MENU
SHOPS
SEARCH
0
Basket
 
Spend another £25.00 to qualify for free UK delivery.
Your order qualifies for free UK delivery.

Your basket is empty.

    • Books
Storyland by Amy Jeffs | Shop Now Storyland by Amy Jeffs | Shop Now

Non-Fiction Books

Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel. Immerse yourself in candid and revealing memoirs, enlightening accounts of the past or passionately argued political texts. Here are the non-fiction books that you really must read.

Biography
Food & Drink
History
Sports
Art, Fashion & Photography
Humour
Popular Science
Travel

Our Best Non-Fiction Books

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
Added to basket
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
Amy Jeffs
£12.99   £10.99
Paperback
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Added to basket
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Dr Julie Smith
£14.99   £7.49
Hardback
House Arrest
Added to basket
House Arrest
Alan Bennett
£6.99
Hardback
The Hairy Dieters' Simple Healthy Food
Added to basket
The Hairy Dieters' Simple Healthy Food
Hairy Bikers
£16.99   £8.49
Paperback
Putin's People
Added to basket
Putin's People
Catherine Belton
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
BBC Proms 2022
Added to basket
BBC Proms 2022
£8.99
Paperback
The Wim Hof Method
Added to basket
The Wim Hof Method
Wim Hof
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
The War on the West
Added to basket
The War on the West
Douglas Murray
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Freezing Order
Added to basket
Freezing Order
Bill Browder
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Aftermath
Added to basket
Aftermath
Harald Jahner
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Nothing But The Truth
Added to basket
Nothing But The Truth
The Secret Barrister
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Four Thousand Weeks
Added to basket
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Palace Papers
Added to basket
The Palace Papers
Tina Brown
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Chums
Added to basket
Chums
Simon Kuper
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
The Transgender Issue
Added to basket
The Transgender Issue
Shon Faye
£10.99   £9.49
Paperback
Fix the System, Not the Women
Added to basket
Fix the System, Not the Women
Laura Bates
£12.99
Hardback
The Premonitions Bureau
Added to basket
The Premonitions Bureau
Sam Knight
£14.99
Hardback
Celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Find Out More
House Arrest by Alan Bennett | Shop Now
Fix the System, Not the Women by Laura Bates | Shop Now
Lyrics by Bryan Ferry | Shop Now
Exiles by William Atkins | Shop Now
The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight | Shop Now
See More

Our Best New Non-Fiction Hardbacks

House Arrest
Added to basket
House Arrest
Alan Bennett
£6.99
Hardback
The War on the West
Added to basket
The War on the West
Douglas Murray
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Freezing Order
Added to basket
Freezing Order
Bill Browder
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Nothing But The Truth
Added to basket
Nothing But The Truth
The Secret Barrister
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
The Palace Papers
Added to basket
The Palace Papers
Tina Brown
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Chums
Added to basket
Chums
Simon Kuper
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
Fix the System, Not the Women
Added to basket
Fix the System, Not the Women
Laura Bates
£12.99
Hardback
This is Not a Pity Memoir
Added to basket
This is Not a Pity Memoir
Abi Morgan
£14.99   £12.99
Hardback
Managing Expectations
Added to basket
Managing Expectations
Minnie Driver
£20.00
Hardback
Finding Me
Added to basket
Finding Me
Viola Davis
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Joyrider
Added to basket
Joyrider
Angela Scanlon
£16.99
Hardback
A Waiter in Paris
Added to basket
A Waiter in Paris
Edward Chisholm
£16.99
Hardback
Atoms and Ashes
Added to basket
Atoms and Ashes
Serhii Plokhy
£25.00   £21.99
Hardback
These Bodies of Water
Added to basket
These Bodies of Water
Sabrina Mahfouz
£16.99
Hardback
Lyrics
Added to basket
Lyrics
Bryan Ferry
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Life Time
Added to basket
Life Time
Russell Foster
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
Mean Baby
Added to basket
Mean Baby
Selma Blair
£18.99   £16.99
Hardback
See More

