanghera

Checkmate
Ben Mezrich

Family
Claudine Boulstridge

Truck It!
Bobby Bolton

Literally
Ella Willis

Next Gen CEO
Mike Soutar

The Nozempic Diet
Kim Pearson

The Stationary Ark
Gerald Durrell

Ark on the Move
Gerald Durrell

Freedom Round the Globe
Sarah M. S. Pearsall

The Discovery of Britain
Graham Robb

Am I Having Fun Now?
Suzi Ruffell

How to Take Drugs
Nick Barber

How to Resist Guilt
Mona Chollet

How to Win a Trade War
Soumaya Keynes
Chad Bown

Three Singles to Adventure
Gerald Durrell

Menagerie Manor
Gerald Durrell

Two in the Bush
Gerald Durrell

Fillets of Plaice
Gerald Durrell

Catch Me a Colobus
Gerald Durrell

Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons
Gerald Durrell

The Ark's Anniversary
Gerald Durrell

Money and Me
Jonathan Clements

What Have I Done?
Ben Elton

The Fear Opportunity
Victoria Pendleton