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.

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Knives and Spoons
Alasdair Gill

The Savvy Spender
Megan Micklewright

Counterintuitive
Naveen Jain

This Is Life
Christophe Galfard

Birth Power
Megan Rossiter

A Chorus of Ears
Denise Riley

Our Iceberg Is Melting
John Kotter
Holger Rathgeber

Moomin Blooms
Macmillan Children's Books

How To Try Again
Steve Kamb

The One and the Ninety-Nine
Luke Burgis

The Little Book of Boards (Second Edition)
Erik Hanberg

Discipline Equals Freedom
Jocko Willink

The August Coup
Robert Service

The Story of Birds
Steve Brusatte

The Odyssey Mindset
Dr Sam Akbar

The Everest Mystery
Julie Summers
Jochen Hemmleb

Market Wizards: The Next Generation
Jack D. Schwager
George F. Coyle

How to Use a Fork
Orlando Swayne

Tonight the Music Seems So Loud
Sathnam Sanghera

Checkmate
Ben Mezrich

Family
Claudine Boulstridge

Literally
Ella Willis

Next Gen CEO
Mike Soutar

The Nozempic Diet
Kim Pearson

Freedom Round the Globe
Sarah M. S. Pearsall

How to Take Drugs
Nick Barber

How to Win a Trade War
Soumaya Keynes
Chad Bown

Money and Me
Jonathan Clements

The Fear Opportunity
Victoria Pendleton

Mythographic Colour and Discover: Fantasy Forest
Fabiana Attanasio

Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
Leif Babin

The Dichotomy of Leadership
Jocko Willink
Leif Babin

Risk and Reward
Ben Carlson

Inside the Box
David Epstein

How to Lose Your Mother
Molly Jong-Fast

How to Agree to Disagree
Gabrielle Rifkind

New York: A Literary Anthology
J. Michelle Coghlan

All the Dogs of My Life
Elizabeth von Arnim

Beyond the Line
Ben Youngs