ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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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
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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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Military history

My Great Arab Melancholy cover

My Great Arab Melancholy

Lamia Ziadé - Paperback

£24.99

The Finest Hotel in Kabul cover

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

Lyse Doucet - Hardback

£25.00

Indignity cover

Indignity

Lea Ypi - Hardback

£22.00

Yorùbá Boy Running cover

Yorùbá Boy Running

Biyi Bandele - Paperback

£9.99

The Road to the Country cover

The Road to the Country

Chigozie Obioma - Paperback

£9.99

We Do Not Part cover

We Do Not Part

Han Kang - Hardback

£18.99

If This Is A Man/The Truce cover

If This Is A Man/The Truce

Primo Levi - Paperback

£12.99

The Diary of a Young Girl cover

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank - Paperback

£9.99