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.
Benediction
Kent Haruf
Harvest
Jim Crace
Churchill's First War
Con Coughlin
A Cold Case
Philip Gourevitch
What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?
Rowland Rivron
Simply the Best Baby Name Book
Stuart Wilson
Swimming Against the Stream
Tim Waterstone
Haydn and The Valve Trumpet
Craig Raine
Hedging Commodities
Slobodan Jovanovic
Even As We Speak
Clive James
The Star Qualities
Caroline Goyder
Extreme Motherhood
Jackie Clune
The Generation Game
David McWilliams
The Burma Road
Donovan Webster
Loitering with Intent: The Child
Peter O'Toole
Loitering with Intent: The Apprentice
Peter O'Toole
Guard a Silver Sixpence
Felicity Davis
Reporting
David Remnick
Scribbling the Cat
Alexandra Fuller
The Bill From My Father
Bernard Cooper
Words and Deedes
W. F. Deedes
Beat the Bitch
Tess Stimson
The Devil's Picnic
Taras Grescoe
Christ's
Wake Up and Sell the Coffee!
Martyn Dawes
The Heretics
Will Storr
The Boys In The Boat
Daniel James Brown
How to Age
Anne Karpf
How to Think About Exercise
Damon Young
How to Connect with Nature
Tristan Gooley
How to Deal with Adversity
Christopher Hamilton
How to Develop Emotional Health
Oliver James
Brothers Under The Skin
Christopher Hope
The Josie Gibson Diet
Josie Gibson
Confessions of a Failed Grown-Up
Stephanie Calman
The Elfish Gene
Mark Barrowcliffe
The Lonely Leader
Alistair Horne
David Montgomery
The Accidental American
James Naughtie
Gray Matters
Andy Gray
The Adventure Capitalist
Conor Woodman