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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Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss

No Friend To This House cover

Signed Independent Bookshop Edition

No Friend To This House

Natalie Haynes - Hardback

£20.00

Phantom Limb cover

Phantom Limb

Chris Kohler - Paperback

£9.99

Days of Light cover

Days of Light

Megan Hunter - Hardback

£18.99

The Road to the Country cover

The Road to the Country

Chigozie Obioma - Paperback

£9.99

Scaffolding cover

Scaffolding

Lauren Elkin - Paperback

£9.99

When the Cranes Fly South cover

When the Cranes Fly South

Lisa Ridzén - Paperback

£14.99

May All Your Skies Be Blue cover

May All Your Skies Be Blue

Fíona Scarlett - Hardback

£16.99

OSSIA

Jimin Seo - Paperback

£14.99