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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.

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  • Snorkelling the Abyss: One woman, striving to survive, fighting for survivors

    $35.00
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  • Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World

    $80.00
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  • Bird Life

    $38.00
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    Big Fat Brown Bitch

    $30.00
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  • Pacific Arts Aotearoa

    $65.00
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  • Rugby League In New Zealand: A People’s History

    $59.99
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    Anthropologists

    $39.99
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  • Creation Lake

    $38.00
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  • Dogs and Monsters

    $38.00
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  • We’ll Prescribe You a Cat

    $36.00
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  • Instrumentalist

    $38.99
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  • Whale Fall

    $29.99
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  • You Don’t Have to Have a Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious

    $40.00
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  • Slow Road: The Complete Guide to Van Life in New Zealand

    $49.99
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  • Knowledge Gene

    $39.99
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  • Stoic in Love: Ancient Wisdom to Make Dating, Domestic Boredom and Breakups a Bit Less Terrible

    $27.99
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  • Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China

    $39.99
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    Make It Make Sense

    $36.99
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  • Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka

    $45.00
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  • Elle

    $55.00
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  • Sam the Trap Man: Cracking Yarns and Tall Tales From the Bush

    $45.00
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  • Ones That Bit Me!: Camels, Cows & Other Young-Vet Stories

    $39.99
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  • Grid: The life and times of First World War fighter ace Keith Caldwell

    $65.00
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  • Whaea Blue

    $40.00
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  • Joseph Banks’ Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage

    $135.00
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  • That Green Olive

    $50.00
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  • Modern Women Flight of Time

    $65.00
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  • Seriously Delicious (Miss Polly’s Kitchen)

    $49.99
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  • Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa

    $60.00
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  • Man Holds a Fish

    $75.00
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  • Return to Sender

    $29.99
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  • Medici Heist

    $29.99
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  • Girl with No Reflection

    $32.00
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  • Such Charming Liars

    $32.00
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  • Grandest Game

    $32.00
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  • End Crowns All

    $32.00
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    Saving Wananga: The True Story of a Kea Rescue

    $21.99
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    Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures

    $80.00
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    D&D 2024 Player’s Handbook

    $87.00
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    Secret Life of LEGO Bricks: The Inside Story of a Design Icon

    $69.99
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    Hidden Girl

    $37.99
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    City and Its Uncertain Walls

    $55.00
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  • Iliad

    $75.99
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  • Therapeutic Library: 100 essential books that teach fulfilment, calm and well-being

    $60.00
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  • Witcher Official Cookbook: Provisions, Fare, and Culinary Tales from Travels Across the Continent

    $99.00
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  • Witcher (8 Books Boxed Set: Last Wish, Sword of Destiny, Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, Tower of The Swallow, Lady of Lake, Season

    $150.00
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  • Leaving the Comfort Zone: The Adventure of a Lifetime

    $135.00
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  • Lord of the Rings Boxed Set

    $99.00
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Staff Reviews

Book Review: Bride

Hazelwood masterfully combines romance and intrigue, making this novel a must-read for paranormal romance fans or those new to the genre.

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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.