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.
The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book
V.S. Naipaul
Climbing the Stairs
Margaret Powell
7 Keys to a Winning CV
Mildred Talabi
Cotter on Investing
John Cotter
The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks
I is for Influence
Rob Yeung
The Man Who Saved Britain
Simon Winder
Facing Up
Bear Grylls
The Operational Risk Handbook for Financial Companies
Brian Barnier
How to Value Shares and Outperform the Market
Glenn Martin
The Fear
Peter Godwin
Eiger Dreams
Jon Krakauer
A Turn in the South
V.S. Naipaul
The Middle Passage
V.S. Naipaul
Letters Between a Father and Son
V.S. Naipaul
Literary Occasions
V.S. Naipaul
A Writer's People
V.S. Naipaul
The Writer and the World
V.S. Naipaul
The Lie of the Land
Ian Vince
The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
Marcella Hazan
Building a Billion
Charlie Berridge
Conversations With Myself
Nelson Mandela
What You See Is What You Get
Alan Sugar
The Surprising Life of Constance Spry
Sue Shephard
Zulu Rising
Ian Knight
Milton Friedman
Eamonn Butler
Parisians
Graham Robb
Shit My Dad Says
Justin Halpern
7 Winning Strategies For Trading Forex
Grace Cheng
Sports Betting to Win
Steve Ward
How to Build a Share Portfolio
Rodney Hobson
Below Stairs
Margaret Powell
Ian Dury
Will Birch
The Girl in the Painted Caravan
Eva Petulengro
The Richest of the Rich
Philip Beresford
Wall Street and Witchcraft
Max Gunther
The Sunset Limited
Cormac McCarthy
Unreliable Sources
John Simpson
The Bridge
David Remnick
Pulling Myself Together
Denise Welch