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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Gift cards

David Creighton-Pester Illustrator

Sheep on the Run! cover

Sheep on the Run!

Alice Hemming - Paperback

£6.99

Calmer Llama cover

Calmer Llama

Dr Naira Wilson - Board book

£5.99

Slugs in Space cover

Slugs in Space

Lou Treleaven - Paperback

£6.99

Big Bad Biteasaurus: A Bloomsbury Young Reader cover

Big Bad Biteasaurus: A Bloomsbury Young Reader

Malachy Doyle - Paperback

£4.99

Fast Fox and Slow Snail cover

Fast Fox and Slow Snail

Lou Treleaven - Paperback

£6.99

Run Ralph, Run cover

Run Ralph, Run

Kath Jewitt - Set / collection

£9.99

Battle of the Brains cover

Battle of the Brains

Jocelyn Rish - Hardback

£15.99

Angry Bear cover

Angry Bear

Dr Naira Wilson - Board book

£5.99

Battle of the Butts cover

Battle of the Butts

Jocelyn Rish - Hardback

£14.99

Don't Ever Mess with a Monkey cover

Don't Ever Mess with a Monkey

Harriet Evans - Board book

£10.99