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.

Quantitative Investing
Fred Piard

City of Abraham
Edward Platt

Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly
Martin Dugard

Contact Wounds
Jonathan Kaplan

Standard Operating Procedure
Errol Morris
Philip Gourevitch

The Meaning of Recognition
Clive James

Pulp Kitchen
Feargus O'Sullivan

Fragile Science
Robin Baker

An Anatomy of Terror
Andrew Sinclair

Brief Lives
W. F. Deedes

At War With Waugh
W. F. Deedes

Josephine
Andrea Stuart

21 Years Gone
Jack Osbourne

Killing My Own Snakes
Ann Leslie

Just Julie
Julie Goodyear

A Very British Coop
Mark Collings

The Sixties Unplugged
Gerard DeGroot

The Tracks of My Years
Ken Bruce

In Search of the Pleasure Palace
Marc Almond

Boycott: The Autobiography
Geoffrey Boycott

A Way of Life
Reginald Kray

The Fame Formula
Mark Borkowski

The Seven Stages of Motherhood
Ann Pleshette Murphy

Thierry Henry
Philippe Auclair

Playing Extra Time
Alan Ball

Tudors
Peter Ackroyd

Inspector Minahan Makes a Stand
Bridget O'Donnell

Into the Abyss
Carol Shaben

Bold As Brass
Hilary Devey

Dream a Little Dream of Me
Eddi Fiegel

Britney
Sean Smith

Churchill's Cigar
Stephen McGinty

Fool's Guide to Online Investing
David Berger

Business Reimagined
Dave Coplin

Shakespeare's Local
Pete Brown

A History of the World
Andrew Marr

Reliable Essays
Clive James

One of Us
Hugo Young

Former People
Douglas Smith

Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson