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.
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
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
Make Brilliant Work
Rod Judkins
A Funny Life
Michael McIntyre
Life's Edge
Carl Zimmer
Everybody
Olivia Laing
Innovation
Peter Ackroyd
The Glass Wall
Max Egremont
Sentient
Jackie Higgins
Cracking the Menopause
Mariella Frostrup
Alice Smellie
Talk Like TED
Carmine Gallo
Be My Baby
Ronnie Spector
How to Find Fulfilling Work
Roman Krznaric
Evolutionary Ideas
Sam Tatam
The Book of Difficult Fruit
Kate Lebo
What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey
Bruce Perry
Cultural Amnesia
Clive James
The Zen Trader
Peter Castle
A World on the Wing
Scott Weidensaul