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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Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World
$37.00 Add to cart -
Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind
$39.99 Add to cart -
Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood
$65.00 Add to cart -
Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story
$40.00 Add to cart -
BBQ Economics: How money works and why it matters
$40.00 Add to cart -
Missing Piece: A Women’s Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing and Living with ADHD
$37.99 Add to cart
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How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir
$37.99 Add to cart -
Beautiful Afternoon
$38.00 Add to cart -
Do You Still Have Time for Chaos?
$35.00 Add to cart -
On Call: Stories from my life as a surgeon, a daughter and a mother
$39.99 Add to cart -
Beyond Hope: From an Auckland prison to changing lives in Afghanistan
$39.99 Add to cart -
House of Hidden Meanings: A memoir
$39.99 Add to cart
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Under the Stars Camping Australia and New Zealand
$49.99 Add to cart -
Artist’s Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats (v2 Journeys of Note)
$45.00 Add to cart -
Alpine Panorama: A View To A Climb
$59.99 Add to cart -
Kai and Kindness
$55.00 Add to cart -
Tasmanian Gardens
$90.00 Add to cart -
Tucci Table: Cooking with Family and Friends (Updated edition 2023)
$70.00 Add to cart
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Ash
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Six-legged Ghosts: The Insects of Aotearoa
$55.00 Add to cart -
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Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
$90.00 Add to cart -
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
$36.99 Add to cart -
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Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra
$39.99 Add to cart -
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Caledonian Road
$39.99 Add to cart
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Leaving the Comfort Zone: The Adventure of a Lifetime
$135.00 Add to cart -
Illustrated World of Tolkien: The Second Age
$80.00 Add to cart -
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – The Making of the Classic Film
$89.99 Add to cart -
Mythos: The Illustrated Story
$95.00 Add to cart -
Slim Aarons: The Essential Collection
$285.00 Add to cart -
Lord of the Rings Boxed Set
$99.00 Add to cart
Upcoming Events
Staff Reviews
Staff Review: Parks Board Game
Parks is about efficiency management – how precisely you can get all the resources you need to visit the highest scoring park available.
Staff Review: Joker: Death of the Family
New 52 Joker is at his most violent and deranged here, and attack Batman’s ‘family’ of Robins to get to him. The ending is iconic.
Staff Review: Amma
A sweeping, intergenerational novel, that has the strength and complexity of women (and their relationships) at its core.
Staff Review: Quiet Kitchen
Nici is real and generous, and her recipes are varied, simple and delicious. These recipes are designed for one, but can easily be modified.
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.
Staff Review: Parks Board Game
Parks is about efficiency management – how precisely you can get all the resources you need to visit the highest scoring park available.
Staff Review: Joker: Death of the Family
New 52 Joker is at his most violent and deranged here, and attack Batman’s ‘family’ of Robins to get to him. The ending is iconic.