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Welcome to Scorpio Books

A treasure trove for booklovers

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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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  • Snorkelling the Abyss: One woman, striving to survive, fighting for survivors

    $35.00
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  • Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World

    $80.00
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  • Bird Life

    $38.00
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    Big Fat Brown Bitch

    $30.00
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  • Pacific Arts Aotearoa

    $65.00
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  • Rugby League In New Zealand: A People’s History

    $59.99
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    Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Special Edition)

    $60.00
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  • Madwoman

    $36.99
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    Courting of Bristol Keats

    $37.99
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  • Hell’s Bells

    $36.99
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  • Six Scorched Roses

    $34.99
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    Stardust Grail

    $37.99
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  • Women Living Deliciously

    $39.99
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  • Innerland: A journey through the everyday landscape of New Zealand

    $39.99
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  • Hotel Theresa

    $28.00
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    Noble Fragments: the maverick who broke up the world’s greatest book

    $45.00
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    Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance

    $38.00
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  • Wild Wellington Nga Taonga Taiao: A Guide to the Wildlife and Wild Places of Te Upoko-o-te-Ika

    $45.00
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  • I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

    $40.00
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  • Dinner for Vampires

    $39.99
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  • Lily, Oh Lily: Searching for a Nazi ghost

    $36.99
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  • Land of Two Halves: A Hitchhiking Tour of New Zealand

    $45.00
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  • Baltic Souls: Remarkable Life Stories from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

    $48.00
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    Unreel: A memoir

    $40.00
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  • Innerland: A journey through the everyday landscape of New Zealand

    $39.99
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    Natural Gardener: Advice and inspiration for wildening your garden

    $65.00
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  • Sale!

    Joseph Banks’ Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage

    Original price was: $135.00.Current price is: $90.00.
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  • Bake with Brooki

    $55.00
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  • Bold Types: Indie Bookshops of Aotearoa New Zealand

    $70.00
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  • Kahurangi: The nature of Kahurangi National Park and Northwest Nelson

    $79.99
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  • Murder on a Summer Break (Murder On A School Night v2)

    $22.99
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  • Divine Rivals: Letters of Enchantment v1

    $24.99
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    I Shall Never Fall in Love

    $28.99
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  • Dagger and the Flame

    $28.99
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  • Glass Girl

    $26.99
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  • Heir

    $29.99
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    Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Special Edition)

    $60.00
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    Bookshop Day Tote Bag 2024

    $35.00
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    Courting of Bristol Keats

    $37.99
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  • pre-order

    Natural Gardener: Advice and inspiration for wildening your garden

    $65.00
    Add to cart
  • pre-order

    Noble Fragments: the maverick who broke up the world’s greatest book

    $45.00
    Add to cart
  • pre-order

    Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance

    $38.00
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  • World Atlas of Whisky 3rd edition: More than 500 distilleries profiled and 480 expressions tasted

    $110.00
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  • Witcher Official Cookbook: Provisions, Fare, and Culinary Tales from Travels Across the Continent

    $99.00
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  • Throne of Glass Box Set (The Assassin’s Blade, Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms, Tower of Dawn *

    $199.99
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  • Wishing Spell (v1 The Land of Stories – The 10th Anniversary Illustrated Edition 2022)

    $49.99
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  • Ron Mueck

    $110.00
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  • Toilet-bound Hanako-kun: First Stall boxset (volumes 1-10)

    $280.00
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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.