Welcome to Scorpio Books
A treasure trove for booklovers
Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ōtautahi 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 can’t find what you’re looking for, let us know and if it’s still in print we will order it in for you especially.
Welcome to Scorpio Books - a treasure trove for booklovers
Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
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Snorkelling the Abyss: One woman, striving to survive, fighting for survivors
$35.00Add to cart -
Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World
$80.00Add to cart -
Bird Life
$38.00Add to cart -
Big Fat Brown Bitch
$30.00Add to cart -
Pacific Arts Aotearoa
$65.00Add to cart -
Rugby League In New Zealand: A People’s History
$59.99Add to cart
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Cher: The Memoir, Part One
$55.00Add to cart -
You Don’t Need a Weatherman: Bob Dylan for Beginners
$40.00Add to cart -
Liveable Future is Possible
$30.00Add to cart -
Innerland: A journey through the everyday landscape of New Zealand
$39.99Add to cart -
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Keir Starmer: The Biography
$39.99Add to cart -
Dose Effect
$39.99Add to cart
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How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir
$27.99Add to cart -
Cher: The Memoir, Part One
$55.00Add to cart -
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
$29.99Add to cart -
Myself and Other Animals
$50.00Add to cart -
This Ragged Grace: A Memoir of Remembering and Forgetting
$27.99Add to cart -
Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss and Occasional Wars
$45.00Add to cart
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Innerland: A journey through the everyday landscape of New Zealand
$39.99Add to cart -
Natural Gardener: Advice and inspiration for wildening your garden
$65.00Add to cart -
Sale!
Joseph Banks’ Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage
Original price was: $135.00.$90.00Current price is: $90.00.Add to cart -
Sapiens A Graphic History v3 The Masters of History
$50.00Add to cart -
Bake with Brooki
$55.00Add to cart -
Botanists’ Library: The most important botanical books in history
$65.00Add to cart
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Grand Bikepacking Journeys: Riding Iconic Routes around the World
$135.00Add to cart -
Ancillary Justice 10th anniversary edition
$80.00Add to cart -
Hunger Games (Illustrated Edition)
$49.99Add to cart -
Exquisite Exandria: The Official Cookbook of Critical Role
$70.00Add to cart -
Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark: Deluxe Special Edition
$60.00Add to cart -
Poppy War Collector’s Edition (The Poppy War, Book 1)
$55.00Add to cart
Upcoming Events
Staff Reviews
Book Review: Orlando
Readers, prepare for the intrusion of the narrator. Knowing exactly why the action is happening is overrated.
Book Review: Children of Time
A truly trippy space Odyssey set in the far future- and then the really far future- Tchaikovsky’s Sci-Fi prowess is on full display.
Book Review: The Goldfinch
You’ll find characters you’ll either deeply love or deeply hate (I had the experience of wanting to slap everyone but also hug them tenderly)
Book Review: Master and Margarita
Abandon your preconceptions & prepare for a wild ride. (Spoiler: some of that ride takes place on a broomstick, with a pig riding shotgun.)
Gift Vouchers
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: Orlando
Readers, prepare for the intrusion of the narrator. Knowing exactly why the action is happening is overrated.
Book Review: Children of Time
A truly trippy space Odyssey set in the far future- and then the really far future- Tchaikovsky’s Sci-Fi prowess is on full display.