ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Fiction
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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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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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Computer programming / software engineering

Code Dependent cover

Code Dependent

Madhumita Murgia - Paperback

£10.99

The Hard Thing About Hard Things cover

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz - Hardback

£22.00

How AI Thinks cover

How AI Thinks

Nigel Toon - Paperback

£10.99

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow cover

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin - Hardback

£16.99

The Man Who Solved the Market cover

The Man Who Solved the Market

Gregory Zuckerman - Paperback

£12.99

Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book (2022 release) cover

Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book (2022 release)

James Maivald - Paperback

£48.99

Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Martin Kleppmann - Paperback

£47.99

Python Tools for Scientists cover

Python Tools for Scientists

Lee Vaughan - Paperback

£47.99