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.

Philomena
Martin Sixsmith

Off The Leash: The Secret Life of Dogs
Rupert Fawcett

Transparent Imprint
Michael Barnard

Crowd Money
Eoin Treacy

Mr Foote's Other Leg
Ian Kelly

I Love You But You Always Put Me Last
Andrew G. Marshall

Kinsey and Me
Sue Grafton

Life Lessons from Freud
Brett Kahr

To Cut a Long Story Short
Tony Hadley

My Life as a Spy
Leslie Woodhead

The Secret of 'The Secret'
Karen Kelly

Counting One's Blessings
William Shawcross

Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks

Alexander the Great
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