Our Best New Non-Fiction Paperbacks

Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
Added to basket
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
Amy Jeffs
£12.99   £10.99
Paperback
BBC Proms 2022
Added to basket
BBC Proms 2022
£8.99
Paperback
The Wim Hof Method
Added to basket
The Wim Hof Method
Wim Hof
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Aftermath
Added to basket
Aftermath
Harald Jahner
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Operation Pedestal
Added to basket
Operation Pedestal
Max Hastings
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Transgender Issue
Added to basket
The Transgender Issue
Shon Faye
£10.99   £9.49
Paperback
Spring Cannot be Cancelled
Added to basket
Spring Cannot be Cancelled
Martin Gayford
£14.99   £12.99
Paperback
A Life on Our Planet
Added to basket
A Life on Our Planet
Sir David Attenborough
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Black Gold
Added to basket
Black Gold
Jeremy Paxman
£10.99   £9.49
Paperback
Brothers in Arms
Added to basket
Brothers in Arms
James Holland
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Powers and Thrones
Added to basket
Powers and Thrones
Dan Jones
£12.00   £9.99
Paperback
Listen
Added to basket
Listen
Kathryn Mannix
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Why We Kneel How We Rise
Added to basket
Why We Kneel How We Rise
Michael Holding
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
We Own This City
Added to basket
We Own This City
Justin Fenton
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Dead Men Don't Tell Tales
Added to basket
Dead Men Don't Tell Tales
Guy Martin
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Why We Read
Added to basket
Why We Read
£8.99
Paperback
Bodies
Added to basket
Bodies
Ian Winwood
£14.99
Paperback
How Art Can Change Your Life
Added to basket
How Art Can Change Your Life
Susie Hodge
£14.99
Paperback
The Premonitions Bureau
The Premonitions Bureau
Sam Knight
£14.99
Hardback
10+ in stock
Available
A true story so outlandish and improbable that it simply demands to be read, Knight's page-turning volume spotlights a network of psychic visionaries working out of a run-down 1960's mental hospital and the extraordinary effects wrought by two young 'percipients' in particular.
  • This item has been added to your basket
View basket Checkout
See More

Queen Elizabeth II - Celebrating 70 Years with the Platinum Jubilee

Queen of Our Times
Added to basket
Queen of Our Times
Robert Hardman
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
There Once is a Queen
Added to basket
There Once is a Queen
Michael Morpurgo
£12.99
Hardback
The Queen
Added to basket
The Queen
£24.95
Hardback
Queen Elizabeth II
Added to basket
Queen Elizabeth II
Susanna Davidson
£5.99
Hardback
Elizabeth II
Added to basket
Elizabeth II
Alexandra Shulman
£14.95
Hardback
The Queen
Added to basket
The Queen
Matthew Dennison
£12.99   £10.99
Paperback
The Platinum Jubilee Cookbook
Added to basket
The Platinum Jubilee Cookbook
Ameer Kotecha
£30.00   £24.99
Hardback
A Queen for All Seasons
Added to basket
A Queen for All Seasons
Joanna Lumley
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Elizabeth
Added to basket
Elizabeth
Sarah Gristwood
£16.99
Hardback
The Platinum Queen
Added to basket
The Platinum Queen
Jennie Bond
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
The Queen: 70 years of Majestic Style
Added to basket
The Queen: 70 years of Majestic Style
Bethan Holt
£18.99
Hardback
My Husband and I
Added to basket
My Husband and I
Ingrid Seward
£9.99
Paperback
Elizabeth & Margaret
Added to basket
Elizabeth & Margaret
Andrew Morton
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Queen's Wardrobe
Added to basket
The Queen's Wardrobe
Kate Hindley
£14.99
Hardback
The Crown
Added to basket
The Crown
Robert Lacey
£8.99
Paperback
Elizabeth II
Added to basket
Elizabeth II
Chris Jackson
£32.50
Hardback
See More

Our Best Coming Soon Non-Fiction Hardbacks

Putin
Added to basket
Putin
Philip Short
£30.00   £26.99
Hardback
Russia
Added to basket
Russia
Antony Beevor
£30.00   £26.99
Hardback
BAKE
Added to basket
BAKE
Paul Hollywood
£26.00   £22.99
Hardback
The Facemaker
Added to basket
The Facemaker
Lindsey Fitzharris
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
You Are Not a Before Picture
Added to basket
You Are Not a Before Picture
Alex Light
£14.99
Hardback
The Hong Kong Diaries
Added to basket
The Hong Kong Diaries
Chris Patten
£30.00   £26.99
Hardback
Buried
Added to basket
Buried
Alice Roberts
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Happy-Go-Lucky
Added to basket
Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris
£18.99   £16.99
Hardback
The Social Distance Between Us
Added to basket
The Social Distance Between Us
Darren McGarvey
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
A Likely Lad
Added to basket
A Likely Lad
Peter Doherty
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Dominique's Kitchen
Added to basket
Dominique's Kitchen
Dominique Woolf
£20.00
Hardback
The Last Days of Roger Federer
Added to basket
The Last Days of Roger Federer
Geoff Dyer
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Old Rage
Added to basket
Old Rage
Sheila Hancock
£18.99   £16.99
Hardback
Beyond Measure
Added to basket
Beyond Measure
James Vincent
£18.99
Hardback
Unlawful Killings
Added to basket
Unlawful Killings
Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Knowledge and information
Added to basket
Knowledge and information
Peter Frankopan
£20.00
Hardback
See More

