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.

Kurashi at Home
Marie Kondo

In the Midst of Civilized Europe
Jeffrey Veidlinger

The Fell
Sarah Moss

The Ministry of Quizzes
David Gentle

Shut Up and Keep Talking
Bob Pisani

Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas
Adam Kay

Maybe I Don't Belong Here
David Harewood

Leadership
Eddie Jones

On Your Marks
Martin Polley

Our Place in Nature
Zachary Seager

No Place Like Home
Michèle Mendelssohn

A Bigger Picture
Vanessa Nakate

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

Day of the Assassins
Michael Burleigh

Working Backwards
Colin Bryar
Bill Carr

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