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 Stuffed: A Political History of What We Eat and Why it Matters by Pen Vogler
£10.99
David's Bookshop Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown by James McBride
£12.99
David's Bookshop Prisoners of Geography The Quiz Book: How Much Do You Really Know About the World?
£16.99
David's Bookshop Volcanic Tongue: An Evangelist’s Guide to Late 20th Century Underground Music by David Keenan (SIGNED)
£30.00 £27.00
David's Bookshop The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse: The Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition by Charlie Mackesy
£20.00
David's Bookshop The Moth and the Mountain: Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2021 by Ed Caesar
£10.99
David's Bookshop Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination by Robert Macfarlane
£10.99
David's Bookshop Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen by Christopher McDougall
£10.99
David's Bookshop Stuart Broad: Broadly Speaking by Stuart Broad
£10.99
David's Bookshop Wavewalker: Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood
£10.99
David's Bookshop How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer by Adrian Newey
£30.00
David's Bookshop How to Read F1: Everything you need to know about racing in the fast lane by Jennie Gow
£16.99
David's Bookshop I Can't Stop Thinking About Var: Forward by Jonathan Wilson by Daisy Christodoulou & Jonathan Wilson
£14.99
David's Bookshop A Cold Spell: A Human History of Ice by Max Leonard
£10.99
David's Bookshop Hey Jude: The Rise and Rise of Jude Bellingham by Graeme Croser
£12.99
David's Bookshop All About Darts: The ultimate guide to the world's greatest sport by Russ Bray
£16.99
David's Bookshop Comfort in Darkness by Rickson Gracie & Peter Maguire
£20.00
David's Bookshop Unbreakable: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller by Ronnie O'Sullivan
£9.99
David's Bookshop Fight For Your Life by Amir Khan
£12.99
David's Bookshop My Autobiography by Davy Russell & Donn McClean
£20.00
David's Bookshop Formula 1: The Official History (2024) by Maurice Hamilton
£30.00
David's Bookshop White Hot: The Inside Story of England Cricket’s Double World Champions by Tim Wigmore & Matt Roller
£12.99
David's Bookshop To the Limit: The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas by Michael Crawley
£18.99
David's Bookshop Throwing the Book by Wayne Barnes & Ben Dirs
£12.99
David's Bookshop Remarkable Motor Races by Andrew Benson
£25.00
David's Bookshop Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1 by Will Buxton
£25.00
David's Bookshop On The Edge: The Autobiography by Martin Keown
£22.00
David's Bookshop Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1 by Guenther Steiner
£8.99
David's Bookshop Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld by Paul Kidby
£30.00
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
