Most Popular Non-fiction Books
Explore the most popular Non-fiction books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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H. P. Lovecraft's Selected Letters #2
Selected Letters II
Non-fiction
1968
H. P. Lovecraft's Selected Letters #1
Selected Letters I
Non-fiction
1965
The Pilgrim's Progress
Fantasy · Christian Fantasy · Mainstream · Non-fiction
1678
The Prince
Non-fiction
1532
The Nature of Middle-earth
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
September 2, 2021
A Song of Ice and Fire (related works)
The World of Ice and Fire
Non-fiction
October 22, 2014
Discworld Mapps
The Discworld Mapp
Non-fiction
1995
Discworld Mapps
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork
Non-fiction
1993
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Natural Sciences · Non-fiction
October 16, 2018
Occult Detective Magazine #1
Occult Detective Quarterly #1
Horror · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery
2016
A Brief History of The Hobbit
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
January 2015
Honorverse
House of Steel: The Honorverse Companion
Science Fiction · Non-fiction
April 24, 2014
Jack Vance: Critical appreciations and a Bibliography
Non-fiction
2000
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
Non-fiction
1996
Discworld Reference
The Folklore of Discworld
Non-fiction
September 2008
A Brief History of Time
Natural Sciences · Non-fiction
1988
The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
May 2020
Elric
Elric at the End of Time
Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories · Non-fiction
1984
Discworld Reference
Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion ...So Far
Non-fiction
November 2012
The Grand Design
Natural Sciences · Non-fiction
2010
The Art of the Hobbit
Non-fiction
November 27, 2011
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Demigod Files
Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories · Non-fiction
February 2009
The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Non-fiction
2015
The Wheel of Time
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
Non-fiction
1997
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Demigod Diaries
Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories · Non-fiction
2012
House of Night
The Fledgling Handbook 101
Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Vampires · Young Adult · Non-fiction
October 19, 2010
A Song of Ice and Fire (related works)
The Art of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
Non-fiction
October 2005
Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes: The Official Biography
Biography · Hugo Award · Non-fiction
September 29, 2022
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth
Non-fiction
July 2018
The Universe in a Nutshell
Natural Sciences · Non-fiction
2001
Discworld Reference
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
Non-fiction
1999
The History of Middle-earth #10
Morgoth's Ring
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1993
Book of Lives
Biography · Non-fiction
November 4, 2025
Harry, A History
Non-fiction
November 4, 2008
Once Upon a Time (She Said)
Fantasy · Collection · Short Stories · Non-fiction
August 2005
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick
Translation · Non-fiction
2004