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.

Putting Myself Together
Jamaica Kincaid

Retire Often
Jillian Johnsrud

This Is for Everyone
Tim Berners-Lee

Lost Wonders
Tom Lathan
Claire Kohda

Between the Waves
Tom McTague

What to Cook & When to Cook It
Georgie Mullen

At Last
Edward St Aubyn

Once in a House on Fire
Andrea Ashworth

An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks

Everything in Its Place
Oliver Sacks

Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks

Where There Is Evil
Sandra Brown

Charles III
Robert Hardman

Unbroken
Katarina Johnson-Thompson

The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems
Katie Best

Let's See What Happens
Marvin Rees

Unstressable
Mo Gawdat
Alice Law

Frankly
Nicola Sturgeon

An End to Suffering
Pankaj Mishra

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything
Alyson Stoner

The Nervous System Reset
Jessica Maguire

The Money Trap
Alok Sama

Supremacy
Parmy Olson

The Deals of Warren Buffett Volume 4
Glen Arnold

Just About Coping
Natalie Cawley

Pattern Breakers
Mike Maples Jr
Peter Ziebelman

Castle Barebane
Joan Aiken

The Spartans
Paul Cartledge

Truck It!
Bobby Bolton

Love Me!
Marianne Power

Trees
Roger Phillips

Ghost Nation
Chris Horton

A Company of Swans
Eva Ibbotson

The Liars' Club
Mary Karr

Mother's Milk
Edward St Aubyn

Mangatopia Tiny Kawaii
Liv Wan

Indispensable
Chris Hirst

The Endless Country
Sami Kent

Notre-Dame
Ken Follett

How to Lose Your Mother
Molly Jong-Fast