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 Psychology of Secrets
Andrew Gold

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai

Failed State
Sam Freedman

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

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

Crime Scene
Alessandra Santelli

The Garden Against Time
Olivia Laing

How Life Works
Philip Ball

Code Dependent
Madhumita Murgia

The Glass Cliff
Sophie Williams

The Snow Geese
William Fiennes

What’s Up With Women and Money?
Alison Kosik

Rites of Passage
Judith Flanders

Sociopath
Patric Gagne

Will You Care If I Die?
Nicolas Lunabba

A Life Reimagined
Jill Halfpenny

Nancy's Green and Easy Kitchen
Nancy Birtwhistle

Literature for the People
Sarah Harkness

Ten Times Calmer
Kirren Schnack

Dead Weight
Emmeline Clein

Price Catalysts
Jim Osman