Best to prepare well and make sure they have some beautifully designed, captivating non-fiction, as well as brain-stretching science fiction. This year, watery worlds are very much to the fore.

Every year, bookstore shelves swell with new non-fiction works by authors who are all writing in response to their inner and outer lives, their surroundings, and their yearning for a better world.

The best non-fiction books for kids 2024 are: Best overall – Songs of the Birds by Isabel Otter, published by Caterpillar Books: £10.68, Amazon.co.uk Best budget buy – Kay’s Incredible ...

I’ve reported on loads of space news during that time, and I love reading non-fiction books about astronomy and other topics in science. I’m also a published author myself.

Courtesy the publishers If reading more was your New Year’s resolution, but you haven’t cracked open a single book, look no further than our must-read non-fiction picks for 2025.

These six non-fiction books include memoir, journalism, essays and pictorial essays. They take you into the bedroom of a grieving husband in imperial China; ...