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Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ĺtautahi Christchurch. Our staff are friendly, knowledgeable, eclectic readers ready with recommendations. Shop our online store, or come in and browse the shelves where you can settle into a comfy chair, discover our staff favourites, the best new releases in fiction and non-fiction, and all manner of bookish delights.
If you canât find what youâre looking for, let us know and if it’s still in print we will order it in for you especially.
Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ĺtautahi Christchurch.
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Different Kind of Power: A memoir
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Book of Guilt
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Everything But the Medicine: A doctor’s tale
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Welcome of Strangers: A History of Southern Maori
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He Puawai: A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers
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Atlas of the New Zealand Wars: Volume One 1834-1864, Early Engagements to the Second Taranaki War: 1
$89.99 Add to cart
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Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
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Death of Trotsky
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Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs
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Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
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History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
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Flow Hive’s Book of Bees and Beekeeping
$49.99 Add to cart
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Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
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Death of an Ordinary Man
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Indignity: A Life Reimagined
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Mother Mary Comes To Me
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Genius of Trees: How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
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Surviving White Island
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Blood Says Otherwise
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Every Second Counts: A story of deadlines, daring, danger, and what happens when you fall…
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My Cursed Vagina
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Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
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How to Dress for Old Age
$38.00 Add to cart
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Pretty Dirty: The Life of Flowers, From Creation to Compost
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Quiet Home: House Hushing for Calm and Intentional Living
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How I Cook: A Chef’s Guide to Really Good Home Cooking
$60.00 Add to cart -

Daily Artist’s Way: Creative Living Every Day
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How To Live An Artful Life: 366 Inspirations from Artists on how to Bring Creativity to Your Everyday
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Woman’s Eye, Her Art: Reframing the narrative through art and life
$65.00 Add to cart
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Great Gatsby
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Illustrated Edition)
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Tekkonkinkreet: Black and White (30th Anniversary Edition 2024)
$67.99 Add to cart -

Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Nearly Definitive Edition (Omnibus)
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Poppy War Collector’s Edition (The Poppy War, Book 1)
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Dire Bound
$70.00 Add to cart
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Flashlight
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Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
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Dust
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How to End a Story: Collected Diaries 1978-1998
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Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World
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Schott’s Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language
$55.00 Add to cart
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The perfect gift for book lovers! Choose from physical vouchers to use in store, or a digital gift card to use in our online store.

Book Review: Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post
Grahamâs illustrations with their gentle washes of colour perfectly complement the Kellyâs journey of hope, persistence, and slowing down.

Book Review: Crookhaven: The Thieves Revenge
A brilliant finale, it does a great job of tying together storylines from the previous books while still delivering exhilarating plot twists!


















