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.
The Wonder that was India
A Basham
Strangers
Graham Robb
The Investor's Guide to Understanding Accounts
Robert Leach
The Wars Against Saddam
John Simpson
Shout!
Philip Norman
John Clare
Jonathan Bate
Mr S
George Jacobs
Twelve Cities
Roy Jenkins
The New Five Days to a Flatter Stomach
Monica Grenfell
Always Unreliable
Clive James
Station X
Michael Smith
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank
Willy Lindwer
Real Time
Amit Chaudhuri
The Complete Guide to Point-and-Figure Charting
Heinrich Weber
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
Colm Tóibín
Shakespeare
Stanley Wells
Unscathed
Philip Ashby
Slipstream
Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battutah
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Mysteries
Natasha Garnett
Rita Rogers
Love Stars
Claire Petulengro
Marc Rivalland on Swing Trading
Marc Rivalland
Anthony Blunt
Miranda Carter
The Picador Book of Cricket
Ramachandra Guha
Rimbaud
Graham Robb
The Third Reich
Michael Burleigh
Bridge Across Forever
Richard Bach
Song of the Earth
Jonathan Bate
Lennon
Ray Coleman
Branding Yourself
Mary Spillane
The Isles
Norman Davies
Balzac
Graham Robb
Freaky Dancin'
Bez
Trench Warfare 1914-18
Tony Ashworth
Rebel Hearts
Kevin Toolis
One Step Beyond
Chris Moon
East and West
Chris Patten
From Pitch to Publication
Carole Blake
Rumer Godden
Anne Chisholm
Complete Prose
Woody Allen