The term non-fiction author encompasses a vast number of fields and individuals. This list includes authors who primarily have written non-fiction books for publication.

For more specific lists see

• Category:Writers by non-fiction subject area
• List of biographers
• List of critics
• List of essayists
• List of historians
• List of philosophers
• List of political authors

A

• Susan Alcorn
• Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002)
• Gabriele Amorth
• Thomas Amory (c. 1691 – 1788)
• John Asgill (1659–1738)
• Russell Ash (born 1946)
• Anastasia Ashman
• Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
• John Austin (1790–1859)

B

• Richard Bannatyne (died 1605)
• Antony Beevor
• Betty Berzon
• T.J. Binyon
• John Bodenham
• Jeff Bollow
• Eric Borgman (born 1957)
• James Boswell
• John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467–1553)
• William Bragge
• William Brandon (1914–2002)
• Po Bronson
• James Bruce (1730–1794)
• Jacob Bryant (1715–1804)
• Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880)
• James Burke (born 1936)
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
• Richard James Burgess
• Robert Forrest Burgess (born 1927)
• Michael Burleigh
• Butrus al-Bustani (1819–1883)
• Rhonda Byrne
• Sylvia Brown

C

• David Cairns
• Richard Carew (1555–1620)
• Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806)
• Hester Chapone (1727–1801)
• Walter Charleton (1619–1707)
• Lars Lindberg Christensen
• Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
• Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904)
• George Combe (1788–1858)
• George Lillie Craik (1798–1866)
• A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)
• Vincent Cronin (born 1924)
• Stephen R. Covey
• Sean Covey
• Jack Canfield

D

• Francis Douce (1757–1834)
• David G. Dalin
• John Davies (c. 1565-1618)
• Graham Diamond (1947)
• Jared Diamond
• John Diamond
• William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879)
• John Doran (1807–1878)
• Andrew Dornenburg
• John E. Douglas
• Eamon Duffy
• Gerina Dunwich (born 1959)

E

• Martin Ebon (born 1917)
• Filip Erceg
• John Edward

F

• Wayne Federman (born 1959)
• Orlando Figes
• Timothy Fish
• Richard Fortey
• Ian Frazier (born 1951)

G

• Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
• Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002)
• Jeffrey Guterman

H

• Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
• Herodotus
• Jean Henry-Mead
• John Cam Hobhouse (1786–1869)
• Eric Hobsbawm
• Susie Hodge
• Richard Holmes (biographer)
• Richard Holmes (military historian)
• Christine Howser (born 1965)

J

• Roy Jenkins (1920–2003)
• Irving Johnson (1905–1991)
• Olivia Judson

K

• Elizabeth Keckley
• John Keegan (born 1934)
• Jim Keith (1949–1999)
• Ian Kershaw
• Charles H. Kraft
• James Howard Kunstler

L

• David Landes
• Louisa Leaman (born 1976)
• James J. LeBar
• Neal Lozano
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870)

M

• Michael MacDonald (born 1956)
• Scott MacGillivray (born 1957)
• Margaret MacMillan (born 1943)
• Brenda Maddox
• David Magee (born 1965)
• Harvey Manning (born 1925)
• Steve Matchett (born 1962)
• Joyce Maynard
• DeBarra Mayo (born 1953)
• Fulvio Melia (born 1956)
• Jack Miles
• Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996)
• Simon Sebag Montefiore
• Julia Moulden (born 1956)

N

• Stephen L. Nelson (born 1959)

P

• Tadeusz Pacholczyk (born 1965)
• Karen A. Page
• Robert Palmer (1945–1997)
• Caroline Paul
• Neal Petersen
• Robert Georges Picard (born 1951)
• Melissa Holbrook Pierson (born 1957)
• James Van Praagh

R

• Libby Rees (born 1995)
• Simon Reeve
• Richard Rhodes
• Matt Ridley (born 1958)
• Graham Robb (born 1958)
• Jason Roberts
• John K. Rollinson (1884 –1948)
• Barun Roy
• Anneli Rufus
• Ann Rule
• Tim Russert (1950-2008)

S

• Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
• Michael Scanlan
• William Shawcross
• Brendan Simms
• James Sites (born 1924)
• Robert Skidelsky
• Jean Edward Smith (born 1932)
• Jerry E. Smith
• Jon Smith (born 1975)
• Dr. E. Lee Spence (born 1947)
• Tom Stevenson

T

• Felix Thijssen (born 1937)
• Neal Thompson
• Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
• Alvin Toffler (born 1928)
• Claire Tomalin (born 1933)

V

• Michael J. Varhola (born 1966)
• Edgar Vincent
• Voltaire (1694–1778)

W

• Alan Whiticker (born 1958)
• Francis Wheen
• Carl Wickland (born 1861)
• Eric Williams (1911–1981)
• Richard T. Williamson (born 1958)
• Brandon Wilson (born 1953)
• Charles F. Winslow (1811–1877)
• Neale Donald Walsch

See also: List of authors