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Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ĺtautahi 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 canât find what youâre looking for, let us know and if it’s still in print we will order it in for you especially.
Scorpio Books is an independent bookstore with the best range of carefully curated books in Ĺtautahi Christchurch.
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Different Kind of Power: A memoir
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Book of Guilt
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Everything But the Medicine: A doctor’s tale
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He Puawai: A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers
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Atlas of the New Zealand Wars: Volume One 1834-1864, Early Engagements to the Second Taranaki War: 1
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Hardship and Hope: Stories of Resistance in the Fight Against Poverty in Aotearoa
$20.00 Add to cart
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Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
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Lost Wonders: 10 Tales of Extinction from the 21st Century
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Mamba and Mambacita Forever
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Aqua: A Story of Water and Lost Dreams
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Daily Artist’s Way: Creative Living Every Day
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Gemini and Mercury Remastered
$125.00 Add to cart
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Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
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Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
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Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much, From the Star of Wicked
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100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist’s Guide to a Happy Life
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Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A Biography of A. A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh
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Death of an Ordinary Man
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How I Cook: A Chef’s Guide to Really Good Home Cooking
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Daily Artist’s Way: Creative Living Every Day
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In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s Way
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Kitchen in Italy
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Women: 2025 Edition
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Refugee: The Graphic Novel
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Up
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FAMESICK
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Zorg: A Tale of Greed, Murder and the Abolition of Slavery
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Theo of Golden
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Parliamentary Privilege in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Party Boy
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City and Its Uncertain Walls (Special Ed.)
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Holiday Ever After
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Heroes’ Feast Flavors of the Multiverse: An Official D&D Cookbook
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Brimstone (Limited Edition)
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (10 Year Anniversary Edition)
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Rolling Stones: All the Songs – The Story Behind Every Track (Expanded Edition 2022)
$100.00 Add to cart
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Book Review: Convenience Store Woman
Despite being a short novel written in an almost deadpan style, Keiko moved me, and I find myself returning to both her fragility & strength.

Book Review: Freewheeling
I can vouch that this is a warming, and at times unexpectedly profound read, just light enough to accompany you on your bike this summer.






















