ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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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
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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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Australasian & Pacific history

The Shortest History of Japan cover

The Shortest History of Japan

Lesley Downer - Paperback

£9.99

Dark Emu

Bruce Pascoe - Paperback

£12.99

With the Old Breed cover

With the Old Breed

Eugene B Sledge - Paperback

£14.99

Thicker Than Water cover

Thicker Than Water

Cal Flyn - Paperback

£10.99

Voyagers

Nicholas Thomas - Paperback

£12.99

Jeremy Bentham and Australia cover

Jeremy Bentham and Australia

3 contributors - Paperback

£30.00

The Forgotten Coast cover

The Forgotten Coast

Richard Shaw - Hardback

£26.99

Looking to the Future of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) cover

Looking to the Future of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP)

3 authors - Paperback

£20.99