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.
Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
All Things Wise and Wonderful
James Herriot
The Fire of Joy
Clive James
More Myself
Alicia Keys
Belonging: The Autobiography
Alun Wyn Jones
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth
Henry Gee
Black Voices on Britain
Hakim Adi
Say Thank You for Everything
Jim Edwards, PC
God
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
How Stella Learned to Talk
Christina Hunger
The Real Middle-Earth
Brian Bates
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
Best Loser Wins
Tom Hougaard
Facing the Frozen Ocean
Bear Grylls
The Jersey
Peter Bills
The Utopians
Anna Neima
W-3
Bette Howland
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
Lao Tzu
Theroux The Keyhole
Louis Theroux
How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch
Harry Cliff
Broken Heartlands
Sebastian Payne
Pinch of Nom Family Meal Planner
Kate Allinson
Kay Allinson
Laura Davis
Start Painting Now
Emily Powell
Sarah Moore
Soul in the Game
Vitaliy Katsenelson
Circus of Wonders
Elizabeth Macneal
Swan Dive
Georgina Pazcoguin
Make Brilliant Work
Rod Judkins
A Funny Life
Michael McIntyre