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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Inventions & inventors

This Is for Everyone cover

This Is for Everyone

Tim Berners-Lee - Hardback

£25.00

This is For Everyone cover

This is For Everyone

Tim Berners-Lee - Hardback

£25.00

Tank

Mark Urban - Hardback

£25.00

The Pattern Seekers cover

The Pattern Seekers

Simon Baron-Cohen - Paperback

£10.99

Papyrus

Irene Vallejo - Paperback

£12.99

Nuts and Bolts cover

Nuts and Bolts

Roma Agrawal - Hardback

£22.00

Isambard Kingdom Brunel cover

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

John McIlwain - Paperback

£6.00

Exactly

Simon Winchester - Paperback

£12.99