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.
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
Anthony Blunt
Miranda Carter
The Picador Book of Cricket
Ramachandra Guha
24 Hour Party People
Tony Wilson
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
Victor Hugo
Graham Robb
The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction
Peter Kravitz
Miranda Castro's Homeopathic Guides
Miranda Castro
Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth
Gitta Sereny
Take It Like A Man
Spencer Bright
Boy George
Coasting
Jonathan Raban
Miles
Quincy Troupe
Miles Davis
Herbs
Roger Phillips
Nicky Foy
The New Journalism
Tom Wolfe
Republican Party Reptile
P. J. O'Rourke
Roses
Martyn Rix
Roger Phillips