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
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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
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Comparative literature

Look Closer cover

Look Closer

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst - Hardback

£20.00

Old Truths and New Clichés cover

Old Truths and New Clichés

Isaac Bashevis Singer - Hardback

£20.00

On Belonging and Not Belonging cover

On Belonging and Not Belonging

Mary Jacobus - Hardback

£28.00

Arguably

Christopher Hitchens - Paperback

£15.99

The Avant-Postman cover

The Avant-Postman

David Vichnar - Paperback

£24.00

The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine cover

The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine

3 contributors - Paperback

£34.99

Desire

Jonathan Dollimore - Paperback

£14.99

The Underwater Eye cover

The Underwater Eye

Margaret Cohen - Hardback

£35.00