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 The Penguin Book of Baby Names by David Pickering
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Unexpected : Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications by Emily Oster & Dr Nathan MD Fox
£16.99
David's Bookshop Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Leah Hazard
£10.99
David's Bookshop How to Have a Baby: The Essential Unbiased Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond by Dr Sara Kayat
£16.99
David's Bookshop What Every Woman Needs to Know About Fertility: Your Guide to Fertility Awareness to Plan or Avoid Pregnancy by Jane Knight & Toni Belfield
£16.99
David's Bookshop Midwife Marley's Guide For Everyone: Pregnancy, Birth and the 4th Trimester by Marley Hall
£16.99
David's Bookshop Your Positive Baby Sleep Book : Become confident with your baby’s sleep, feeding & comfort from day one by Heidi Skudder
£16.99
David's Bookshop My First Five Years Baby: Everyday activities to support your baby's development by Alistair Bryce-Clegg
£9.99
David's Bookshop How Not to Let Having Kids Ruin Your Sex Life: Navigating the Parenting Years with Your Relationship Intact by Dr Karen Gurney
£16.99
David's Bookshop GROW UP: Becoming the Parent Your Kids Deserve by Gary John Bishop
£16.99
David's Bookshop Gentle Guidance: How to Understand, Inspire and Empower Your Kids by Marie Gentles
£14.99
David's Bookshop Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
£10.99
David's Bookshop Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation by Uju Asika
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable and Compassionate Adolescents by Lisa Damour
£10.99
David's Bookshop Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland by Roger Phillips
£30.00
David's Bookshop Ela! Ela! : To Turkey and Greece, a journey home through food by Ella Mittas
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Female Body Bible: Make Your Body Work For You by Dr Emma Ross, Baz Moffat & Dr Bella Smith
£16.99
David's Bookshop Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science – and Address Humanity’s Biggest Challenges by Michio Kaku
£10.99
David's Bookshop Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott Shapiro
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom by Nasser Abu Srour
£18.99
David's Bookshop Fungi: Discover the Science and Secrets Behind the World of Mushrooms
£25.00
David's Bookshop Rebel Folklore: Empowering Tales of Spirits, Witches and Other Misfits from Anansi to Baba Yaga by Icy Sedgwick
£19.99
David's Bookshop The Cosmic Dance: Finding patterns and pathways in a chaotic universe by Stephen Ellcock
£25.00
David's Bookshop A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
£10.99
David's Bookshop Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
£10.99
David's Bookshop How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Great British Sewing Bee: The Skills : Beyond Basics: Advanced Tips and Tricks to Take Your Sewing Technique to the Next Level by The Great British Sewing Bee
£17.99
David's Bookshop On the Origin of Time by Thomas Hertog
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Known Unknowns: The Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos by Lawrence M. Krauss
£9.99
David's Bookshop Before the Big Bang: Our Origins in the Multiverse by Laura Mersini-Houghton
£10.99
David's Bookshop Lonely Planet Stargazing Around the World: A Tour of the Night Sky by Lonely Planet
£19.99
David's Bookshop 50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
£9.99
David's Bookshop Time: 10 Things You Should Know by Colin Stuart
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Sky at Night: The Art of Stargazing: My Essential Guide to Navigating the Night Sky by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1: Space, Time and Motion by Sean Carroll
£10.99
David's Bookshop The Universe by Andrew Cohen
£9.99
David's Bookshop Collins Backyard Chicken-keeper’s Bible: A Practical Guide to Identifying and Rearing Backyard Chickens
£30.00
David's Bookshop Collins Stargazer’s Bible: Your Illustrated Companion to the Night Sky
£30.00
David's Bookshop How to Eat 30 Plants a Week: 100 recipes to boost your health and energy by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
£25.00 £22.50
David's Bookshop One: Pot, Pan, Planet: A Greener Way to Cook for You, Your Family and the Planet by Anna Jones
£28.00
David's Bookshop Cookies & Crumbs: Chunky, Chewy, Gooey Cookies for Every Mood by Kaja Hengstenberg
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Connaught Bar: Cocktail Recipes and Iconic Creations by Agostino Perrone
£29.95
David's Bookshop Good Eggs: Over 100 Cracking Ways to Cook and Elevate Eggs by Ed Smith
£22.00
David's Bookshop Part-Time Baker: Simple bakes without the stress by Florence Stanton
£18.99
David's Bookshop BBQ Days, BBQ Nights: Barbecue Recipes for Year-Round Feasting by Helen Graves
£22.00
David's Bookshop Max's World of Sandwiches: A Guide to Amazing Sandwiches by Max Halley & Benjamin Benton
£25.00
