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 First Breath
Olivia Gordon
Brothers in Arms
Geraint Jones
The Bells of Old Tokyo
Anna Sherman
Wild and Crazy Guys
Nick de Semlyen
Daily Rituals
Mason Currey
How to Survive
John Hudson
I Spy
Tom Marcus
The Russian Job
Douglas Smith
Leadership by Algorithm
David De Cremer
Wean in 15
Joe Wicks
Proven in the Trenches
Ron Carson
Emma Cannon's Total Fertility
Emma Cannon
James Herriot's Dog Stories
James Herriot
The Joy Journal for Magical Everyday Play
Laura Brand
Dear Shareholder
Lawrence A. Cunningham
Run with Foxes
Paul Dervan
1939
Frederick Taylor
The Age of Light
Whitney Scharer
Constellations
Sinéad Gleeson
The Iliad
Homer
The Aeneid
Virgil
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Ripple
Jez Groom
April Vellacott
The Equity Edge
Mark Jeavons
The Map of Knowledge
Violet Moller
Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
The Wild Journal
Willow Crossley
Living the Life Unexpected
Jody Day
Good to Go
Christie Aschwanden
Spark
Manoush Zomorodi
Daughters of Chivalry
Kelcey Wilson-Lee
Losing Earth
Nathaniel Rich
Coders
Clive Thompson
The Original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts
Douglas Adams
Lotharingia
Simon Winder
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective
Susannah Stapleton
The Vegetarian Kitchen
Prue Leith
Peta Leith
The Girl with the Suitcase
Angela Hart
Germania
Simon Winder
Danubia
Simon Winder