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
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Philosophy of language

Chopping Onions on My Heart cover

Chopping Onions on My Heart

Samantha Ellis - Hardback

£16.99

Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy cover

Locke, Language and Early-Modern Philosophy

Hannah Dawson - Hardback

£109.00

The Gift of the Gab cover

The Gift of the Gab

David Crystal - Paperback

£11.99

The Language Instinct cover

The Language Instinct

Steven Pinker - Paperback

£12.99

Image Music Text cover

Image Music Text

Roland Barthes - Paperback

£10.99

Write to the Point cover

Write to the Point

Sam Leith - Paperback

£10.99

Logos and Life cover

Logos and Life

Roger Teichmann - Hardback

£80.00

Essays Two cover

Essays Two

Lydia Davis - Hardback

£20.00