Prose: non-fiction

We Should All be Feminists [9780008115272]

A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDx…

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Reasons to Stay Alive [9781782116820]

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE? Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living…

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Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions [9780008241032]

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today - written as a letter to…

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper [9780857524485]

** WINNER of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2019 ** 'The victimes of Jack the Ripper were never "just prostitutes"; they were daughters, w…

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The Road to Wigan Pier [9780141185293]

'True genius ... all his anger and frustration found their first proper means of expression in Wigan Pier' - Peter Ackroyd, The Times A sear…

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Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering and the Future of Civilisation [9781526605719]

Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our pri…

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Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style: The UK Edition [9781529124279]

An indispensable, New York Times-bestselling guide to the craft of writing from Random House's long-time copy chief and one of Twitter's leading langu…

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Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise [9781526610072]

Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, …

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The Day That Went Missing [9781910701560]

A family story of exceptional power and universal relevance - about loss, about carrying on, and about recovering a brother's life and death. Life cha…

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Angry People in Local Newspapers [9780241356623]

NAKED GARDENER PUTS NEIGHBOUR OFF SAUSAGES CUSTOMER LEFT FLABBERGASTED BY A WIGAN BAKER'S 8P SAUCE CHARGE FURY AFTER MORRISONS WOULDN'T SELL COUPLE …

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Landmarks [9780241967874]

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2016 Landmarks is Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, …

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k-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016) [9781912248285]

Edited by Darren Ambrose and with a foreword by Simon Reynolds, this comprehensive collection brings together the work of acclaimed blogger, writer, p…

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Trick Mirror [9780008294922]

From one of the brightest young chroniclers of US culture comes this dazzling collection of essays on the internet, the self, feminism and politics …

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Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World [9781787301702]

Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with …

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Calm the F**k Down [9781787476196]

The latest no-f**ks-given guide from New York Times bestselling author of the international sensation The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k, Ge…

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The Gifts of Reading [9780241978313]

'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. That gift, like so many gifts, was a book . . .' In this luminous essay, Robert Macfarlane refl…

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To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair [9781408894521]

Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary American citizens. Every night, he read ten of them before going to bed. This i…

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It's Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race [9781509886401]

When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? It's Not About the Burqa started life when Mariam Khan read about…

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Shine: Discover a Brighter You [9781529124477]

Lorraine has been a fixture on our TV screens for 35 years and is beloved by thousands for her warmth and down-to-earth interviewing style. Whatever …

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The London Review of Books: An Incomplete History [9780571358045]

The most literary gift of the year: a beautiful hardback collection of archive gems from the London Review of Books, published to celebrate their 40th…

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