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
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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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Short Stories & Translated Fiction

From Emi Yagi's Diary of a Void to Mariana Enriquez's The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, discover the very best of our Short Stories & Translated Fiction.

On the Calculation of Volume I

Solvej Balle - Paperback

£12.99

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The Palace on the Higher Hill

Karim Kattan - Paperback

£13.99

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Your Utopia

Bora Chung - Paperback

£14.99

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Facing the Bridge

Yoko Tawada - Paperback

£12.99

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A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enriquez - Paperback

£9.99

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Sánchez

Esther García Llovet - Paperback

£12.99

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The Wax Child

Olga Ravn - Hardback

£14.99

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Apparitions

Margo Glantz - Paperback

£11.99

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