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.

I Don't Agree
Michael Brown

The Great Flood
Edward Platt

Toxic Childhood Stress
Dr Nadine Burke Harris

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole

Bulletproof Trader
Steve Ward

Eight Days at Yalta
Diana Preston

The First Breath
Olivia Gordon

Brothers in Arms
Geraint Jones

The Bells of Old Tokyo
Anna Sherman

Daily Rituals
Mason Currey

How to Survive
John Hudson

I Spy
Tom Marcus

The Russian Job
Douglas Smith

Leadership by Algorithm
David De Cremer

Wean in 15
Joe Wicks

Proven in the Trenches
Ron Carson

Emma Cannon's Total Fertility
Emma Cannon

James Herriot's Dog Stories
James Herriot

The Joy Journal for Magical Everyday Play
Laura Brand

Dear Shareholder
Lawrence A. Cunningham

Run with Foxes
Paul Dervan

1939
Frederick Taylor

The Age of Light
Whitney Scharer

Constellations
Sinéad Gleeson

The Iliad
Homer

The Aeneid
Virgil

Meditations
Marcus Aurelius

Ripple
Jez Groom
April Vellacott

The Equity Edge
Mark Jeavons

The Map of Knowledge
Violet Moller

Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen

The Wild Journal
Willow Crossley

Living the Life Unexpected
Jody Day

Good to Go
Christie Aschwanden

Spark
Manoush Zomorodi

Daughters of Chivalry
Kelcey Wilson-Lee

Losing Earth
Nathaniel Rich

Coders
Clive Thompson

The Original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts
Douglas Adams

Lotharingia
Simon Winder