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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Slender Volumes
$38.00Add to cart -
Kahurangi: The nature of Kahurangi National Park and Northwest Nelson
$79.99Add to cart -
Force Of Nature Te Aumangea O Te Turoa: A conservation history of Forest & Bird 1923-2023
$89.99Add to cart -
Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit
$30.00Add to cart -
Royal Free
$38.00Add to cart -
Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori Art
$99.99Add to cart
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Chameleon: A Memoir of Art, Travel, Ideas and Love
$45.00Add to cart -
Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah
$65.00Add to cart -
Gut Mood Solution: A Groundbreaking Strategy for Managing Bipolar Disorders
$37.99Add to cart -
Smart Money: How Digital Currencies Will Win the New Cold War – and Why the West Needs to Act Now
$38.99Add to cart -
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
$38.00Add to cart -
Toitu Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars
$45.00Add to cart
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Chameleon: A Memoir of Art, Travel, Ideas and Love
$45.00Add to cart -
Source Code: My Beginnings
$65.00Add to cart -
Unveiled: A Story of Surviving Gloriavale
$39.99Add to cart -
Looking at Women, Looking at War
$39.99Add to cart -
I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again
$36.99Add to cart -
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
$38.00Add to cart
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Patisserie Made Simple: The Art of Petits Gateaux
$69.99Add to cart -
Books of Mana: 180 Maori-Authored Books of Significance
$65.00Add to cart -
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 -
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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
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House of My Mother
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When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
$39.99Add to cart -
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Secrets at Red Rocks
$22.00Add to cart -
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Tracker
$45.00Add to cart -
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Paris Express
$37.99Add to cart -
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Gifted & Talented
$37.99Add to cart
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Iliad
$75.99Add to cart -
Crooked Kingdom Collector’s Edition
$49.99Add to cart -
Absolute Batman: The Court of Owls (2023 Edition)
$255.00Add to cart -
History: The Definitive Visual Guide (4th edition 2023)
$100.00Add to cart -
Leaving the Comfort Zone: The Adventure of a Lifetime
$135.00Add to cart -
Dune: The Graphic Novel v1: Dune (Deluxe Collector’s Edition)
$80.00Add to cart
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Staff Reviews
Book Review: Universality
If you like your books cozy, look elsewhere! This author delights in voicing the cynical, sinister attitudes that lie just below the surface.
Book Review: Little Weirds
This is a book which encourages you to be sensitive, to love over and over and to see the beauty in yourself and the world around you.
Book Review: Best, First and Last
Matthews perfectly encapsulates the struggle of establishing boundaries with family members– and does so with heart-warming hilarity.
Book Review: Gallant
Schwab’s writing is enchanting, drawing readers into a world where shadows hold secrets and every corner is steeped in mystery.
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: Universality
If you like your books cozy, look elsewhere! This author delights in voicing the cynical, sinister attitudes that lie just below the surface.
Book Review: Little Weirds
This is a book which encourages you to be sensitive, to love over and over and to see the beauty in yourself and the world around you.