ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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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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Language: history & general works

Why Q Needs U cover

Why Q Needs U

Danny Bate - Hardback

£14.99

Words for Life cover

Words for Life

Susie Dent - Hardback

£16.99

Words for Life cover

Words for Life

Susie Dent - Hardback

£16.99

The Meaning of Liff cover

The Meaning of Liff

2 authors - Hardback

£16.99

The Language-Lover's Lexipedia cover

The Language-Lover's Lexipedia

Joshua Blackburn - Hardback

£14.99

Rhyme and Reason cover

Rhyme and Reason

Mark Forsyth - Hardback

£14.99

Proto

Laura Spinney - Hardback

£22.00

Greek To Us cover

Greek To Us

John Davie - Hardback

£14.99