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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Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse

The First Year cover

The First Year

Matt Goodfellow - Paperback

£9.99

The Café at the Edge of the Woods cover

The Café at the Edge of the Woods

Mikey Please - Paperback

£7.99

The Christmas Pine cover

Signed Bookplate Edition

The Christmas Pine

Julia Donaldson - Paperback

£7.99

The Christmas Pine cover

The Christmas Pine

Julia Donaldson - Paperback

£7.99

Busy Diggers cover

Busy Diggers

Campbell Books - Board book

£6.99

The Blue-Footed Booby cover

The Blue-Footed Booby

Rob Biddulph - Hardback

£12.99

The Blue-Footed Booby cover

The Blue-Footed Booby

Rob Biddulph - Paperback

£7.99

Busy Swimming cover

Busy Swimming

Campbell Books - Board book

£7.99