Our Best Coming Soon Non-Fiction Paperbacks

The Accidental Footballer
Added to basket
The Accidental Footballer
Pat Nevin
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Anglo-Saxons
Added to basket
The Anglo-Saxons
Marc Morris
£10.99   £9.49
Paperback
And Away...
Added to basket
And Away...
Bob Mortimer
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Philip
Added to basket
Philip
Gyles Brandreth
£12.99   £10.99
Paperback
The Dawn of Everything
Added to basket
The Dawn of Everything
David Graeber
£12.99   £10.99
Paperback
The Right to Sex
Added to basket
The Right to Sex
Amia Srinivasan
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Vaxxers
Added to basket
Vaxxers
Sarah Gilbert
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Storyteller
Added to basket
The Storyteller
Dave Grohl
£9.99   £7.99
Paperback
Too Many Reasons to Live
Added to basket
Too Many Reasons to Live
Rob Burrow
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Diddly Squat
Added to basket
Diddly Squat
Jeremy Clarkson
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Tunnel 29
Added to basket
Tunnel 29
Helena Merriman
£10.99   £8.99
Paperback
Odd Boy Out
Added to basket
Odd Boy Out
Gyles Brandreth
£10.99   £8.99
Paperback
Letters to Camondo
Added to basket
Letters to Camondo
Edmund de Waal
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Shackleton
Added to basket
Shackleton
Ranulph Fiennes
£10.99   £8.99
Paperback
Baggage
Added to basket
Baggage
Alan Cumming
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Mountains According to G
Added to basket
Mountains According to G
Geraint Thomas
£12.99   £10.99
Paperback
The Confidence Men
Added to basket
The Confidence Men
Margalit Fox
£9.99
Paperback
Mental Fitness
Added to basket
Mental Fitness
Ant Middleton
£8.99   £6.99
Paperback

You Might Be Looking For...

Mental Health Awareness Week | Find Out More
Perfect Paperbacks | Shop Now
Half Price This Week | Shop Now
The Gift Card of Choice
See More

On the Horizon - the Biggest Non-Fiction Books for 2022

Surrender
Added to basket
Surrender
Bono
£25.00
Hardback
Gloves Off
Added to basket
Gloves Off
Tyson Fury
£25.00
Hardback
The World
Added to basket
The World
Simon Sebag Montefiore
£30.00
Hardback
Colditz
Added to basket
Colditz
Ben Macintyre
£25.00   £21.99
Hardback
Undoctored
Added to basket
Undoctored
Adam Kay
£22.00   £18.99
Hardback
One
Added to basket
One
Jamie Oliver
£28.00   £14.00
Hardback
Deliciously Ella How To Go Plant-Based
Added to basket
Deliciously Ella How To Go Plant-Based
Ella Mills
£26.00   £13.00
Hardback
The Philosophy of Modern Song
Added to basket
The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan
£35.00   £30.00
Hardback
Novelist as a Vocation
Added to basket
Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki Murakami
£16.99
Hardback
Love. Food. Family
Added to basket
Love. Food. Family
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
£20.00
Hardback
A Private Spy
Added to basket
A Private Spy
John le Carré
£25.00
Hardback
A Woman's World, 1850-1960
Added to basket
A Woman's World, 1850-1960
Dan Jones
£30.00
Hardback
Queens of the Age of Chivalry
Added to basket
Queens of the Age of Chivalry
Alison Weir
£25.00
Hardback
Birdgirl
Added to basket
Birdgirl
Mya-Rose Craig
£16.99
Hardback
Ten Things I Hate About Me
Added to basket
Ten Things I Hate About Me
Joe Tracini
£16.99
Hardback
Nadiya's Everyday Baking
Added to basket
Nadiya's Everyday Baking
Nadiya Hussain
£25.00
Hardback
An Immense World
Added to basket
An Immense World
Ed Yong
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback

