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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J H Lobban Author & Editor

Selections from The Spectator cover

Selections from The Spectator

Joseph Addison - Paperback

£25.00

Fifty Poems cover

Fifty Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson - Paperback

£28.00

Goldsmith: Selected Essays cover

Goldsmith: Selected Essays

O Goldsmith - Paperback

£30.99

English Essays cover

English Essays

J H Lobban - Paperback

£11.02

Fielding: 'Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' cover

Fielding: 'Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon'

J H Lobban - Paperback

£28.00