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 An Opinionated Guide To British Art by Lucy Davies
£15.00
David's Bookshop The Twelve Birds of Christmas by Stephen Moss
£14.99
David's Bookshop Deck the Hall: The Stories of our Favourite Christmas Carols by Andrew Gant
£10.99
David's Bookshop Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas: Festive Diaries from the Creator of This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
£7.99
David's Bookshop What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory by Adriaanse Brian Bette Eno & Brian Eno
£14.99
David's Bookshop Victory '45: How the War Was Won In Six Surrenders by James Holland & Al Murray
£22.00
David's Bookshop Know Your Knots: Learn the best knots for outdoor adventures - 30 cards and 2 ropes
£14.99
David's Bookshop Nature's Calendar: The British Year in 72 Seasons
£14.99
David's Bookshop Under the Changing Skies: The Best of the Guardian's Country Diary, 2018-2024
£20.00
David's Bookshop Entangled Life (The Illustrated Edition) by Merlin Sheldrake
£30.00
David's Bookshop The Trespasser's Companion by Nick Hayes
£14.99
David's Bookshop Remarkable Trees
£20.00
David's Bookshop Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World
£44.95
David's Bookshop RES Insects: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Insects
£25.00
David's Bookshop Mushroom Miscellany: An Illustrated Guide Featuring Fun Facts, Mushroom Profiles, Recipes & More by Adele Nozedar
£12.99
David's Bookshop Gardeners’ World: The Flower Book: A Bloom for Every Day of the Year
£22.00
David's Bookshop Lost Gardens of the World: An Atlas of Forgotten Horticultural Treasures by Sandra Lawrence
£19.99
David's Bookshop Lonely Planet The Tree Atlas
£35.00
David's Bookshop The Pebble Spotter's Guide – National Trust Edition by Clive Mitchell
£9.99
David's Bookshop Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
£11.99
David's Bookshop Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (SIGNED)
£25.00
David's Bookshop Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
£25.00
David's Bookshop Weird Medieval Guys: How to Live, Laugh, Love (and Die) in Dark Times by Olivia Swarthout
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Shipping Forecast: Celebrating 100 Years by Meg Clothier
£16.99
David's Bookshop Stone Circles: A Field Guide by Colin Richards & Vicki Cummings
£30.00
David's Bookshop A History of Britain in 100 Maps by Jeremy Black
£40.00
David's Bookshop Village Christmas: And Other Notes on the English Year by Laurie Lee
£9.99
David's Bookshop RSPB Bird Tales: Traditional Stories, Folklore and Activities by Dawn Casey
£22.00
David's Bookshop Panini Legends: A Celebration of the World's Greatest Football Stickers by Greg Lansdowne
£16.99
David's Bookshop Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler
£10.99
David's Bookshop What Writers Read: 35 Writers on their Favourite Book by Pandora Sykes
£9.99
David's Bookshop Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 by Robert Service
£12.99
David's Bookshop Forgotten Skills of Cooking: 700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best by Darina Allen
£30.00
David's Bookshop Fascism: The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book) by Ian Dunt & Dorian Lynskey
£10.99
David's Bookshop Centrism: The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book) by Ian Dunt & Dorian Lynskey
£10.99
David's Bookshop Conspiracy Theory: The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book) by Ian Dunt & Dorian Lynskey
£10.99
David's Bookshop Poppy Cooks: The Actually Delicious Slow Cooker Cookbook: Step up your slow cooking with 90 effortless, flavour-packed recipes by Poppy O'Toole
£20.00
David's Bookshop The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between by Richard Mabey
£10.99
David's Bookshop Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
£10.99
David's Bookshop A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural
£25.00
David's Bookshop Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin
£16.99
David's Bookshop Wild Fell: Fighting for nature on a Lake District hill farm by Lee Schofield
£10.99
David's Bookshop Becoming by Michelle Obama
£12.99
David's Bookshop An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
£10.99
David's Bookshop All That Remains: A Life in Death by Professor Sue Black
£10.99
David's Bookshop Masters of the Air: How The Bomber Boys Broke Down the Nazi War Machine by Donald L. Miller
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Complete MAUS by Art Spiegelman
£16.99
David's Bookshop Europe and the Roma: A History of Fascination and Fear by Klaus-Michael Bogdal
£14.99
