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A treasure trove for booklovers
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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Welcome of Strangers: A History of Southern Maori
$69.99 Add to cart
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Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
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How to End a Story: Collected Diaries 1978-1998
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Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World
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Schott’s Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language
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Softly Calls the Devil
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Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future
$65.00 Add to cart
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Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
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Flow Hive’s Book of Bees and Beekeeping
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Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
$38.99 Add to cart -
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Zorg: A Tale of Greed, Murder and the Abolition of Slavery
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World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness
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Te Araroa: Walking New Zealand’s 3,000-kilometre trail
$49.99 Add to cart
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Dead Speak: My life in forensics
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My Cursed Vagina
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Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
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How to Dress for Old Age
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Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary
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Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides
$40.00 Add to cart
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Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places
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Quiet Home: House Hushing for Calm and Intentional Living
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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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Simply Raymond Kitchen Garden: Seasonal recipes from my place to yours
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Quick Wins: Healthy Cooking for Busy Lives
$39.99 Add to cart
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: The Vaster Wilds
The Vaster Wilds is beloved for a reason, a feral Jane Eyre for a modern audience. I can’t recommend it enough.

Book Review: The Intruder
Make the wrong decision and it could be your life in danger…This is dark, chaotic and full of twists in classic McFadden style!Â





