Signed & Special Editions

Nothing But The Truth
Added to basket
Nothing But The Truth
The Secret Barrister
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
Managing Expectations
Added to basket
Managing Expectations
Minnie Driver
£20.00
Hardback
Silent Earth
Added to basket
Silent Earth
Dave Goulson
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Joyrider
Added to basket
Joyrider
Angela Scanlon
£16.99
Hardback
Bittersweet
Added to basket
Bittersweet
Susan Cain
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
The Instant
Added to basket
The Instant
Amy Liptrot
£14.99   £12.99
Hardback
This Woman's Work
Added to basket
This Woman's Work
Kim Gordon
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Go Gently
Added to basket
Go Gently
Bonnie Wright
£20.00
Hardback
Super-Infinite
Added to basket
Super-Infinite
Katherine Rundell
£16.99
Hardback
The Gift of a Radio
Added to basket
The Gift of a Radio
Justin Webb
£16.99
Hardback
How to be a Boss Bitch
Added to basket
How to be a Boss Bitch
Christine Quinn
£16.99
Hardback
The Red of my Blood
Added to basket
The Red of my Blood
Clover Stroud
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
Ammu
Added to basket
Ammu
Asma Khan
£26.00   £22.99
Hardback
Russia
Added to basket
Russia
Antony Beevor
£30.00   £26.99
Hardback
Bigger Than Us
Added to basket
Bigger Than Us
Fearne Cotton
£16.99   £14.99
Hardback
Home Cooked
Added to basket
Home Cooked
Kate Humble
£25.00   £21.99
Hardback
Feel Good Food
Added to basket
Feel Good Food
Joe Wicks
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
See More

Luxury Editions & Gift Books

The Lyrics
Added to basket
The Lyrics
Paul McCartney
£75.00   £60.00
Hardback
The Flavour Thesaurus
Added to basket
The Flavour Thesaurus
Niki Segnit
£20.00
Hardback
Nests
Added to basket
Nests
Susan Ogilvy
£20.00
Hardback
The Beatles: Get Back
Added to basket
The Beatles: Get Back
The Beatles
£40.00
Hardback
The Natural History Book
Added to basket
The Natural History Book
DK
£35.00
Hardback
The Illustrated Etymologicon
Added to basket
The Illustrated Etymologicon
Mark Forsyth
£20.00
Hardback
Kid A Mnesia
Added to basket
Kid A Mnesia
Thom Yorke
£30.00   £25.00
Hardback
The Travel Book
Added to basket
The Travel Book
Lonely Planet
£40.00
Hardback
Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition
Added to basket
Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition
Joshua Foer
£30.00
Hardback
There and Back
Added to basket
There and Back
Jimmy Chin
£35.00
Hardback
Bird, Exploring the Winged World
Added to basket
Bird, Exploring the Winged World
Phaidon Editors
£39.95
Hardback
A History of the Universe in 21 Stars
Added to basket
A History of the Universe in 21 Stars
Giles Sparrow
£12.99
Hardback
Great Cities
Added to basket
Great Cities
DK
£25.00
Hardback
Murder Maps
Added to basket
Murder Maps
Drew Gray
£25.00
Hardback
Gastro Obscura
Added to basket
Gastro Obscura
Cecily Wong
£32.00
Hardback

Great Books You Must Read

Our selection of classic paperbacks

Prisoners of Geography
Added to basket
Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall
£9.99
Paperback
The Power of Now
Added to basket
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
£10.99
Paperback
Sapiens
Added to basket
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
£10.99
Paperback
Invisible Women
Added to basket
Invisible Women
Caroline Criado-Perez
£10.99
Paperback
The Salt Path
Added to basket
The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
£9.99
Paperback
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Added to basket
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
£12.99
Paperback
The Wild Silence
Added to basket
The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
River Kings
Added to basket
River Kings
Cat Jarman
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Shortest History of England
Added to basket
The Shortest History of England
James Hawes
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Shoe Dog
Added to basket
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
£9.99
Paperback
Fake Law
Added to basket
Fake Law
The Secret Barrister
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
Agent Sonya
Added to basket
Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Man's Search For Meaning
Added to basket
Man's Search For Meaning
Viktor E Frankl
£9.99
Paperback
Factfulness
Added to basket
Factfulness
Hans Rosling
£9.99
Paperback
Lady in Waiting
Added to basket
Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner
£9.99
Paperback
The Silk Roads
Added to basket
The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
£16.99
Paperback
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Added to basket
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge
£9.99   £8.49
Paperback
The Five
Added to basket
The Five
Hallie Rubenhold
£9.99
Paperback
Amy Jeffs on the Myths and Legends Under Our Feet

Amy Jeffs on the Myths and Legends Under Our Feet

Amy Jeffs, author of Storyland, our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for May, reveals some of the fascinating hidden folklore of Britain.

Abi Morgan on Personal Trauma and the Creative Process

Abi Morgan on Personal Trauma and the Creative Process

Abi Morgan, author of This is Not a Pity Memoir, discusses the life-changing experience that formed the genesis of the book - and why she was so driven to write it.

An Extract from The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight

An Extract from The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight

Enjoy a sneak peek of the year’s most electrifying work of non-fiction.

The Non-Fiction You Need to Read in 2022

The Non-Fiction You Need to Read in 2022

From Margaret Atwood to Joe Wicks, this is where you'll find the hottest non-fiction titles coming your way in the next twelve months.