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 Sign of the Cross
Colm Tóibín

Walk Me to the Distance
Percival Everett

The Behavioral Portfolio
Phillip Toews

Nostalgia
Agnes Arnold-Forster

This Is Body Grief
Jayne Mattingly

How Not to Invest
Barry Ritholtz

All the Lonely People
Sam Carr

Crime Scene
Alessandra Santelli

The Garden Against Time
Olivia Laing

How Life Works
Philip Ball

Code Dependent
Madhumita Murgia

The Glass Cliff
Sophie Williams

The Snow Geese
William Fiennes

What’s Up With Women and Money?
Alison Kosik

Rites of Passage
Judith Flanders

Sociopath
Patric Gagne

Will You Care If I Die?
Nicolas Lunabba

A Life Reimagined
Jill Halfpenny

Nancy's Green and Easy Kitchen
Nancy Birtwhistle

Literature for the People
Sarah Harkness

Ten Times Calmer
Kirren Schnack

Dead Weight
Emmeline Clein

Price Catalysts
Jim Osman

Wise Animals
Tom Chatfield

Armageddon
Max Hastings

Judgement at Tokyo
Gary J. Bass

Heresy
Catherine Nixey

Never Mind
Edward St Aubyn

The Humble Investor
Daniel Rasmussen

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
Jonathan Blitzer

Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries
Kate Mosse

Space Oddities
Harry Cliff

Poetry Prescription: Comfort
Deborah Alma

Buffett and Munger Unscripted
Alex W. Morris

Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano

Confessions of a Sociopath
M. E. Thomas

Breath
Tim Winton

A Little Girl in Auschwitz
Lidia Maksymowicz

The Purpose Code
Jordan Grumet

How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
Alok Kanojia