The Best Non-Fiction of 2025
Our top picks from this year's new releases
David's Bookshop Craftland: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades by James Fox
£25.00
David's Bookshop The Lost Folk: From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk by Lally MacBeth
£20.00
David's Bookshop How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession by Caitlin Blackwell Baines
£22.00
David's Bookshop Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
£22.00
David's Bookshop Bread of Angels by Patti Smith
£25.00
David's Bookshop The Uncool by Cameron Crowe
£22.00
David's Bookshop The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi by Dr Hannah French
£20.00
David's Bookshop Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
£25.00
Bestselling Non-Fiction
Our current topsellers in non-fiction
David's Bookshop Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run by Paul McCartney
£35.00
David's Bookshop We Did Ok, Kid: A Memoir by Sir Anthony Hopkins
£25.00
David's Bookshop Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood
£30.00
David's Bookshop Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
£25.00
David's Bookshop This Way Up by Map Men
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
£22.99 £19.99
David's Bookshop Raising Hare: The heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship by Chloe Dalton
£10.99
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David's Bookshop A Spotter’s Guide to the Countryside: Uncovering the wonders of Britain’s woods, fields and seashores by John Wright
£12.99
David's Bookshop A Natural History of the Hedgerow: and ditches, dykes and dry stone walls by John Wright
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Seaweed Collector's Handbook: From Purple Laver to Peacock’s Tail by Miek Zwamborn
£14.99
David's Bookshop Planting for Butterflies: The Grower's Guide to Creating a Flutter by Jane Moore
£14.00
David's Bookshop Planting for Wildlife: A Grower's Guide to Rewilding Your Garden by Jane Moore
£14.00
David's Bookshop Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori
£12.99
David's Bookshop Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori
£14.99
David's Bookshop Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways to Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes
£9.99
David's Bookshop The Year of Sitting Dangerously: My Garden Safari by Simon Barnes
£10.99
David's Bookshop An Inconvenience of Penguins: Epic voyages in pursuit of the world's most beloved bird by Jamie Lafferty (
£22.00
David's Bookshop The Soaring Life of the Lark by John Lewis-Stempel
£9.99
David's Bookshop The Wild Life of the Fox by John Lewis-Stempel
£9.99
David's Bookshop The Glorious Life of the Oak by John Lewis-Stempel
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Private Life of the Hare by John Lewis-Stempel
£10.99
David's Bookshop Myself and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
£11.99
David's Bookshop The Social Lives of Birds by Joan E. Strassmann
£22.00
David's Bookshop A Year in Story and Song: A Celebration of the Seasons by Lia Leendertz
£10.00
David's Bookshop The Interpretation of Cats: And Their Owners by Claude Beata
£12.99
David's Bookshop Mushrooms by Susan E. Clark
£10.00
David's Bookshop Constellations by Susan E. Clark
£10.00
David's Bookshop Interrupted Journeys: Badgers and Other Roadside Distractions by Adrian Potter
£14.99
David's Bookshop Numbers: 10 Things You Should Know by Colin Stuart
£10.99
David's Bookshop Artificial Intelligence - 10 Things You Should Know by Professor Tim Rocktaschel
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Body: 10 Things You Should Know by Dr Darragh Ennis
£12.99
David's Bookshop Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know by Jon Copley
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know by Professor Sophie Scott
£10.99
David's Bookshop Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know by Dr Dean Lomax
£12.99
David's Bookshop Space: 10 Things You Should Know by Rebecca Smethurst
£12.99
David's Bookshop Volcanoes: 10 Things You Should Know by Dr Rebecca Williams
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Hidden Seasons by Tristan Gooley
£22.00
David's Bookshop The Natural Explorer by Tristan Gooley
£12.99
David's Bookshop Wild Signs and Star Paths by Tristan Gooley
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Secret World of Weather by Tristan Gooley
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley
£12.99
David's Bookshop How To Read Water by Tristan Gooley
£12.99
David's Bookshop How to Read a Tree by Tristan Gooley
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan Shepherd
£10.99
David's Bookshop Sophie From Romania: What a rescue dog taught me about patience, love and hope by Rory Cellan-Jones
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
£20.00
David's Bookshop Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe by Adam Weymouth
£18.99
David's Bookshop Endemic: Exploring the wildlife unique to Britain by James Harding-Morris
£20.00
David's Bookshop The Cat's Tales: Feline Fairy Tales and Folklore by Charlie Creed
£14.99
David's Bookshop The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog by Maybell Eequay
£8.99
