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 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
David's Bookshop Sizzle & Drizzle: The Green Edition: Over 100 Essential Bakes, Recipes and Tips by Nancy Birtwhistle
£16.99
David's Bookshop A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
£11.99
David's Bookshop The Years by Annie Ernaux
£13.99
David's Bookshop In Case of Loss by Lutz Seiler
£14.99
David's Bookshop One Thousand Vines: A New Way to Understand Wine by Pascaline Lepeltier
£45.00
David's Bookshop The Accidental Artist: Drawings & Stories from the Nation's Favourite Comedian by Billy Connolly
£26.00
David's Bookshop Trees in Winter: A beautiful book for anyone who loves printmaking and nature by Richard Shimell
£25.00
David's Bookshop The Secret Lives of Stones by Hettie Judah
£16.99
David's Bookshop Christmas on the Farm: Wintry tales from a life spent working with animals by Adam Henson
£10.99
David's Bookshop Kew - Fragrance: From plant to perfume, the botanical origins of scent
£16.99
David's Bookshop Lonely Planet Hidden Libraries: The World’s Most Unusual Book Depositories
£20.00
David's Bookshop John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
£25.00
David's Bookshop Ocean: How to Save Earth's Last Wilderness by Sir David Attenborough & Colin Butfield
£28.00
David's Bookshop The Voice that Thunders by Alan Garner
£9.99
David's Bookshop Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 by Katherine Rundell
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Golden Mole: and Other Vanishing Treasure by Katherine Rundell
£10.99
David's Bookshop Monsoon: Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Season by Asma Khan
£26.00
David's Bookshop The Philosophy of Christmas by Caroline Taggart
£12.99
David's Bookshop Arsene Who?: The Story of the Wenger Revolution by Ryan Baldi
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy Goes on Trial by John Densmore
£12.99
David's Bookshop How To Disappear: A Portrait of Radiohead by Colin Greenwood
£26.00
David's Bookshop EVERY MAN: Why Violence Against Women is a Men’s Issue, and How You Can Make a Difference by Dr Jackson Katz
£10.99
David's Bookshop On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain by Oliver Smith
£10.99
David's Bookshop Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer by Patrick Maguire & Gabriel Pogrund
£25.00 £22.50
David's Bookshop The World after Gaza by Pankaj Mishra
£20.00
David's Bookshop The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
£18.99
David's Bookshop MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery by Paloma Faith
£10.99