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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No Judgement: On Being Critical
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Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind
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Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood
$65.00 Add to cart -
Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
$79.99 Add to cart -
Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra
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Deep Water: The world in the ocean
$40.00 Add to cart
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How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir
$37.99 Add to cart -
Heart Stood Still (Ka Haea te Ata)
$35.00 Add to cart -
Dame Suzy D: My Story
$37.99 Add to cart -
Beautiful Afternoon
$38.00 Add to cart -
Bob Crowder: A New Zealand organics pioneer
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Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me
$45.00 Add to cart
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Under the Stars Camping Australia and New Zealand
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Six-legged Ghosts: The Insects of Aotearoa
$55.00 Add to cart -
Artist’s Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats (v2 Journeys of Note)
$45.00 Add to cart -
Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
$65.00 Add to cart -
Alpine Panorama: A View To A Climb
$59.99 Add to cart -
Foraging New Zealand: Over 250 plants and fungi to forage in Aotearoa
$50.00 Add to cart
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Enlightenment
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Earth
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Caledonian Road
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African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
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Table For Two
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Silver Bone: The Kyiv Mysteries
$37.99 Add to cart
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Lords of the Earth: The Entwined Destiny of Wildlife and Humanity
$200.00 Add to cart -
Iliad
$75.99 Add to cart -
From Soul to Sole: The Adidas Sneakers of Jacques Chassaing
$140.00 Add to cart -
Ron Mueck
$110.00 Add to cart -
Atlas of Car Design: The World’s Most Iconic Cars
$220.00 Add to cart -
Illustrated World of Tolkien: The Second Age
$80.00 Add to cart
Upcoming Events
Staff Reviews
Book Review: Regenesis
This book stresses the role that we can play in the climate crisis as consumers and introduces some exciting new alternatives…
Book Review: Delicious in Dungeon v1
It combines goofy wholesome humour with a large helping of emotional character development and fast-paced fantasy action.
Book Review: Alkaline Dawn
Brimming with sci-fi goodness, it’s a novel positively packed with interesting ideas and thought provoking characters
Book Review: Those Girls
Alongside her new friends Aisleen and Glad, they navigate friendships, relationships and the trials and tribulations of a new work force.
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: Regenesis
This book stresses the role that we can play in the climate crisis as consumers and introduces some exciting new alternatives…
Book Review: Delicious in Dungeon v1
It combines goofy wholesome humour with a large helping of emotional character development and fast-paced fantasy action.