ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Fiction
Storytelling is as old as time and, whether it’s an award-winning epic novel or a page-turning blockbuster, a great book can stay with you throughout your life
Contemporary & Classic Fiction Crime & Mystery Fantasy Graphic Novels & Comics Browse more Fiction categories
Non-fiction
Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel
Essays, Memoir & Biography Nature & Travel History & Archaeology Science & Technology Browse more Non-fiction categories
Children’s, Teenage & Educational
These stories for children and young adults will pique imaginations and inspire young readers
Children's Fiction Children's Non-Fiction Board Books, Picture Books & Activity Books Children's Poetry & Anthologies Browse more Children’s, Teenage & Educational categories
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Animal life stories

Pup Fiction cover

Pup Fiction

Ted the Dog - Hardback

£16.99

Tina

Niall Harbison - Hardback

£20.00

I Am a Cat cover

I Am a Cat

Natsume Soseki - Paperback

£12.99

Tina: The Dog Who Changed the World (Children’s edition) cover

Tina: The Dog Who Changed the World (Children’s edition)

Niall Harbison - Hardback

£14.99

Other Minds cover

Other Minds

Peter Godfrey-Smith - Paperback

£10.99

The Golden Mole cover

Signed Bookplate Edition

The Golden Mole

Katherine Rundell - Paperback

£10.99

The Year of the Dog cover

The Year of the Dog

Sophia Money-Coutts - Hardback

£12.99

Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life cover

Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life

Niall Harbison - Paperback

£9.99