ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Literary reference works

The Haunted Wood cover

The Haunted Wood

Sam Leith - Paperback

£12.99

The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women cover

The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women

Emily Reed - Hardback

£12.99

On Writing cover

On Writing

Stephen King - Paperback

£10.99

Five Nights at Freddy's How to Draw cover

Five Nights at Freddy's How to Draw

Scott Cawthon - Paperback

£8.99

Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld cover

Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

Paul Kidby - Hardback

£30.00

Bookish

Lucy Mangan - Hardback

£18.99

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory cover

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

2 authors - Paperback

£18.99

Frankenstein SparkNotes Literature Guide cover

Frankenstein SparkNotes Literature Guide

2 authors - Paperback

£5.99