Non-Fiction

NOW AN AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND JONAH HILL.'What separates Jordan's story from others like it, is the brutal honesty.' - Leonardo...

'Brilliant and riveting. This book shows us that freedom is a choice we can all make' Gelong Thubten, author of A Monk's Guide to Happiness'A fascinating story of an incredible...

'A forensic exploration of their compositions and recordings, and everything that has been poured into them . . . completely definitive' MOJO The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique...

'Visionary... Full of warmth and humanity' Kate Bush'Profound' Al Gore'Compulsive reading' Lord Norman FosterThe groundbreaking memoir from the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. This is the...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR 'Incredibly moving and haunting' Roxane Gay'I read this book cover to cover and it stunned me' Jia Tolentino 'Powerful, honest and necessary' Marian Keyes'To...

A gripping story of rescue, survival and female solidarity.In the twenty years since 2001, Afghan women obtained legal degrees, became judges and set out to transform their country - tackling...

Afghanistan: Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by the Taliban solders. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave home. Parvana, her mother and sisters must...

A gripping portrait of the man considered the last universal genius that takes us on a mind-expanding journey through the history of ideas'The Leibniz biography for our time. It is...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: the profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado'Fast-moving, deftly balanced,...

Some tragedies become part of our national history. On August 4, 2002 Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared. For the next thirteen days their families, the police, and the local...

For the first time ever-a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson.He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was...

In 1974 Paddy Joe Hill was charged alongside five other men with the biggest mass murder on the Britih mainland - the Birmingham pub bombings. Arrested and beaten by members...

In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an...

'I was just bowled over by this book' - Nigella Lawson'A gripping memoir about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, loss and healing . . . exquisitely relatable' - Lori...

James Herriot's stories about his life as a vet in Yorkshire have charmed and delighted millions of readers in the twenty years since his first book If Only They Could...

Every parent's fear is not to be there for their child, to answer their questions, to give them advice and guide them through life.When Jordan Ferguson was diagnosed with terminal...

For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history-from his earliest years during the...

An autobiographical white-knuckle ride around the global fight game by the legendary Steve Bunce: the voice of the sport who is celebrating four decades of writing and talking about boxers...

This is the great Martin Amis's autobiography.INTRODUCED BY ZADIE SMITHIt is a writer's self-portrait - both a candid memoir and intimate insight into the process of writing itself. As the...

Kit de Waal and her brother and sisters had a hard childhood in the West Midlands. Her Irish mother didn't feed them, didn't believe in Christmas or birthdays, and thought...

A 2024 Book of the Year pick in the Economist, Independent, Prospect, Apollo, New Yorker and at WaterstonesA 2024 Summer Read in the Economist, Telegraph, Guardian, New Yorker, i, and...

Bill Gates is one of the most transformative figures of our age. In Source Code he takes us back to his beginnings.He describes with candour his childhood in Seattle, the...

**WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION AWARD 2024**An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love'An absolute jewel of a book' India Knight'A gripping tale of adventure' Elizabeth Day'An...

From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how,...

'A beautiful book' Greg JamesThere's no love quite like that between a dog and their human. When people come to see Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick at his referral hospital, they are...

The hotly anticipated book from 'one of the all-time pop-culture greats' (New York magazine) that chronicles her shocking life and unyielding determination to not only survive but achieve her dreams....

It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin and by...

Lynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it. From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance into RADA, joining peers Anthony...

The full-career autobiography of a legendary footballer.After being expelled from school for playing football for his country, fifteen-year-old Liam Brady travelled to London to join Arsenal, and soon became an...

'Hopeful, funny, sexy - a book I'm going to be sharing with every woman I know' Daisy Buchanan Can you be happy without a partnership at the centre of your...

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker - how she became a master legislator, a key partner to...

I lived through the Dutroux affair from the inside, and all these years I have kept silent about it - about my 'personal' Dutroux Affair, my time in the company...

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND PROSPECT MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023An Irish Times Best Book of 2023, as chosen by Sally Hayden and Mia Levitin'A murdered mother's fight for...

'Beautiful, deep, transfixing . . . it will burn a home in your heart' LEMN SISSAY'Essential reading, life-changing' SAMANTHA MORTON'An astonishing piece of work' NIALL GRIFFITHSThe government told a story...

Think about the most wretched day of your life. Maybe it was when someone you loved died, or when you were badly hurt in an accident, or a day when...

'Genuinely one of the funniest books I have ever read. I wept with laughter' HADLEY FREEMAN 'Laugh out loud funny ... The read of the summer' NICOLA JEAL, THE SUNDAY...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2024BOOK OF...

Sattareh Farman Farmaian, the daughter of a once-powerful and wealthy Iranian prince, was raised and educated in the 1920s and 1930s in a Persian harem compound, along with numerous mothers...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2017 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDAATJE PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WELLCOME PRIZEAt the age of...

The sensational sequel to 'Papillon'. 'Banco' continues the adventures of Henri Charriere - nicknamed Papillon - in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids Selected as Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, i paper, Metro and Harper's Bazaar'Magical' GUARDIAN...