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 Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
£10.99
David's Bookshop Dear Dolly: On Love, Life and Friendship by Dolly Alderton
£9.99
David's Bookshop Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton
£13.99
David's Bookshop The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
£10.99
David's Bookshop A History of Masculinity: From Patriarchy to Gender Justice by Ivan Jablonka
£12.99
David's Bookshop Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing
£10.99
David's Bookshop Polywise: a deeper dive into navigating open relationships by Jessica Fern
£16.99
David's Bookshop All About Love : New Visions : 1 by bell hooks
£10.99
David's Bookshop Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord
£9.99
David's Bookshop Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn
£10.99
David's Bookshop The End of Love: Sex and Desire in the Twenty-First Century by Tamara Tenenbaum
£12.99
David's Bookshop Wedded Wife: A Social History of Marriage by Rachael Lennon
£9.99
David's Bookshop The Month-by-Month Baby Book: In-depth, Monthly Advice on Your Baby’s Growth, Care, and Development in the First Year
£25.00
David's Bookshop The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book: Count Down Your Pregnancy Day by Day with Advice from a Team of Experts
£25.00
David's Bookshop The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry
£10.99
David's Bookshop Raising a Socially Successful Child by Dr Nowicki
£18.99
David's Bookshop The Parenthood Dilemma: Decisions in Our Age of Uncertainty by Gina Rushton
£13.99
David's Bookshop Baby Sign Language: A Fun and Simple Guide to Early Communication by Mary Smith
£18.99
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
