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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Science fiction: apocalyptic & post-apocalyptic

The Delusions cover

The Delusions

Dr Jenni Fagan - Hardback

£18.99

Red Sword cover

Red Sword

Bora Chung - Paperback

£14.99

Fable For the End of the World cover

Fable For the End of the World

Ava Reid - Hardback

£18.99

I Who Have Never Known Men cover

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman - Paperback

£9.99

The Employees cover

The Employees

Olga Ravn - Paperback

£9.99

The Employees cover

The Employees

Olga Ravn - Paperback

£9.99

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy cover

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams - Paperback

£9.99

Dungeon Crawler Carl cover

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman - Hardback

£22.00