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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Wide Wide Sea
$40.00 Add to cart -
No Judgement: On Being Critical
$39.99 Add to cart -
Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways To Love the Life You’ve Got
$37.99 Add to cart -
Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World
$37.00 Add to cart -
Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance that Won the War
$39.99 Add to cart -
Everest, Inc: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
$39.99 Add to cart
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Maurice and Maralyn: A Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story
$45.00 Add to cart -
Committed: A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness
$39.99 Add to cart -
Moederland: Nine Daughters of South Africa
$39.99 Add to cart -
Grief is for People: A Memoir
$27.99 Add to cart -
Ans Westra: A Life in Photography
$50.00 Add to cart -
Otherhood: Essays about being childless, childfree and child-adjacent
$39.99 Add to cart
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Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art
$110.00 Add to cart -
Organic Vegetable Gardening: A month-by-month guide to growing your own food
$45.00 Add to cart -
Under the Stars Camping Australia and New Zealand
$49.99 Add to cart -
Six-legged Ghosts: The Insects of Aotearoa
$55.00 Add to cart -
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Kismet: Bright, Fresh, Vegetable-Loving Recipes
$70.00 Add to cart -
Gardening Book
$70.00 Add to cart
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Collector’s Edition
$55.00 Add to cart -
Country Life: 125 Years of Countryside Living in Great Britain from the Archives of Country Life
$230.00 Add to cart -
Ron Mueck
$110.00 Add to cart -
Hobbit/ The Lord of the Rings (4 Volume Faux Leather, Boxed Set)
$169.00 Add to cart -
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 *
$155.00 Add to cart -
Leaving the Comfort Zone: The Adventure of a Lifetime
$135.00 Add to cart
Upcoming Events
Staff Reviews
Book Review: Good Omens
Good OmensBy Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettReview by Mida Caught in the middle of a war between angels and demons, a member from each side are trying to stop it.
Book Review: Glass Hotel
Each chapter serves as a piece of a montage which gradually expands into a sweeping tale of human failings, delusion and impermanence.
Book Review: Lies We Sing to the Sea
This is a tale that lingers, leaving readers with a sense of awe and a longing for more from this talented author.
Book Review: Secrets of the Sea
Touching on the importance of each fascinating creature, this book serves as a glorious reminder of how truly unique our ecosystem is.
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: Good Omens
Good OmensBy Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettReview by Mida Caught in the middle of a war between angels and demons, a member from each side
Book Review: Glass Hotel
Each chapter serves as a piece of a montage which gradually expands into a sweeping tale of human failings, delusion and impermanence.