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Welcome to Scorpio Books

A treasure trove for booklovers

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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.

  • Slender Volumes

    Slender Volumes

    $38.00
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  • Kahurangi: The nature of Kahurangi National Park and Northwest Nelson

    Kahurangi: The nature of Kahurangi National Park and Northwest Nelson

    $79.99
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  • Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa: A conservation history of Forest & Bird 1923-2023

    Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa: A conservation history of Forest & Bird 1923-2023

    $89.99
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  • Scorpio Books staff reviews iconLiar, Liar, Lick, Spit

    Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit

    $30.00
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  • Royal Free

    Royal Free

    $38.00
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  • Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori Art

    Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori Art

    $99.99
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  • 1985

    1985

    $38.00
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  • Carved in Blood

    Carved in Blood

    $37.99
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  • City and Its Uncertain Walls (Special Ed.)

    City and Its Uncertain Walls (Special Ed.)

    $65.00
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  • Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel

    Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel

    $39.99
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  • Parallel Lines

    Parallel Lines

    $38.00
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  • Vanishing World

    Vanishing World

    $32.99
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  • Six Conversations We're Scared to Have

    Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have

    $39.99
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  • Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails

    Exile Economics: What Happens if Globalisation Fails

    $39.99
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  • I've Been Thinking

    I’ve Been Thinking

    $35.00
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  • Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel

    Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel

    $39.99
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  • Is a River Alive?

    Is a River Alive?

    $65.00
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  • Money to Burn

    Money to Burn

    $38.00
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  • Notes to John

    Notes to John

    $37.99
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  • I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

    I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman’s Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

    $37.99
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  • I Regret Almost Everything

    I Regret Almost Everything

    $41.99
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  • House of My Mother

    House of My Mother

    $39.99
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  • Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You: A memoir of saying the unsayable with food

    Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You: A memoir of saying the unsayable with food

    $37.99
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  • Matriarch

    Matriarch

    $39.99
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  • Simply Veg

    Simply Veg

    $49.99
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  • Fire and Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and mysteries of Tongariro National Park

    Fire and Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and mysteries of Tongariro National Park

    $49.99
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  • Lugma: Abundant Dishes And Stories From My Middle East

    Lugma: Abundant Dishes And Stories From My Middle East

    $65.00
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    Umai: Recipes From a Japanese Home Kitchen

    Umai: Recipes From a Japanese Home Kitchen

    $65.00
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  • 52 Weeks of Accessories: Beautiful Patterns for Year-round Knitting

    52 Weeks of Accessories: Beautiful Patterns for Year-round Knitting

    $41.99
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  • Dalmatia

    Dalmatia

    $60.00
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  • Lost Saint

    Lost Saint

    $29.99
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  • Truth Needs No Colour

    Truth Needs No Colour

    $29.99
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  • Watch Me

    Watch Me

    $24.99
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  • Bear

    Bear

    $27.99
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  • Sunrise on the Reaping

    Sunrise on the Reaping

    $29.99
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  • Fearless

    Fearless

    $28.99
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    Life-Changing Homes: Eco-Friendly Designs That Promote Well-Being

    Life-Changing Homes: Eco-Friendly Designs That Promote Well-Being

    $64.99
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    Dragonborn

    Dragonborn

    $30.00
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    QUEEN JAMES

    QUEEN JAMES

    $65.00
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    NEW GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION

    NEW GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION

    $37.99
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    Beautyland

    Beautyland

    $26.00
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    MUSHROOM IN THE SKY

    MUSHROOM IN THE SKY

    $19.99
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  • Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) Manga Box Set 1

    Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) Manga Box Set 1

    $150.00
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  • Witcher Official Cookbook: Provisions, Fare, and Culinary Tales from Travels Across the Continent

    Witcher Official Cookbook: Provisions, Fare, and Culinary Tales from Travels Across the Continent

    $99.00
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  • Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Nearly Definitive Edition (Omnibus)

    Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Nearly Definitive Edition (Omnibus)

    $77.99
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  • Dune: The Graphic Novel v1: Dune (Deluxe Collector's Edition)

    Dune: The Graphic Novel v1: Dune (Deluxe Collector’s Edition)

    $80.00
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  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Making of the Classic Film

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – The Making of the Classic Film

    $89.99
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  • Tokyo Ghoul Complete Box Set: Includes v1-14 with poster

    Tokyo Ghoul Complete Box Set: Includes v1-14 with poster

    $315.00
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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.