Most Popular Non-fiction Books of the 2020s

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Non-fiction

April 18, 2023

The Nature of Middle-earth

J. R. R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter

Middle-earth · Non-fiction

September 2, 2021

The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth

John Garth

Middle-earth · Non-fiction

May 2020

Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes: The Official Biography

Rob Wilkins

Biography · Hugo Award · Non-fiction

September 29, 2022

Book of Lives

Margaret Atwood

Biography · Non-fiction

November 4, 2025

The Targaryan Dynasty #1

The Rise of the Dragon

George R. R. Martin

TV Series · Non-fiction

October 25, 2022

The Wheel of Time

Origins of The Wheel of Time

Michael Livingston

Non-fiction

November 8, 2022

Lost Atlases #1

An Atlas of Lost Kingdoms

Emily Hawkins, Lauren Baldo

Childrens · Middle Grade · Mythology · Non-fiction

October 4, 2022

Flights of Fancy

Jason Charbonneau

Aliens · Steampunk · Adult · Alternate History · Non-fiction

May 25, 2027

The Targaryan Dynasty #2

The Targaryan Dynasty Book 2

George R. R. Martin

TV Series · Non-fiction

2027

Riverworld

Riverworld Odyssey

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories · Non-fiction

July 30, 2026

Trace Elements

Jo Walton, Ada Palmer

Non-fiction

March 24, 2026

Positive Obsession

Susana M. Morris

Biography · Non-fiction

August 19, 2025

Colourfields

Paul Kincaid

Non-fiction

April 17, 2025

The Hobbit Encyclopedia

Damien Bador

Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction

September 3, 2024

Murdle #3

Murdle: Volume 3

G. T. Karber

Mystery · Non-fiction

April 30, 2024

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Kevin Jon Davies

Collection · Non-fiction

August 23, 2023

Murdle #2

Murdle: Volume 2

G. T. Karber

Mystery · Non-fiction

September 19, 2023

Murdle #1

Murdle

G. T. Karber

Mystery · Non-fiction

June 13, 2023

Making It So

Patrick Stewart

Biography · Non-fiction

October 3, 2023

Haunted Canada #12

Haunted Canada 12: More Frightening True Tales

Joel A. Sutherland

Horror · Non-fiction

June 6, 2023

I am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future

Michael Molcher

Non-fiction

May 16, 2023

Dragons

Johan Egerkranz

Dragons · Non-fiction

April 8, 2022

Haunted Canada #11

Haunted Canada 11: Frightening True Tales

Joel A. Sutherland

Horror · Non-fiction

March 1, 2022

Discworld Reference

The Ultimate Discworld Companion

Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby, Stephen Briggs

Non-fiction

November 11, 2021

Horror Studies

A Century of Weird Fiction, 1832–1937

Jonathan Newell

Weird Fiction · Non-fiction

July 17, 2020

Haunted Canada #10

Haunted Canada 10: More Scary True Stories

Joel A. Sutherland

Horror · Non-fiction

August 3, 2020

Cyber Smut: Short Stories and Poetry

various authors (Guts Publishing)

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream · Non-fiction

September 2020

Daniele Serra Artbook

Daniele Serra

Non-fiction

September 2020

Discworld Reference

The Ankh-Morpork Archives: Volume II

Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby, Stephen Briggs

Non-fiction

October 29, 2020