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.
Platonic
Marisa G. Franco, PhD
Why Governments Get It Wrong
Dennis C. Grube
The Accidental Duchess
Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland
God
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
The Making of the Modern Middle East
Jeremy Bowen
How Stella Learned to Talk
Christina Hunger
The Real Middle-Earth
Brian Bates
The Elephants of Thula Thula
Françoise Malby-Anthony
Scenes from My Life
Michael K. Williams
A Brief History of Black Holes
Dr Becky Smethurst
Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year
Allie Esiri
Day of the Assassins
Michael Burleigh
Working Backwards
Colin Bryar
Bill Carr
What Strange Paradise
Omar El Akkad
Less Mess, Less Stress
Rachel Hoffman
Under The Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer
Facing the Frozen Ocean
Bear Grylls
The Jersey
Peter Bills
Trust
Hernan Diaz
The Utopians
Anna Neima
W-3
Bette Howland
Pyramid of Lies
Duncan Mavin
Tanqueray
Brandon Stanton
Stephanie Johnson
Going with the Boys
Judith Mackrell
How I Built This
Guy Raz
Choose Possibility
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
Annie John
Jamaica Kincaid
Among Flowers
Jamaica Kincaid
The Analects
Confucius
Tao Te Ching
Rogues
Patrick Radden Keefe
Theroux The Keyhole
Louis Theroux
How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
Harry Cliff
The Book of Minds
Philip Ball
Broken Heartlands
Sebastian Payne
What Are You Doing Here?
Floella Benjamin
Pinch of Nom Family Meal Planner
Kate Allinson
Kay Allinson
Laura Davis
Hearts and Bones
Niamh Mulvey
Start Painting Now
Emily Powell
Sarah Moore
The Reluctant Carer
The Reluctant Carer