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.

Storm Pegs
Jen Hadfield

The How Not to Age Cookbook
Michael Greger MD

The Psychology of Secrets
Andrew Gold

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai

The Lost Girls of Autism
Gina Rippon

The Power of Parting
Eamon Dolan

Failed State
Sam Freedman

Fair Play
Louise Hegarty

My Good Bright Wolf
Sarah Moss

Leaving Home
Zachary Seager

Falling in Love
Zachary Seager

Living Peacefully
Zachary Seager

Finding Happiness
Zachary Seager

Poetry Prescription: Becoming
Deborah Alma

With Nails
Richard E Grant

Bad News
Edward St Aubyn

Shatterproof
Tasha Eurich

Affairs
Juliet Rosenfeld

Wild Courage
Jenny Wood

Bad Blood
Colm Tóibín

Homage to Barcelona
Colm Tóibín

Love in a Dark Time
Colm Tóibín

The Sign of the Cross
Colm Tóibín

Walk Me to the Distance
Percival Everett

The Behavioral Portfolio
Phillip Toews

Nostalgia
Agnes Arnold-Forster

This Is Body Grief
Jayne Mattingly

How Not to Invest
Barry Ritholtz

All the Lonely People
Sam Carr

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
Henry Gee

Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams

Sir Lewis
Michael E. Sawyer

Crime Scene
Alessandra Santelli

The Garden Against Time
Olivia Laing

How Life Works
Philip Ball

Code Dependent
Madhumita Murgia

Is This Working?
Charlie Colenutt

The Glass Cliff
Sophie Williams

The Snow Geese
William Fiennes

What’s Up With Women and Money?
Alison Kosik