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.

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

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