Biography & Memoir
The Happy Traitor
Simon Kuper
A biography of George Blake, the most notorious double agent in British history, who just died in Moscow
Two-Way Mirror
Fiona Sampson
How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her times
Words Fail Us
Jonty Claypole
A lifelong stutterer dismantles the cult of fluency and champions the creative powers of inarticulacy
Fracture
Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris, presenter of Great Lives on BBC Radio 4, explores the surprising connection between trauma and greatness through vivid case histories.
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell
Shaun Bythell, Scotland's grumpiest bookseller, is back, with seven witty and affectionate portraits of bookshop regulars
Dancing with the Octopus
Debora Harding
A fierce, strikingly redemptive exploration of the impact of traumatic violence on victim, perpetrator and society
Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer
Sally Urwin
Hilarious and honest, Sally Urwin takes us through the highs and lows of a year on her farm
The Medal Factory
Kenny Pryde
The full story of the most successful organisation in the history of sport
People Like Us
Hashi Mohamed
One man's story of social mobility and inequality – and a searching analysis of what needs to change
Robin Chichester-Clark
Nigel Watson
The definitive biography of a leading Northern Irish politician.
Where There's A Will
Emily Chappell
Emily Chappell's story of transformation into a cross-continental bike racer, pushing the limits of her endurance
Breaking & Mending
Joanna Cannon
The unforgettable memoir from the bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie
Confessions of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythell
More from everyone's favourite misanthropic antiquarian bookseller
Homage to Gaia
James Lovelock
A new edition of the celebrated thinker James Lovelock's autobiography to celebrate his 100th birthday
The Professor and the Parson
Adam Sisman
How a liar, bigamist and fraudulent priest took in some of the brightest minds of his generation
Working with Nature
Jeremy Purseglove
How do we work with nature rather than against it, both harvesting and conserving? The environmentalist Jeremy Purseglove shares a lifetime of experie…